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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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Second Global Dialogue Communique - How Should Universities respond to global pressures for social and economic change?

Posted November 12, 2011 - 14:33

A new communiqué setting out a range of measures to sustain university engagement with communities has been published following the most recent meeting of the ‘Big Tent’ group of community university engagement networks hosted recently at the University of Glasgow by PASCAL International Observatory.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - November 2011

Posted November 7, 2011 - 21:58

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates, and which is a co-signatory to the September 23 2010 Communique "Enhancing North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement".

Presentations of the EUROlocal Conference

Posted November 5, 2011 - 11:34

The final conference of the EUROlocal project was held on 26-28 October and was opened in the city of Murten, Switzerland, by the mayor of the city, Christian Brechbühl.  There followed a series of excellent presentations and workshop events for some 50+ participants from 15 countries in Europe.

Presentations were made by the following speakers; a compilation of their presentations is presented below with a link to download this at the foot of the page:

PASCAL engaged to measure and assess the community engagement needs for Darling Downs and south-west Queensland

Posted November 2, 2011 - 03:20

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Professor Bill Lovegrove today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Regional Development Australia (RDA), to consider how collaborative partnerships can build on the long-term future for the Darling Downs and south-west Queensland.

ILO Releases Report on Skills for Green Jobs

Posted October 26, 2011 - 13:38

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has released a publication, titled "Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View," examining the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in providing training to meet the new demands of a
greener economy. The report highlights both the importance of skills development to "unlocking the employment potential of green growth," and the reality of current skills shortages, which are becoming an obstacle in
realizing this potential.

 

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