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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South Africa – UK University Staff Doctoral Programme

The University Staff Doctoral Programme (USDP) promotes collaborations that seek to increase the number of academics with PhDs in South African universities. To support this goal, the British Council issued a call for a collaboration development grant to allow for the hosting of scoping and development meetings to explore possible models for doctoral training.

PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) welcomes Acapulco and Medellín

PASCAL Observatory is pleased to announce that the Latin American Cities of Acapulco (Mexico) and Medellín (Colombia) have become members of the Learning Cities Networks (LCN) initiative.

Mental Health and Wellbeing: Keep the dialogue going

Following the release of the PASCAL EcCoWell 2 paper on "Promoting mental health and well-being in EcCoWell2 communities | Stimulus paper" (2020, Kearns, P. & Lido, C.), a useful Zoom discussion was held on 28 May 2020 involving participants in the EcCoWell 2 Community Recovery Program.

We are not in the same boat - Shirley Walters

“We may be in the same storm, but we’re not in the same boat!” was the assertion from a community activist from a working-class area in Cape Town. We are all under `lockdown` during Novel Corona Virus pandemic – the virus does not differentiate between rich and poor, women or men – we are all vulnerable to COVID-19 which may cause ill health and possible death.

Australian Journal of Adult Education - Vol 60, Number 1, April 2020

Promoting critical thinking and research in the field of adult learning as well as the theory, research and practice of adult and community education, here is the latest edition of the Australian Journal of Adult Education:

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