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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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British Council and the University of Glasgow join forces to provide training in Leadership Development in Ukraine - learning city spin-offs

The British Council has recently made an award to Donetsk State University of Management in the Ukraine to progress the field of leadership development. A Certificate has been awarded as part of a training programme which included a week-long visit to University of Glasgow from the Rector and Vice Rector of the university and three other staff. The visit to Glasgow provided an opportunity to learn from the experience of staff at Glasgow University and included lectures, workshops and visits within the School of Education. A cultural programme was also organised in the city.

Report on the International Symposium On Ageing Well and Public Service Delivery: Policy & Practice 15-16 June 2019 Beijing, China

Convened by Tsinghua University (Beijing) and a consortium of partners in other Universities, Ageing Centres, Associations and Public Organisations, the Ageing Well theme focussed on:

  • Building a health care policy system,
  • Cultivating professional personnel talents, and
  • Developing high quality health care services.

The urgency was stressed, i.e. to ensure healthy environments for ageing and to optimise public service delivery.

Building Good Sustainable Communities through the Learning City EcCoWell Approach

EcCoWell

EcCoWell was developed by the PASCAL International Observatory in 2012 (PIE), based on the experience of Taipei city, as an approach to developing learning cities in a holistic and cohesive manner. The emergence of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, with a similar requirement for holistic development has enhanced the significance of the EcCoWell experience.

Winners of the UALL Awards 2019 are announced

The UALL Awards ceremony took place at the formal dinner of the 2019 UALL Conference, Lifelong Learning and Innovation, and were awarded by our Chair, The Reverend Canon Professor Peter Neil.

Learning Cities and Culture Working Together - A collection of papers from the 2nd Learning Festival of Pécs, Hungary

The organisers of the 2nd Learning Festival of Pécs, Hungary decided in the Spring of 2018 to develop and organise a special conference with the title: Learning Cities and Culture Working Together. Featured here is a collection of papers from the event.

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