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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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Learning for a better future: Perspectives on higher education, cities, business and civil society - Marius Venter and Suzanne Hattingh

The Centre for Local Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg, the host of PASCAL Africa has published papers from 14th PASCAL International Conference held in Pretoria in 2017under the title, Learning for a Better Future - Perspectives on Higher Education, Cities, Business and Civil Society. The book, edited by Marius Venter and Suzanne Hattingh, provides perspectives on a range of subjects relevant to the role of learning in progressing towards a better , sustainable future across higher education, cities, business and civil society in a context of turbulent change.

ALCN Ripples October Newsletter

This issue of Ripples features Wyndham Learning City receiving a UNESCO Learning City Award at the Fifth Conference on Learning Cities in Yeonsu (Republic of Korea) 2021; stories from our RMIT University intern students; and a climate change case study from Gwydir Learning Region.

UNESCO learning cities commit to boosting learning for health and call on national governments to make lifelong learning a priority

With the adoption of the Yeonsu Declaration at the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), UNESCO learning cities from around the world pledged to place lifelong learning for health and the development of resilience at the centre of their agenda.

Inclusive lifelong learning in cities: policies and practices for vulnerable groups

We are very pleased to report the publication of the book, Inclusive lifelong learning in cities: policies and practices for vulnerable groups, by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning with three major contributions from PASCAL colleagues:

University Third Mission & Local Responsibility

I would like to share with subscribers to PASCAL our reflections from the University of Catania on University Third Mission and Local Responsibility. Our paper was recently published on both the Global and the Africa editions of University World News at this link. We welcome your comments.

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