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The challenge in building enterprising partnerships in cities - a response to PASCAL Policy Briefing 5

Posted September 11, 2014 - 10:05

Mike Osborne and John Tibbitt make a compelling case in PASCAL Policy Briefing 5 that connecting adult education and place is a vital task of learning cities. They moreover give a useful list of policy drivers for this purpose. However, in looking around it is difficult to see where this is happening so that the need exists to probe the barriers and opportunities further to identify necessary steps in forging this desired nexus.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - September 2014

Posted September 10, 2014 - 10:36

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for September 2014:

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - 05-09-2014

Posted September 8, 2014 - 10:10

In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital:

Adult education and place: a vital link for learning cities - Policy Briefing 5 from PASCAL International Observatory

Posted September 4, 2014 - 16:08

The importance of adult education has been affirmed in recent policy documents in several countries, justified in terms of its benefits to individuals and the wider benefits society draws from having a better educated population. Rarely is policy on adult education tied in to policies on the development of place, especially to current interest in the development of learning cities. This paper identifies policy drivers essential for embedding learning in the processes of learning cities.