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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Making Education Wider and Higher – Educational Reforms in the last Half-Century

This Symposium was convened at the Haute École des Science Politiques in Paris on 9 April to celebrate and honour the life and work of PASCAL’s first Chair, Dr Jarl Bengtsson.

Learning Cities on the move

An article by Peter Kearns, entitled Learning Cities on the Move can be found in the issue 55(1) of the Australian Journal of Adult Education at this link. Members of Adult Learning Australia can access this article as part of their membership. For others there is a small download fee.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - April 2015

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for April 2015:

Saluting Professor Sir David Watson, a Pioneering Champion of University Civic Engagement

It is a bittersweet occasion to reflect on the late Professor Sir David Watson’s many contributions to university civic engagement in the United Kingdom and around the world.  We invited colleagues to share their reflections on how David contributed to the global movement and to their own individual efforts, and how can we best honor and sustain his legacy going forward.

Invitation to a celebration of the life and work of David Watson - Oxford, 3 June

Please find attached an invitation to celebrate the work of David Watson at 2.30 pm on Wednesday, 3 June in Oxford.

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