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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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Why is recovery so hard? So slow? - “The Great Contraction”

Posted November 23, 2010 - 10:23

We include here an abridged version of a paper presented by Josef Konvitz,OECD and Honorary Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow at the ‘People, Places, Engagement and Change’ Research Cluster Seminar hosted by the Adam Smith Research Foundation, University of Glasgow, 5 November 2010.

For the full text, please contact Professor Konvitz.

Knowledge Cities Summit

Posted November 22, 2010 - 12:17

The Knowledge Cities Summit, held in Melbourne last week, was an important opportunity for academics, government and business to talk with each other about the emerging features of economic and social development, and the ways in which different kinds of knowledge contribute. As the ‘new club of Paris’ would say, it is the challenge of developing with the unlimited resources which knowledge offers.

Knowledge Cities Summit

Posted November 22, 2010 - 12:17

"The Republic of Learning" - Professor Glyn Davis to give the 2010 Boyer Lectures

Posted November 16, 2010 - 10:02

The Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University, Professor Glyn Davis, is giving the 2010 Australian Broadcasting Commission's Boyer Lectures on the subject "The Republic of Learning".

The Boyer Lectures are delivered annually on a significant subject of general public interest. The title for the 2010 Boyer Lectures has echoes of Erasmus and the republic of letters and develops the theme that the republic of learning should be available for all. The lectures are available as audio and as a podcast at ABC Radio International.