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Australia and Europe in Conversation – 50 years of EU-Australia relations - Missed the conversation? Listen to the broadcast!

Yesterday the fourth in the series "Australia and Europe in Conversation" took place at the EU Centre at RMIT in Melbourne.

H.E. Mr Sven-Olof Petersson, Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, H.E. Mr Patrick Renault, Ambassador for Belgium to Australia, and Dr Bruno Mascitelli, President of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia; Swinburne University, together discussed ‘ The EU as a regional institution and democracy? The place of smaller member states' . Mr Paul Barclay from ABC's Radio National moderated the discussion.

PASCAL Welcomes Gaborone

PASCAL welcomes Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, as the newest addition to PASCAL International Exchanges with a stimulus paper written by Dr Chadzemula Molebatsi from the University of Botswana. Gaborone becomes the fourth African city in the PIE exchanges joining Dar es Salaam, Kampala, and Dakar. It is expected that a further stimulus paper for Addis Ababa will be added shortly.

The role of HE in local and regional social and economic development - Brest, 29-31 October. Call for Papers. Deadline 25 June

The PASCAL International Observatory is pleased to announce its 10th annual conference: "The role of Higher Education in local and regional social and economic development", to be hosted at the Western Brittany University (UBO) from October 29-31, 2012, in Brest, France.

U21 Lifelong Learning & Research Workshop - the Workshop in Action!

A U21 workshop on lifelong learning and research was held at Glasgow on May 14 and 15, 2012. Organised jointly by CR&DALL at the University of Glasgow and by the University of Auckland, New Zealand, the event offered the opportunity for 'blue-sky thinking' with regard to the engagement role of universities.

Lifelong learning driving universities’ ambitions? Dare we? Can we? Let’s! - U21 Lifelong Learning & Research Workshop

A U21 workshop on lifelong learning and research is being held at Glasgow in May 2012. Organised jointly by CR&DALL at the University of Glasgow and by the University of Auckland, New Zealand, the event is free and offers the opportunity for 'blue-sky thinking' with regard to the engagement role of universities.

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