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Peter Kearns AM Australia Award

This week PASCAL Board member was invested by the Governor of Queensland, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, with the Member of the Order (Australia) honour.  PASCAL International Observatory's Professor Mike Osborne recognised Peter's contribution and nominated him (supported by PASCAL's Josef Konvitz as a referee) for this advanced award.

Building a Culture of Lifelong Learning as a Creative Learning Process

Learning cities are challenged by a turbulent environment in which a number of mega changes have interacted to produce an uncertain future. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is centre stage, the looming impacts of ageing populations and the transition to a longevity society, and the impact on jobs of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence, have combined to challenge the foundations of our current society.

Meeting Notes | Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 4 May, 2021

The third meeting of the Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives featured a presentation from Professor Idowu Biao, Professor of Lifelong Learning, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin, about Rural-Urban Migration and its Implication for Learning in Cities: the Case Study of Benin.

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Opportunities at the University of Glasgow

The University has advertised the following positions: Lecturer in Science Education (Physics) (LTS), Job Ref: 056387, and Lecturer in Creative and Interdisciplinary Studies in Education (R&T), Job Ref: 056388.

Notes from the sixth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 13 April, 2021

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for the network; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia; Shilpi Roy, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Palmira Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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