PASCAL 2016 Conference report: Inclusion strand – providing lifelong learning opportunities for all

The leaders of the five strands of the PASCAL Glasgow Conference monitored the developments at the Conference in their strand. Dr Judith Jenson, the leader of the Inclusion strand has written the attached overview of the Inclusion strand. This strand attracted considerable attention at the conference and confirmed that much remains to be done in combating exclusion and achieving a situation where learning cities are inclusive of all residents in the city.

This remains a priority for PASCAL network development in the next two years with innovations in the strategies adopted required. The Conference also showed that the Learning Neighbourhood approach adopted in pilot projects in Cork and Taipei has much to offer.

[Peter Kearns]