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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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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.

UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 3: Jul to Dec 2016

We are pleased to share with you this issue of our newsletter. 2016 was a fruitful and inspiring year for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

Coverage of Selected Side Events at the UN Biodiversity Conference 5-17 December 2016 | Cancún, Mexico

The most recent UN Biodiversity Conference (5-17 December 2016) is reported on the IISD/ENBOTS Reporting Services website. 

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