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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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Newsletter for European Research in Learning and Work [L&W] - April 2013

Posted April 3, 2013 - 09:02

This is the latest edition of the L&W Newsletter, which will reach you via a mailing list of over 1400 experts in and beyond Europe. 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/ centres, programmes, projects and publications. Many thanks to all who contributed information for this edition of the Newsletter!

Call for Contributions - Cities Learning Together - 11th PASCAL International Observatory Conference

Posted April 1, 2013 - 13:52

A set of Conference Readings or Precedings will be prepared to support the work of this Conference. The Planning Group invites short Contributions relevant to the main themes and panel sessions. These will be distributed electronically to participants in advance of the Conference, and also made available for use at registration.

Talloires Network Launches Faculty and Staff Professional Development (FSPD) Program

Posted March 29, 2013 - 11:20

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is launching a two-year Faculty and Staff Professional Development (FSPD) Program for the Talloires Network, an international association of civically engaged universities housed at Tufts University. This new initiative, funded by the Pearson Foundation, aims to enhance capacity for member universities to build institutional frameworks focused on civic engagement.

Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications (Cedefop Briefing Note)

Posted March 29, 2013 - 10:11

We are pleased to announce Cedefop's latest Briefing Note “Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications” for you to download in your preferred language (Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese) and format (Pdf or eBook optimised for tablets and smartphones). [The English PDF version is featured below]

Please find below direct links to our three previous Briefing Notes:

Interview: Imagining Land Grants 50 Years in the Future (Scott Peters)

Posted March 27, 2013 - 15:43

The following interview is with Scott Peters, a professor in the School of Education at Syracuse University and co-director of "Imagining America."  Peters is a well-known scholar of the history of land-grant universities and, in this interview, discusses the current mission of land-grant universities and explains how their role will evolve in 50 years’ time.

 

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