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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Launch of the Centre for Global Higher Education

The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), the largest research centre in the world specifically focused on higher education and its future development, launched in London on 2-3 February. Based at UCL’s Institute of Education, CGHE will enable academics from across the globe to collaborate on research which will inform and improve higher education policy and practice.

Call for Expressions of Interest - Urban Big Data Centre

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

A seminar about PASCAL and Learning Cities Networks in Duhok

On 4th February, 2016, Sherwan Taha Ameen, PASCAL coordinator in Iraqi Kurdistan, organised an open seminar about PASCAL International Observatory and the 13th PASCAL International Conference in Glasgow, taking place 3-5 June, 2016 in preparation for this Conference as 6 delegates will attend the conference from Duhok city.

A seminar about PASCAL and LCN in Duhok - Feb 4, 2016

Government announces India’s first 20 Smart Cities

The list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted for the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ was released by the Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, with Bhubaneswar topping the list and Pune and Jaipur coming in second and third respectively. These 20 cities will be the first to receive funds, thus kick-starting the process of developing them into ‘smart cities’. The next two years will see the inclusion of 40 and 38 cities, respectively.

UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 4: Nov to Dec 2015

This is our last newsletter for 2015, which has proven to be a productive year for the world’s learning cities. We hope that 2016 will see the continued development of comprehensive lifelong learning policies and programmes, not only at national levels, but also at local levels: in the cities, towns, villages and communities where implementation happens.

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