Search for...

News

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.

We invite readers to submit items for consideration. Please send your contributions to our Submissions Administrator.

The Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh seeks External Examiner

Posted September 28, 2021 - 22:14

The Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh is looking for a new External Examiner in foundation maths.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 130, Issue 3

Posted September 27, 2021 - 22:29

In this issue we feature 11 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

PIMA Bulletin No. 38 (Sept 2021)

Posted September 27, 2021 - 10:40

This issue of the Bulletin is unusually long and diverse. Readers are reminded that it is an open access publication. Anyone is welcome to share it, in full or a particular article or passage, acknowledging the original PIMA source.

How will we remember 2021? The year of COVID-19 (variant Delta) and what it meant to oneself, one’s family, community, life, work, even country?. Maybe if we are in educational settings - school, community centre, or higher education institution (HEI) - for its transformative effect on teaching methods, market appeal, loss of income and insecurity of employment?

Streets Markets Make a Comeback | Placemaking Weekly

Posted September 26, 2021 - 22:35

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

Sherwan Ameen, PASCAL Learning Cities Networks Contributor imprisoned without trial in Iraq

Posted September 21, 2021 - 06:29

Sherwan's predicament is part of what has been described by Amnesty International as human rights abuse in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. According to investigations by Amnesty International, ‘In mid-August 2020, widespread protests erupted in the KR-I, mainly in Sulaimaniyah, Duhok and Erbil, demanding an end to corruption, better public services, and the payment of overdue salaries of government employees'.

 

Click the image to visit site

Click the image to visit site

Click the image to visit site

Click the image to visit site

Click the image to visit site

Click the image to visit site

X