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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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PASCAL Briefing Paper 11 - Big Data, Lifelong Learning and Learning Cities: Promoting city-discourse on social inequalities in learning

*** KOREAN translation now available ***

The 11th Briefing Paper from PASCAL is now available in English, Korean and simplified Mandarin. It concerns the topic of Big Data and its relationship with learning cities and is written by Catherine Lido, Kate Reid and Mike Osborne from the PASCAL Centre for Europe in Glasgow.

PASCAL Briefing Paper 10 - Developing holistic and integrated learning cities: Health and EcCoWell

PASCAL developed the EcCoWell concept in 2012 as an approach to holistic and integrated development in learning cities. Whilst the concept integrates environment, health and well-being, economy, and community with lifelong learning, the core of EcCoWell development up to now has focussed on the integration of health, learning, and environment with community building. The cities of Cork and Taipei have been leaders in applying EcCoWell concepts in their development.

LA Mayor and WCCD CEO sign key agreement towards establishing LA-WCCD Local Data Hub

Los Angeles, California, February 5, 2018:  Today in Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Dr. Patricia McCarney, President and CEO of the World Council on City Data (WCCD) – located in Toronto, Canada - signed an MOU towards the establishment of the LA-WCCD Local Data Hub:

Latest news on European Research in Learning and Work [L&W] - February 2018

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers or proposals relating to: the  eucen Conference in Bergen, the WCCI Conference on Education, the International Human Capital Conference in Selangor (see Conferences), the EAN conference in The Hague, the TIY Workshop on Youth Transitions in Mannheim, the VET&Culture workshop in Zurich (see Networks and Organisations), the International Spring School in Kerkrade (see Programmes) and the journal Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (see Publications). And not to overlook: the vacancies at the Hertie School of Governance (see Networks and Organisations).

UNESCO-UNEVOC Seminar on Greening Economies: How TVET Can Accommodate 21st Century Skills

On Tuesday 23 January Dr Margarita Pavlova, UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre Director and Associate Professor International Education and Lifelong Learning, gave a presentation on Greening Economies: How TVET Can Accommodate 21st Century Skills.

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