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Learning Cities and the SDGs: A Guide to Action

Submitted by Jac Torres Gomez on June 1, 2021 - 08:16

This Guide to Action is for mainstreaming lifelong learning as a key driver to achieve the 17 SDGs. The Guide highlights concrete approaches to the development of green and healthy learning cities, equitable and inclusive learning cities, and decent work and entrepreneurship in learning cities.

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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, May 2021

Submitted by David Atchoarena on May 31, 2021 - 11:11

On 19 May 2021, with the adoption of the Berlin Declaration for Sustainable Development (ESD), participants at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD committed to promoting its integration at all levels of education. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will support UNESCO Member States in their efforts to turn this commitment into reality.

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Workshop on Cultural Heritage and Impact Assessment: Report for the second online workshop, 19 May, 2021

Submitted by Catherine Lido on May 25, 2021 - 17:04

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This joint meeting was the second online workshop and third cross-organisation meeting between PASCAL International Observatory (Learning City Network on Cultural Heritage Education), the European Museums Academy (EMA), and SoPHIA – a project aiming to further promote collective reflection with the cultural and political sectors in Europe on the impact and quality of interventions in the European historical environment and cultural heritage at an urban level to promote a holistic impact assessment model, indicators, and standards.

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PIMA Bulletin No. 36 (May 2021)

Submitted by Shirley Walters on May 25, 2021 - 08:03

Editorial The year ahead – a turning point? – medium and long-term challenges – proposed contents for the rest of 2021 - Chris Duke.

Foolhardy it may be in this second year of pandemic, but first to sketch how the rest of 2021 may look, if only in terms of this Bulletin. The aspiration at least says something about what this year, pandemic apart, feels most pressing in importance and urgent.

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NewCities threesixtyCITY | We've reached our first milestone: Twenty episodes!

Submitted by Susan Kelly on May 20, 2021 - 08:21

threesixtyCITY - A NewCities Podcast | Each week we sit down with today’s most relevant urban thinkers to discuss the forces and trends molding our modern cities. From planning, policy, and design, to nomad cities, AI and automation, health and wellbeing, architecture and housing and beyond, we cover urbanity from all angles. Shaping better cities for all, one episode at a time. 

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Peter Kearns AM Australia Award

Submitted by Denise Reghenza... on May 17, 2021 - 09:25

This week PASCAL Board member was invested by the Governor of Queensland, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, with the Member of the Order (Australia) honour.  PASCAL International Observatory's Professor Mike Osborne recognised Peter's contribution and nominated him (supported by PASCAL's Josef Konvitz as a referee) for this advanced award.

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Building a Culture of Lifelong Learning as a Creative Learning Process

Submitted by Peter Kearns on May 11, 2021 - 14:36

Learning cities are challenged by a turbulent environment in which a number of mega changes have interacted to produce an uncertain future. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is centre stage, the looming impacts of ageing populations and the transition to a longevity society, and the impact on jobs of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence, have combined to challenge the foundations of our current society.

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Meeting Notes | Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 4 May, 2021

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on May 11, 2021 - 10:20

The third meeting of the Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives featured a presentation from Professor Idowu Biao, Professor of Lifelong Learning, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin, about Rural-Urban Migration and its Implication for Learning in Cities: the Case Study of Benin.

Attendees:

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Opportunities at the University of Glasgow

Submitted by Margery McMahon on May 7, 2021 - 11:29

The University has advertised the following positions: Lecturer in Science Education (Physics) (LTS), Job Ref: 056387, and Lecturer in Creative and Interdisciplinary Studies in Education (R&T), Job Ref: 056388.

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Notes from the sixth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 13 April, 2021

Submitted by Judith James on May 1, 2021 - 11:07

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for the network; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia; Shilpi Roy, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Palmira Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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