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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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Cities as Platforms and Smart Cities, Issue Two: Summer 2016 - PASCAL SIG: Public Sector Interface

In this second issue, the theme of Cities as platforms and Smart Cities is considered. The PASCAL network has previously linked debate about Smart Cities to the theme of Entrepreneurial Learning Cities (see Learning Cities Networks). The authors in this paper build on this work with a focus on Knowledge City models and other city frameworks; the role of technology and the value that Higher Education Institutes can add when they form strategic partnerships.

What will the Future EU27 do? | The New 1930s | Cyber-Terrorism : Roundup of free RMIT Seminars, Oct 2016

With topics ranging from the face of the new European Union, to the triumph over communism of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, to the liberal democracy of the new 1930s, to Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber- Warfare; RMIT is hosting a highly engaging range of free seminars in October:

Working in Partnership: enabling social mobility in higher education

A new Universities UK (UUK) report released this week, ‘Working in Partnership: enabling social mobility in higher education’, has made a series of recommendations for higher education providers, schools, colleges and employers to improve social mobility in higher education in England.

Highlights of Mayors Forum 2016

Chaired by Mr Lawrence Wong, Singapore's Minister for National Development, the 7th annual World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2016 gathered over 92 mayors and city leaders to discuss the challenges they face and share practical experiences on innovative urban solutions.

London Review of Education - Latest issue on Learning in Global Cities

We are delighted to announce the new issue of the IOE's flagship journal, the London Review of Education, with contributions from many colleagues here at the IOE as well as from researchers based elsewhere in Europe and in Canada. 

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