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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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Society for Educational Studies “Highly Commended” Award

Posted January 11, 2012 - 12:50

At the recent Society of Educational Studies Annual Seminar held in London, Professor Mike Osborne and Dr Muir Houston of the University of Glasgow were members of the research team1 whose book: Improving What is Learned at University: An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education, was Highly Commended in the Society's Annual Book Prize. Judging criteria included: quality of research, originality of analysis and argument and quality and accessibility of writing.

ERASMUS Intensive Programme

Posted January 11, 2012 - 09:58

An invitation from Jordi Márquez to participate in the ERASMUS Intensive Programme:

VIRQUAL Newsletter Nº 6 - Virtual Mobility and the European Qualifications Framework

Posted January 11, 2012 - 09:18

VIRQUAL has fulfilled all activities and tasks that the consortium announced for 2011. The partners of VIRQUAL feel very proud for all the achievements and the high interest received from the audience. Although the attached newsletter is the last produced by the project, we nevertheless hope you enjoy it and distribute it amongst your colleagues.

ECOLEARNING© is about ecological learning; not about ecology.

Posted January 9, 2012 - 07:33

Young learners today are overwhelmed with access, material and tools. Learning seems easy. Everything is there – go get it! Cascade of books, papers and reports are describing and celebrating this unbelievable access, these enormous resources. Finally, learning is free for all, you can learn whatever you wish to, just go capture the gold.

Community Service and Community Engagement in Four African Universities

Posted January 4, 2012 - 12:37

This book reports on a pan-African action research project that investigated how universities used their third mission of 'community service' to address the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of their country's development priorities. 

 

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