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From the idea of Europe to a Europe of ideas: A colonial reflection

Submitted by Budd Hall on June 30, 2015 - 05:55

Anya Topolski posted a blog on Open Democracy titled From the idea of Europe to a Europe of ideas on May 24 .  In her blog, a contribution to the extensive discussions on-going about a Europe to-be in a time of crisis, she made the following statements:

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Big Tent – Draft 6th communique to discuss, finalise and release at the PASCAL Catania Conference in October.

Submitted by Chris Duke on June 25, 2015 - 18:03

PASCAL is a founder and lead player in the Big Tent initiative started in 2010. Here is a draft towards a communique for our Catania Conference in October. Please try to read and work and comment so we can get the best and strongest possible outcome – one that will be heeded and help to make a difference. We want something that will not be easily ignored. The Pope's new and unequivocal Encyclical sets the bar pretty high!

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Democratic Governance and Special Interests

Submitted by Rajesh Tandon on June 17, 2015 - 15:37

Democracies serve needs of all citizens only if they are not held ‘hostage’ to some special interests. When common public interests are allowed to be surrendered to the special interests of one group or community, democratic governance becomes a burden.

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Celebrating the life and work of Sir David Watson -Green Templeton College, Oxford 3 June 2015

Submitted by Chris Duke on June 17, 2015 - 05:42

As PASCAL Website users and many members of PASCAL anyway well know, David was an outstanding person and a leading global-local advocate of university engagement and of useful and relevant education for the community and for society generally.

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Talk Shop – Making sense of the big issues, together

Submitted by Martin Yarnit on June 9, 2015 - 22:10

The British  general election turned into another dialogue of the deaf, with voters reduced to their usual role of passive observer while the politicians honed their skills in question evasion. But there is an alternative: Martin Yarnit and Perry Walker report on a new experiment in voter democracy in Liverpool.  It’s called Talk Shop and this time it is the voters doing the talking.

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Supporting local learning frameworks

Submitted by Daniel Grafton on June 8, 2015 - 15:16

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) at UTS has released a new resource to help local governments create, adopt, and evaluate a Community Learning Plan for local government areas.

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GlobalGirl Media in the UK

Submitted by Alyson D'Oyley on June 6, 2015 - 06:50

We're launching GlobalGirl Media in the UK! The five year old organization uplifts young women in underserved communities by giving them a voice through the creation of videos.

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PASCAL, social media, and making more sense of what is out there

Submitted by John Tibbitt on June 3, 2015 - 07:29

PASCAL's reach in social media continues to grow.  On Twitter (@obspascal) we are now well passed the 8000 posts, and we have over 1800 followers, a number that continues to grow steadily.  PASCAL has been listed 128 times at the time of writing. Our tweets feed through to the PASCAL Facebook page where we are also attracting an increasing number of fans.

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Thank you - In Loving Memory of Martha Farrell

Submitted by Rajesh Tandon on May 20, 2015 - 05:54

We are deeply appreciative of and sincerely thankful to all for your warm, sensitive and caring messages and thoughts following the sudden and shocking death of our dear Martha on May 13, 2015 in Kabul.

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12th PASCAL International Conference – Call for abstracts - deadline 18th May

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on May 9, 2015 - 14:15

Connecting Cities and Universities at Strategic Frontiers - 7-9 October, 2015, Catania, Italy

You are reminded to submit an abstract on one of the following conference strands by 18 May:

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