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Universities' Third Mission

PUMR Academic Director speaks in Budapest and New York

Posted February 28, 2012 - 15:21 by Mike Osborne

James Powell, Academic Director of PASCAL PUMR recently led a Executive Higher Educational Institution Briefing for 12 Rectors and Vice Rectors on the Modern Renaissance, its implications for them and the role PUMR can play in helping prepare their universities for the Modern Era. The event was hosted by the Central European University in Budapest with a grant from the European ESMU fund. There was much interest by the Rectors in the PUMR approach and requests for Professor Powell to undertake follow up meetings for detailed discussions in Kazakstan, Belarus and Poland.

Engaging in Lifelong Learning: Shaping Inclusive and Responsive University Strategies. European Universities Association Report

Posted February 28, 2012 - 12:55 by Mike Osborne

Attached is the SIRUS report, Engaging in Lifelong Learning: Shaping Inclusive and Responsive University Strategies, by Hanne Smidt  and Andrée Sursock, which is based on material prepared by representatives of the 29 participating European universities.  It is based on a study of the institutional lifelong learning strategies of these universities by the European Universities Association, who suggest that frank and open discussions provided invaluable insights into strategic institutional development.

GACER/UNESCO CBR Chair News - Leadership for improved academic enterprise, more...

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:10

Emeritus Prof James Powell former Pro VC for academic enterprise at Salford University, now with PASCAL [leading the PUMR project, Ed], and Dr. Andrew Clark of Salford University have completed a very useful piece of research on the characteristics of Higher Education involved in Academic Enterprise.  Academic enterprise is similar to public engagement, outreach/reach out, community university partnerships, community engaged scholarship.  

This paper is featured below and is also available from the UK Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.

GACER News

Posted February 3, 2012 - 22:09

Dear Friends,

Special thanks to Talloires and GUNI for their terrific and very professional newsletter.  I continue in my archaic approach of doing this as an e-mail.  I had hoped to find the time to learn how to do the newsletters like others do, but have never caught up enough to take a day or so to teach myself.

But lots of news to share today.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - February 2012

Posted February 3, 2012 - 14:08

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".

Research Networks: Developing Infrastructure to Support Science

Sep 27 2012
Europe/London
The Barbican
City of London
London
United Kingdom

It is crucial that higher education and research institutions can be linked together with the relevant business sectors to help boost innovation and economic growth. Excellence in innovation is achieved through a multitude of disciplines and sectors, from basic research to product design, from engineering skills to entrepreneurship. Collaborating at the right stage of development can make all the difference to the success of a research project.

43rd EUCEN European Conference, Graz 2012 - Universities' Engagement in and with Society

May 9 2012
May 11 2012
Europe/Vienna
University of Graz
Universitätsplatz
Graz
Austria

The preliminary programme for the 43rd EUCEN European Conference Universities¹ Engagement in and with Society is now available.

The ULLL contribution from Wed 9 to Fri 11 May 2012 at the University of Graz, Austria has been published on the Conference website.

Community Service and Community Engagement in Four African Universities

Posted January 4, 2012 - 12:37

This book reports on a pan-African action research project that investigated how universities used their third mission of 'community service' to address the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of their country's development priorities. 

Bellagio Initiative outlines actions to guide future philanthropic and development collaboration

Posted December 20, 2011 - 12:07

The Bellagio Initiative Summit has ended with a determination by development organisations and philanthropists to build mutual trust, share learning and develop joint training initiatives.

The commitments are contained in an aide-mémoire (PDF) which will pave the way to a more comprehensive framework for action to be published in the new year.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - December 2011

Posted December 9, 2011 - 09:34

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".

 

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