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 Global Learning Festival Contributing to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Global Learning Festival (GLF), co-led by Wyndham City Council and Melton City Council, has been identified as one of the key impact projects that RMIT University has linked to the SDGs from 2020 in their recently published Impact Report.

Wyndham City Council recognised for their commitment to lifelong learning by the APLC

On Thursday 30 September 2021, Wyndham City Council in Melbourne, Australia was recognised for their commitment to lifelong learning by the Alliance for Asia-Pacific Learning Cities (APLC).

Meeting Notes: Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 23 September 2021

The highlight of the 6th meeting of the Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives Network within PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks (LCN) on 23 September was a presentation about the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs (IIRA): building the capacity of community leaders and policy makers.

ALCN Ripples September Newsletter

In this issue of Ripples we pay tribute to Dr. Ken Thompson, Chair of the Hume Global Learning Community, friend and Executive member of ALCN. We also report on the results of the recent Wyndham Learning Festival and entrepreneurial learning in the City of Hume.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 131, Issue 1

In this issue we feature 7 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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