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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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Tertiary Higher Education for People in Mid-life

PASCAL has heard that the project, Tertiary Higher Education for People in Mid-life, has been recommended for funding by the European Commission. It is a proposal within Key Activity 1 Selected Studies and Comparative Research within the Transversal programme of the Lifelong Learning Programme.

The project is led by the Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo in Barcelona and also involves alongside Pascal as partners:

New Regional Office for PASCAL in South Africa

On 2 June 2010, Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow, in the presence of the South African High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Zola Skweyiya, the South African Honorary Consul in Scotland, Brian Filling and Professor Michael Osborne, Co-director of PASCAL, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of South Africa (UNISA), establishing a fourth regional office of PASCAL.

U21 - Research Universities and Regional Engagement

The report on the inaugural meeting of the U21 group concerned with Research Universities and Regional Engagement, held at the University of Melbourne in February 2010 has been warmly received by U21, and the initiatives outlined therein are being encouraged.  A lot of support was expressed for the work colleagues have proposed,  and U21 is happy that this should now be a Collaborative Group of the organisation.

PASCAL to Assist Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin-Illinois Auto Region

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced today a 5.9 million dollar grant to the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater for a multi-year, collaborative initiative that will support innovation and entrepreneurship in a six-county region in Wisconsin and Illinois.

The initiative builds on strong collaborations that have emerged among six colleges and universities, regional economic development agencies, local authorities, and both state governments.

 

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