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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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The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning seminar in Hamburg, 25 May 2012

Posted May 29, 2012 - 18:34

'The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning' was the topic of a seminar in the framework of the 60th Anniversary of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg, Germany on 25 May 2012. PASCAL was delighted that its co-director, Professor Michael Osborne, was invited to be one of the speakers.

On the previous day there was a public lecture programme, which included a contribution from the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

PASCAL Welcomes Gaborone

Posted May 29, 2012 - 15:03

PASCAL welcomes Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, as the newest addition to PASCAL International Exchanges with a stimulus paper written by Dr Chadzemula Molebatsi from the University of Botswana. Gaborone becomes the fourth African city in the PIE exchanges joining Dar es Salaam, Kampala, and Dakar. It is expected that a further stimulus paper for Addis Ababa will be added shortly.

Scotland: a world leading learning nation by 2025 - international perspectives

Posted May 25, 2012 - 12:03

PASCAL members have contributed to the work of Scotland's Futures Forum which is considering the development of Scottish education.  Part of the study was a seminar bringing together contributions from a number of international experts who offered comment on lessons which Scotland might wish to learn from their countries' experience.  Expert contributions were made by PASCAL Associates Ilpo Laitinan, Anders Olsen and Mike Osborne.  PASCAL policy analyst John Tibbitt introduced the seminar.

Release of Big Tent Communique on Sustainability, Knowledge and Higher Education

Posted May 21, 2012 - 00:06

Universities have a responsibility to look after the well-being of the planet:

It is time to decolonise our universities and learn from the diverse ecologies of knowledge about how to live sustainably

Special Release of English/Mayo: 'Learning with Adults'

Posted May 17, 2012 - 16:31

This book is written at a time when our own field of adult education is under assault from a variety of capitalist and neoconservative forces pressuring us... to turn away from the causes of criticality, lifelong learning, and education for freedom. Rather than succumb to these pressures, we have hope that our long term goals of education for life and living can and will be accomplished alongside professional and vocational education.

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