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Global Learning Festival - 8-11 November, 2021

Submitted by Diane Tabbagh on October 21, 2021 - 13:54
Nov 8 2021
Nov 11 2021
Australia/Melbourne
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Wyndham & Melton City
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We are very pleased that the PASCAL Observatory and its Learning Cities Networks, with their European centre hosted by CR&DALL at the University of Glasgow, are partners in the 2021 Global Learning Festival being organised from 8-11 November by the cities of Wyndham and Melton in Australia. Many of the member cities of the LCN are making contributions, including Medellin, Taipei, Wolverhampton and of course Wyndham itself.

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Good News. Keynotes Announced and Deadline Extended for Abstracts for 2021 ANZRSAI Conference

Submitted by Matthew Coote on October 19, 2021 - 07:32
Dec 6 2021
Dec 7 2021
Australia/Melbourne
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124 La Trobe Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia  Australia

Thank you to all those that have already submitted an abstract or panel proposal for this conference. The deadline to submit an abstract or panel proposal has been extended to 31 October 2021 so there's still time if you want to present your research at this conference.

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Final Report - 2021 Wyndham Learning Festival

Submitted by Jac Torres Gomez on October 15, 2021 - 14:10

Following the successful completion of the Wyndham Learning Festival 2021 from 1-5 September 2021 and the subsequent evaluation, the final report is now available.

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Birkbeck Call for Papers | Useful Knowledge

Submitted by Verity Hilton on October 12, 2021 - 09:14

Please find featured below and attached a Call for Papers (CfP) for an academic conference at Birkbeck, University of London, being held to mark the institution's 200th anniversary.

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Remembering Anne Jones and Angus Hawkins

Submitted by Verity Hilton on October 11, 2021 - 09:03

We were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Anne Jones. Anne was a leading educationalist during her long career, and finally became Professor of Continuing Education and Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Brunel University. UALL colleagues will remember Anne as a visitor to Conferences where she was always a colourful and unmissable character. A tribute to Anne from the Guardian is available here.

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The Global Learning Festival Contributing to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Submitted by Jac Torres Gomez on October 11, 2021 - 08:33

The Global Learning Festival (GLF), co-led by Wyndham City Council and Melton City Council, has been identified as one of the key impact projects that RMIT University has linked to the SDGs from 2020 in their recently published Impact Report.

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Wyndham City Council recognised for their commitment to lifelong learning by the APLC

Submitted by Jac Torres Gomez on October 5, 2021 - 13:14

On Thursday 30 September 2021, Wyndham City Council in Melbourne, Australia was recognised for their commitment to lifelong learning by the Alliance for Asia-Pacific Learning Cities (APLC).

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Meeting Notes: Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 23 September 2021

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on October 5, 2021 - 12:44

The highlight of the 6th meeting of the Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives Network within PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks (LCN) on 23 September was a presentation about the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs (IIRA): building the capacity of community leaders and policy makers.

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ALCN Ripples September Newsletter

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on October 4, 2021 - 13:29

In this issue of Ripples we pay tribute to Dr. Ken Thompson, Chair of the Hume Global Learning Community, friend and Executive member of ALCN. We also report on the results of the recent Wyndham Learning Festival and entrepreneurial learning in the City of Hume.

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Learning for a better future

Submitted by Peter Kearns on September 28, 2021 - 22:49

The role of learning cities in meeting today’s challenges for a better future has been a dominant theme in PASCAL work on learning throughout the period 2017 to 2021. This theme has been given urgency and direction by developments during this period, especially the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while demographic change with ageing populations, the growing impact of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, and the pace of change, in their cumulative impact have brought this sense of a time of disruption and turbulence with the world out of control.

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