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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The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - February 2012

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates, and which is a co-signatory to the September 23 2010 Communique "Enhancing North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement".

Shaping lifelong learning: making the most of European tools and principles - CEDEFOP

CEDEFOP has released a Briefing Note on "Shaping lifelong learning: making the most of European tools and principles" for you to access in your preferred language and format*:

Call for Visiting Fellowship and Scholarship Applications - April 2012 to April 2013

The ANU Centre for European Studies Centre (ANUCES) is a joint initiative of the Australian National University (ANU) and the European Union. It underscores the university-wide commitment to European studies. Located at the heart of diplomatic and political life in Canberra, ANUCES now involves the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Business and Economics, and ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

MacJannet Prize deadline reminder: 15 February 2012

The deadline for nominations for the MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship is less than four weeks away! Nominations are due on 15 February 2012.

Society for Educational Studies “Highly Commended” Award

At the recent Society of Educational Studies Annual Seminar held in London, Professor Mike Osborne and Dr Muir Houston of the University of Glasgow were members of the research team1 whose book: Improving What is Learned at University: An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education, was Highly Commended in the Society's Annual Book Prize. Judging criteria included: quality of research, originality of analysis and argument and quality and accessibility of writing.

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