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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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, September 2020

Literacy programmes have suffered severely during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet adult literacy and education have been absent in many initial education responses. Even before the crisis, 773 million non-literate adults and young people were failing to acquire basic reading and numeracy skills.

ESOF 2020 Event, September 6th

Honored to represent Israel and the city of Modiin Maccabim Reut: Mayor- Mr. Haim Bibas, and Chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, alongside Dr. Orna Mager, Director of the Multi-Disciplinary Center and developer of the Israeli Model and Network of Learning Cities in Israel, as they took an active role participating in the prestigious ESOF 2020 Event, on September 6th.

Global Learning Festival a Success!

From 1-4 September, The City of Melton and the City of Wyndham co-led the inaugural Global Learning Festival with over 20 other partners including the PASCAL Observatory and the Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) who helped bring this event to life.

Higher education institutions' engagement with the community during COVID-19 | UIL

UIL has recently published an issue note on 'Higher education institutions' engagement with the community during COVID-19', which may be of interest to subscribers – please find it featured below and attached.

Embracing a culture of lifelong learning: contribution to the Futures of Education initiative | UIL

UIL has just finalized and published a report, entitled ‘Embracing a culture of lifelong learning: contribution to the Futures of Education initiative’, which will we hope be of interest to subscribers and is attached. This report has been developed based on a transdisciplinary online consultation, which took place from 26 May to 12 June 2020.

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