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Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) Newsletter: January 2018

This issue features the latest news about UBDC activities and opportunities:

Adult educators and community activists step up dialogue for creating change in Eastern Europe

In support of adult educators and community activists stepping up dialogue for creating change in Eastern Europe through non-formal lifelong learning activities based in communities, Dr Rob Mark, PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) Coordinator recently addressed the Insha Osvita open space forum known as Dialogue for Change.

A Learning City Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Entrepreneurship is a subject of growing importance in learning city development. This was included as a new dimension for learning cities in the UNESCO Cork Call for Action on Learning Cities, and the PASCAL EcCoWell 2. The  paper below by Judith James - A Learning City Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - covers business development and university aspects of this subject.

2018 MacJannet Prize Call for Nominations!

The Talloires Network is proud to announce the ninth annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. The prize will recognize exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in Talloires Network engaged member universities around the world and contribute financially to their ongoing public service efforts.

Senior Business Development Manager vacancy, UBDC Glasgow

Deadline for applications: 7 January, 2018

The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) at the University of Glasgow is advertising an extremely important post for us: Senior Business Development Manager, who will primarily be working on sustainability for the Centre and Centre finances in general.

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