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Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) Annual Report 2023/2024

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on July 1, 2024 - 15:20

The ALCN Annual Report summarizes the work of our place-based learning communities and learning cities over the period from May 2023 until May 2024, including our professional development series of learning forums and Webinars.

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Free PASCAL 17th Annual Learning Cities Conference Webinars

Submitted by Catherine Lido on June 28, 2024 - 13:49

Please join us online for our free international and interdisciplinary webinar panels for the PASCAL 17th Annual Learning Cities Conference. These webinars cover specific panels on Sustainable Communities and AI & Technology for New Challenges for Higher Education, Cities and Regions: Addressing SDGs in Changing Contexts. 

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PASCAL Directors present in Melbourne

Submitted by Bruce Wilson on June 28, 2024 - 13:37

Three of the PASCAL Directors, all partners in the Jean Monnet Network on Social and Scientific Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals presented in a panel at the final conference of the network in Melbourne at RMIT on 26 June 2024.

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An Urban Lens on the Trump Convictions

Submitted by Bill Bowen on June 25, 2024 - 14:12

Former President Donald J. Trump’s felony convictions in a New York state court several weeks ago highlights two opposing narratives explaining the country's current divide.  Each narrative resonates well with different components of urban communities. Each major political party has crafted its preferred narrative to resonate with its target voters.  In doing so, these opposing narratives significantly erode the social fabric of American cities.

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Six Lectureships in Education Studies at the University of Glasgow

Submitted by Kristinn Hermannsson on June 21, 2024 - 08:51

The School of Education at the University of Glasgow has just advertised six lectureships in Education Studies. The listings from jobs.ac.uk are shown below, and all who are suitable qualified are encouraged to apply. Posts are available on both the Research and Teaching track (four posts) and the Learning, Teaching and Scholarship track (two posts).

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PASCAL Briefing Paper 27 - Pedalling Through Pregnancy: Is riding a bike when pregnant a political statement on spatial justice?

Submitted by Jac Torres Gomez on June 13, 2024 - 12:06

I am pleased to be able to make available this personal reflection as Briefing Paper 27 for PASCAL.

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Lecture on University Regional and Community Engagement to Iranian senior policymakers - Michael Osborne - 12 June 2024

Submitted by Nematollah Azizi on June 13, 2024 - 11:21

I am happy to report that on June 12, 2024, Professor Michael Osborne, Director of PASCAL (Europe) delivered a brilliant lecture on University Regional and Community Engagement to Iranian senior policymakers at the National Institute for Higher Education Planning and Research, under the Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology. The audience also included senior researchers and PhD students in higher education.

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PASCAL Briefing Paper 26 - Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on May 20, 2024 - 09:58

We are pleased to make available PASCAL Briefing Paper 26, which concerns the work of the PASCAL Learning Cities Network (LCN), Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives.

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Celebrating Learning in Brimbank

Submitted by Peter Kearns on April 12, 2024 - 11:35

Celebrating Learning is a bimonthly newsletter sharing local projects, good news stories, information and resources relating to learning in all its forms. Celebrating Learning is an initiative of the Brimbank Community Learning Strategy..

Back issues are available here.

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Covid Education Alliance (COVIDEA): Adapting education systems to a fast changing and increasingly digital world through the use of appropriate technologies

Submitted by Veerle Vandeweerd on March 28, 2024 - 12:14

I am very pleased to share with PASCAL subscribers, a document produced by the Covid Education Alliance (COVIDEA), entitled, Adapting education systems to a fast changing and increasingly digital world through the use of appropriate technologies - A primer.

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