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.

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Framework Service Contract of the European Parliament

Posted November 14, 2010 - 23:22

PASCAL Observatory is a member of a the Consortium set up and led by our partners Research voor Beleid in the Netherlands that is the sole selected party for the Framework Service Contract LOT2 of the European Parliament (Tender No IP/B/CULT/FWC/2010-001). The framework concerns research and consultancy services for implementation of European policies on education. It concerns all educational sectors except higher education. The duration of the contract is one year, with the possibility of extension of a further 4 years.

Cultural and creative industries in the PURE project

Posted November 7, 2010 - 21:06

A presentation, entitled Cultural and creative industries in the PURE project was presented on behalf of the PURE project by Dr Muir Houston as part of a roundtable at the Joint Conference of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture and Compostela Group of Universities entitled 'Inclusion through Education and Culture', held at the University of Pécs on 14-15 October 2010. We can assure you that Dr Houston is in the photograph!

What better time for PIE?

Posted October 27, 2010 - 10:33

PASCAL is developing a program of international exchanges - PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) - to encourage and support exchanges of information and experience between learning city initiatives. It is envisaged that these exchanges will foster new ideas and fresh thinking on key issues, and serve as a stimulus to innovation in learning city development.

What better time for PIE?

Interim Report on PURE Project Progress and Policy Outcomes - PURE Workshop & Conference, Östersund, Sweden, June 2010

Posted October 21, 2010 - 07:15

The most recent PURE Workshop and Conference was held in

Östersund, Sweden hosted by the Jamtli Museum during June 2010 and covered a wide range of topics - here is a the Interim Report of progress and policy outcomes that informed that meeting: