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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - 02-02-2014

This issue of nep-soc is sponsored by Michigan State University, who are inviting applications for ESTIMATE - Early Summer Tutorial in Modern Applied Tools of Econometrics. Find out more and apply here: http://inomics.com/node/16862.

In this issue we feature 15 current papers on the theme of social capital:

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - February 2014

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 February 2014:

Learning Cities 2020 Workshop Series - Call for papers for the PASCAL workshop on Cities learning together - public administration as a domain for smart solutions

University of Tampere, School of Management, Finland, 12-13 June 2014

The objective of the conference is to bring about awareness of the role and needs of local communities in relation to learning, and to seek smart solutions in which cities and other public organizations can play a greater role in response to those needs.

Newsletter for European Research in Learning and Work [L&W] - February 2014

This is the latest edition of the L&W Newsletter. As always, it focuses on transnational research activities in the field of human resource development (HRD) and vocational education and training (VET), centred on major categories: conferences, networks, programmes, projects and publications.

The world beyond 2015 - is higher education ready?

As the year gets into full swing and we mark the first 100 days of The world beyond 2015 campaign, we're pleased to report that we've received much interest from all corners of the world, and from all parts of the higher education sector, too.

 

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