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Opportunities in Erbil - a feature presentation at the 12th PASCAL Conference in Catania

In our papers at the PASCAL conference by joining the ‘engaging communities and universities for the public good’ strand, my aim together with my colleagues from Erbil is that through our presentation, we can foster partnerships with other agencies to help us move forward with addressing our priorities and implementing the frameworks necessary to drive forward the learning agenda.

Celebrating the life and work of Sir David Watson -Green Templeton College, Oxford 3 June 2015

As PASCAL Website users and many members of PASCAL anyway well know, David was an outstanding person and a leading global-local advocate of university engagement and of useful and relevant education for the community and for society generally.

Education and Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development - ASPBAE report

This is the report of an Asia Pacific consultation held on 12 – 13 February 2015 by ASPBAE, the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, the Department of Non-formal Education of the Ministry of Education and Sports, and the Regional Office for South and Southeast Asia of DVV International based in Vientiane, Lao PDR.4.

Domestic Dissent and Foreign Hand: Unending Saga of Citizen-State Relations in India

Having left the teaching career at IIM Calcutta and ventured into the field of social development through a voluntary organisation some years ago, I was surprised to learn that an article had appeared in The Marxist (June 1984) which argued that ‘action groups and voluntary organisations  in India were a part of western imperialist strategy’. Written by a party activist Prakash Karat, it described such efforts, based on foreign funding, to be undermining the ‘leadership of the party and misguiding the revolution in the country’.

PASCAL, social media, and making more sense of what is out there

PASCAL's reach in social media continues to grow.  On Twitter (@obspascal) we are now well passed the 8000 posts, and we have over 1800 followers, a number that continues to grow steadily.  PASCAL has been listed 128 times at the time of writing. Our tweets feed through to the PASCAL Facebook page where we are also attracting an increasing number of fans.

Random Reflections: A Requiem for Martha - Not-so-random Reflections

Dr Martha Farrell, Director PRIA, was killed in a terrorist attack in Kabul on May 13, 2015; she was conducting a training programme on gender mainstreaming for Afghan practitioners.

Glasgow - the Nurturing City

We hear of a lot of city titles, and PASCAL susbcribers may be interested in one of the titles used here in Glasgow - the Nurturing City. I attach my own report to the city's Children and Families Policy Development Committee, and a report of research undertaken by the University of Stirling. I look forward to your comments.

European Union approach to (im)migration: what place for local actors?

Subscribers to PASCAL and those attending the PASCAL Conference in Catania from 7-9 October, where I am speaking, may be interested in my thoughts concerning the European Agenda on Migration:

Thank you - In Loving Memory of Martha Farrell

We are deeply appreciative of and sincerely thankful to all for your warm, sensitive and caring messages and thoughts following the sudden and shocking death of our dear Martha on May 13, 2015 in Kabul.

13th PASCAL International Conference to be held in Glasgow, 2016

The 13th PASCAL International Conference will be held at the University of Glasgow on 3-5 June, 2016. The conference will focus on future directions for Learning Cities at a time of significant challenge and opportunity for enterprising Learning Cities.

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