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Chair's letter 2024

The year 2024 was exceptional.  PASCAL has grown with the adhesion of two new centres.  In New Brunswick, New Jersey USA, Prof. Radha Jagannathan leads a centre at Rutgers University, a key institution in the greater New York metropolitan region.  This centre promises to improve our understanding of youth education (STEM) and employment issues, with a focus on the design and planning of infrastructure, to strengthen connections between universities and the public sector.  Catherine Lido, Glasgow Centre Director, travelled to New Jersey to attend the launch of the Rutgers Centre.

Place identity and social change | Reflections on a seasonal visit to the Scottish Highlands

I have recently returned from an enjoyable, if rather windswept seasonal break on the coast of the north west Highlands in Scotland. The place we were staying was in a small crofting community at the end of a twisting and hilly single rack road, some 10 miles or so from the nearest village with some shops and public services such as a school, health services, a community centre (and a golf course by the beach).

CBE Staff Member Receives Honorary Fellowship

Congratulations to Prof Marius Venter on receiving an Honorary Fellowship and being a CBE globalisation ambassador questing the United Nations SDGs.

5th International Conference in Urban and Regional Planning (ICURP) and the 18th PASCAL conference, Sustainable Development Futures: From Knowledge to Practice - Book of Abstracts

We are pleased to make available the book of abstracts of the 5th International Conference in Urban and Regional Planning (ICURP) and the 18th PASCAL conference, Sustainable Development Futures: From Knowledge to Practice, held in Manila from 12-13 November 2024.

Universities going to Town | JOHN TIBBITT from Policies for Places

I have written about the importance of learning for places before here and about encouraging accessibility to learning from a more visible presence of learning and skills agencies in city streets here. This piece is focused particularly on the role of universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) in supporting their local economies through taking a presence in often struggling high streets in towns and cities.

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