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PASCAL Conference 2022 - Tampere - 20-22 June - Registration and Programme

Submitted by Jari Stenvall on February 22, 2022 - 07:24

We are pleased to announce that the full programme and registration for the 16th PASCAL International Conference - Learning and Crises: Future-proofing City Responses, hosted by Tampere University is now available on the Conference website.

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We are delighted to welcome the city of Thrissur, Kerala, India to PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks (LCN)

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 22, 2022 - 07:09

Thrissur is called the ‘Cultural Capital of Kerala’. Thrissur city hosts a large number of academic, research, training institutions supporting the learning needs of a wide range of people. Thrissur is a city that celebrates diverse skills and cultural activities. One of the leading businesses in the city is jewellery. Estimates suggest that the city produces 30 percent of India’s gold jewellery. This has earned the city the unofficial title of ‘Gold Capital of India’.

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PASCAL Papers Quick Reference

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 22, 2022 - 01:51

Over the years, PASCAL has amassed more than 50 papers through its many initiatives and projects. These papers are listed across many sections of the PASCAL family of sites, so we have assembled a master PASCAL Papers Quick Reference for your convenience. The Quick Reference can also be accessed via a graphic in the left hand column of the main PASCAL NOW! page, as well as many other principal pages.

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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, January/February 2022

Submitted by David Atchoarena on February 10, 2022 - 08:32

To kick off the new year, we would like to underscore the value of lifelong learning as expressed by members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities on the occasion of the UN International Day of Education and through the great strides being made by prison libraries in Latin American countries.

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The final report on the 2021 Global Learning Festival is now available

Submitted by Diane Tabbagh on February 8, 2022 - 09:40

Another successful Global Learning Festival (GLF) has wrapped up for 2021. With over 95 live and recorded events delivered from across Australia, the USA, the U.K, Israel, Northern Ireland, Taiwan, Canada, Bangladesh, Kenya, Benin, Colombia, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, and Turkey, the 2021 GLF truly represented global learning.

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The European Museum Academy Reports on The Museum Temperature by the end of 2020

Submitted by Henrik Zipsane on February 8, 2022 - 07:32

How are museums doing in Europe? The European Museum Academy Reports on The Museum Temperature by the end of 2020. The European Museum Academy is proud to present for the third year in a row the following more subjective inside views about how museums are doing and what the museums experience as their current challenges, be it political, financial, organisational or something else.

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Museums as Agents in the New Age of Volunteering

Submitted by Henrik Zipsane on February 4, 2022 - 15:46

The drive for volunteering has many roots in and impacts on societal development. It has been acknowledged as a variety of outcomes from volunteering. When the European Union by decision in 2009 made 2011 the European Year of Volunteering the objectives were set high:

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Spotlight on Education and Learning from Urbanet

Submitted by Susan Kelly on January 31, 2022 - 11:16

The latest issue of the Urbanet newsletter which is a Spotlight on Education and Learning we hope will be of interest to PASCAL subscribers. Urbanet is a product of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

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PASCAL participation in the Membership Jury for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC)

Submitted by Susan Kelly on January 18, 2022 - 11:49

Following the Introductory Meeting of the Membership Jury for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, we are pleased to announce that PASCAL Board member and convenor of PASCAL’s, Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives, Learning City Network, Dr Leone Wheeler has been elected as chairperson of the jury.

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Finnish Professor of the Year 2022 - PASCAL Associate, Professor Jari Stenvall

Submitted by Ilpo Laitinen on January 18, 2022 - 08:50

We are delighted to report that The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen our friend and colleague professor Jari Stenvall, who is a professor of administrative science at Tampere University and a PASCAL Associate, as the Professor of the Year 2022. The nomination was announced at the Union’s Communicatio Academica event on Thursday, January 13, 2022, in Turku. The award amount of the Professor of the Year is €20,000. 

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