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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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Israel - Italy collaboration of Learning cities

The Israeli Center for Learning Cities, in Modiin, has recently signed an agreement, the first of it's kind, with the FVG Region of Italy, during a visit to Israel under the title "Pilot Project Learning Cities" [featured below].

This agreement is the result of a mutual learning process between the Israeli Center for Learning Cities, in Modiin, and the Parliament of the FVG Region, together with the Universita delle LieberEta, Udine and the City of Trieste.

Universities for a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society?

I hope that PASCAL Subscribers will be interested in a series of articles produced from Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, within a programme entitled, University Practice Connect, a collaboration between academics and development practitioners, which brings the two together to co-create this mutually benefitting space for learnings and experiences; for strategy-formulation and prob

Los retos actuales del sistema universitario español (The current challenges of the Spanish university system)

We have published a new blog with the title "Weaknesses, challenges and new challenges of the Spanish university system", which we wish to share. To read an opinion piece by José María Sanz, Professor of Applied Physics (Autonomous University of Madrid) and Rector of the UAM (2009-2017), access the Foundation CYD post from the link below.

UALL Awards 2020 Applications are open!

The UALL Awards are officially open! Will you be the next winner of our innovation, sustainability, research or international category?

The 7th Higher Education in the World Report "Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities" is out!

The new GUNi World Report was presented on December 10th 2019 in an open event at CaixaForum Barcelona. It analyses the role of humanities in higher education and their interrelations with science and technology.

The Report is structured around 24 key questions and it includes contributions from 130 authors from around the world. An abridged version of the Report is featured below, with the full version available for download.

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