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Learning Cities 2040 - Highlights from the PASCAL 2016 Conference

Those who were able to attend the PASCAL Conference in Glasgow will know the rich learning experience it turned out to be. For those who were unable to attend, please follow the link below for the highlights as recorded on Twitter.

Keeping you up-to-date on Learning Cities

Just a reminder that PASCAL's weekly paper #learningcities weekly comes out every Wednesday, and brings together links to the best articles relating to learning city news, development and research.

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.

Learning and the Resilience Dividend

Speaking in Glasgow recently, Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, drew attention to Glasgow's role as one of the first cities selected to be part of the 100 Resilient Cities programme, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Atlantic Creative Cities to gather in Plymouth

On September 19, to coincide with the Ocean City Festival and the new round of European funding programmes, the city of Plymouth and Plymouth College of Art are hosting a meeting between stakeholders across the European Atlantic Sea Board, linked to the Creative and Cultural Industries.

New report from Mayors Roundtable - At the Heart of the City: Mayors on the Urban Future

The report “At the Heart of the City: Mayors on the Urban Future” (featured below) encompasses the captivating discussion that occurred during the Mayors Roundtable at the World Urban Forum 6 held in September 2012 in Naples, Italy.

Attended by 400 Mayors and Local Authority Associations, topics such as the financial architecture in countries, job creation strategies, women and youth empowerment and the need for an improved partnership between Ministers and Mayors were passionately debated.

Scenario Planning for Scotland 2025 - a world-leading learning nation

The reports from a programme of work by Scotland's Future Forum and the Goodison Group in Scotland were launched at a gathering in the Scottish Parliament on 4th February.   The programme had involved a series of seminars, roundtable discussions and workshops with a wide range of stakeholder groups across all stages of education, business, the voluntary sector and young people to provide an evidence base.  PASCAL had participated in a workshop bringing together international perspectives as part of this process. 

Social media, social capital and learning communities

Gerry White’s stimulus paper has given us a useful introduction to the work of the Digital Education Research Network (DERN) in highlighting and disseminating research into the use of digital technologies and media in schools, training, higher education and lifelong learning.  He concentrates most on formal education settings, but he emphasises that ‘the distinction between formal and informal learning has become artificial in a networked world’, and that the there is a ‘convergence of formal and informal learning’ in the face of high levels of use of the internet for educational purpo

Cultural Identity, Climate Change Resilience and ICT

Angelina Valeria Ospina in a recent blog has helpfully explored links between cultural identity and ICT in sustaining resilience and promoting innovation in vulnerable communities in the face challenges such as those presented by climate change. 

Lifelong Learning and the Riots

Here is a timely and thought provoking piece from PASCAL Associate John Field.  Noting that despite the controversial law and order response of the Thatcher government to the riots of 1981, there were nevertheless some important educational initiatives taken in the following months.  John Field explores some ideas for further iniatives which could be pursued in response to the situation in England now,  which range over reviews of the funding for learning,  a fresh look at young men's education, and the potential for ad

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