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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UBDC Latest Call for Expressions of Interest now live

Would you like to investigate an urban policy, planning or research problem using big, complex, or administrative data? If so, the UBDC is here to help. We provide access to novel and innovative urban-related data, as well as expert support.

Cork City, Ireland to host Learning Cities Conference in 2017 – new PASCAL LCN Director discusses with President of Ireland

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has announced the Irish city of Cork to host the 3rd International Conference on Learning Cities to be held 18-20 September 2017.  The conference promises to be another important step forward in placing lifelong learning at the centre of sustainable city development, especially inclusive and equitable quality education for all.  Earlier conferences were held in Beijing and Mexico City.

Global crisis engages universities and community partners - Big Tent Consortium issues call to action to partners worldwide

The Big Tent Consortium, a global network of universities and their community partners today issued a call to action to its members to oppose the Jan. 27 US travel ban, join with other worldwide protests, and create spaces for dialogue within universities and communities everywhere. The call was part of a Consortium statement that responds to the US ban targeting citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries and which provides the latest evidence of growing Islamophobia and exclusionary trends around the world.

Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - February 2017

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the Nordic Conference in Jönköping, the EAEEIE Conference on European projects in Grenoble, AVETRA 2017 in Melbourne (see Conferences) and the Summer Days/ VET&Culture conference in Tampere (see Networks); a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on 'The changing world of work', a Summer School on 'Creative Methods' (see Programmes) and a new issue of IJRVET (see Publications) . 

Invitation for Partnership on Erasmus + Bridging the Gap between the University and Employment

Al-Quds Open University in Palestine are working on the above project and they are looking for partners who can share their expertise in this field.

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