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Winners of the UALL Awards 2019 are announced

Submitted by Alice Reynolds on June 11, 2019 - 12:02

The UALL Awards ceremony took place at the formal dinner of the 2019 UALL Conference, Lifelong Learning and Innovation, and were awarded by our Chair, The Reverend Canon Professor Peter Neil.

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APPLY NOW: Research Associate in Development Studies - GCRF Sustainable Cities Centre at University of Glasgow

Submitted by Gail Wilson on June 3, 2019 - 12:06

Are you interested in cities, urbanisation and international development? We need you!

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External examiner opportunity at University of Edinburgh

Submitted by Alice Reynolds on May 23, 2019 - 03:28

The Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh will be looking for a new external examiner to take over when the current post holder demits at the end of this academic session.

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Job Vacancies at the University of Bristol in lifelong learning programmes

Submitted by Alice Reynolds on May 20, 2019 - 04:20

The following two job vacancies are currently open at the University of Bristol in lifelong learning programmes:

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XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October - Revised Call for Papers

Submitted by Seamus O’Tuama on April 30, 2019 - 05:33

PLEASE NOTE: CALL FOR PAPERS REVISED ON 25 APRIL, 2019

The 2019 PASCAL XVIth Conference from 16-19 October 2019, will have a focus on adult/lifelong learning place-making and cohesion. This three-day international conference will bring together scholars and practitioners who develop learning opportunities in community settings.

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News from PASCAL Africa

Submitted by Marius Venter on April 30, 2019 - 05:11

The Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) is a centre in the School of Economics (SE) within the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). CENLED was established in 2008, primarily for capacity building in the local economic development (LED) fields. CENLED also hosts the PASCAL International Observatory (Africa) headquarters.

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Being human in the era of the fourth industrial revolution and AI

Submitted by Peter Kearns on April 16, 2019 - 09:19

The recent PASCAL and PIMA report on Good Active Ageing, which I edited with Denise Reghenzani Kearns, discussed the implications of the convergence of the demographic and technological revolutions. The demographic revolution with ageing populations is occurring at a time when revolutionary changes in digital technologies associated with artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnologies are impacting on society with this impact certain to increase. How soon superintelligence arrives is a matter of lively discussion.

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XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October - Online details and registration now available!

Submitted by Noreen Delea on April 2, 2019 - 08:14

Registration, preliminary program details and the call for papers for the XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October is now available at the following link:  https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace/pascal2019/.

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La contribución de las universidades al desarrollo económico y social - Fundación CYD

Submitted by Mike Osborne on March 24, 2019 - 10:41

This paper, La contribución de las universidades al desarrollo económico y social, recently published as a blog item from Fundación CYD, Spain, may be of interest to subscribers involved with the contribution of universities to cities and regions; an area that PASCAL itself still works in in various ways including in our work with global south partners in SUEUAA and the work we highlighted last week in Taiwan, which is part of a larger project in Hong Kong, Scotland and Italy.

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CityNet Smart Cities Survey Report

Submitted by Vijay Jagannathan on March 18, 2019 - 07:41

I am pleased to share the CityNet Smart Cities Survey Report on Smart Cities, Mobility, Walkability, and Emissions. Please find the final report featured below and attached.

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