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Making a case for university social responsibility

Chripa Schneller & Erich Thöni (Ed.), 2012: Knowledge Societies: Universities and their Social Responsibilities. Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-07-1565-6

There is a perception that everyone is aware of what University Social Responsibility (USR) means. In reality, the understanding of this concept differs in focus, extent and action across many countries. To consolidate an overview of USR best practices in ASEM countries, the 2nd Asia-Europe Education Workshop "Knowledge Societies: Universities and their Social Responsibilities" was organised jointly by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the University of Innsbruck in Austria in June 2011.

CDS Preconference Webinar Series - Community Measurement

The Community Change Coalition (CCC), composed of 20 U.S. university-based researchers and community development practitioners, has met for the past several years to explore better ways to help local leaders improve the quality of life in rural communities. The discussions have been lively and productive in exposing Coalition members to new approaches and ways to work with local leaders and bring about improvements in communities.

Australia and Europe in Conversation – 50 years of EU-Australia relations - Missed the conversation? Listen to the broadcast!

Yesterday the fourth in the series "Australia and Europe in Conversation" took place at the EU Centre at RMIT in Melbourne.

H.E. Mr Sven-Olof Petersson, Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, H.E. Mr Patrick Renault, Ambassador for Belgium to Australia, and Dr Bruno Mascitelli, President of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia; Swinburne University, together discussed ‘ The EU as a regional institution and democracy? The place of smaller member states' . Mr Paul Barclay from ABC's Radio National moderated the discussion.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - May 2012

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates, and which is a co-signatory to the September 23 2010 Communique "Enhancing North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement".

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