News

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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Applications for the Professor Sir David Watson Award for Community University Partnerships now open

The Sir David Watson Awards recognises the combined efforts of community and university partners towards making a difference to the lives of people in their shared community. These awards have been created in memory of Professor Sir David Watson, honouring his leadership in encouraging community-university engagement.

Final week for UALL submissions: Lifelong Learning and Innovation, Telford UK 10-12 April, 2019

We are in the final week for submissions for the UALL 2019 conference - Lifelong Learning and Innovation, Telford Innovation Campus, University of Wolverhampton, 10-12 April, 2019.

Learning city e diversità culturale (Learning city and cultural diversity) - New book with PASCAL contributors

We are very pleased to announce a new book concerning learning cities edited by Paolo Di Rienzo and Liliosa Azara (Eds.) Learning city e diversità culturale and published in 2018 by Rubbettino Editore in Italy.

Report on Good Active Ageing for All - French version now available

The PASCAL & PIMA SIG report Towards Good active ageing for all in a context of deep demographic change and dislocation has been translated into French by the Collège International des Seniors centred in Paris; a copy is featured below and attached.

2019: A crucial year for Europe and universities

In 2019, the EU will welcome a new leadership, face the final chapter of Brexit and set the rules for its new research and education programmes. At the same time, new technologies, larger and more diverse student populations, constraints on academic freedom and new ways to learn and teach will have a strong impact on the longer-term opportunities and challenges at Europe’s universities.
 

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