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Policy for Good Active Ageing in Australia: Progress and challenges

Submitted by Peter Kearns on March 11, 2019 - 09:04

The PASCAL-PIMA report on Good Active Ageing, which my wife Denise and I edited, was sent to all Australian and Commonwealth Ministers with responsibility for senior Australians. Most Ministers replied indicating the policies they had adopted. The paper featured below and attached gives a summary of responses from Ministers. There is also reference to a recent COTA survey of preference of seniors, and an overview of provision for learning by adults in America.

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UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter: March 2019

Submitted by Budd Hall on March 8, 2019 - 13:38

Here is the latest UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter.

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26th FACE Annual Conference 3-5 July 2019 - A reminder

Submitted by John Storan on March 8, 2019 - 09:00

The 26th FACE Annual Conference 3-5 JULY 2019, will take place at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 29th March 2019 so please act now!

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UALL Conference 2019: Lifelong Learning and Innovation - Registrations are now open

Submitted by Alice Reynolds on March 6, 2019 - 07:26

Registrations are now open for the UALL Annual Conference 2019, Lifelong Learning and Innovation taking place at the Telford Innovation Campus, University of Wolverhampton on 10-12th April 2019.

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Applications for the Professor Sir David Watson Award for Community University Partnerships now open

Submitted by Budd Hall on January 22, 2019 - 07:59

The Sir David Watson Awards recognises the combined efforts of community and university partners towards making a difference to the lives of people in their shared community. These awards have been created in memory of Professor Sir David Watson, honouring his leadership in encouraging community-university engagement.

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2019: A crucial year for Europe and universities

Submitted by Rob Mark on January 13, 2019 - 15:49

In 2019, the EU will welcome a new leadership, face the final chapter of Brexit and set the rules for its new research and education programmes. At the same time, new technologies, larger and more diverse student populations, constraints on academic freedom and new ways to learn and teach will have a strong impact on the longer-term opportunities and challenges at Europe’s universities.
 

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New PASCAL Board Member - Professor Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on August 11, 2018 - 05:40

We ae delighted to welcome Professor Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah to the PASCAL Board. Vonu is a world-renowned expert on sustainable, socially just transport, and on the use of information, especially big data, to solve urban problems. PASCAL can benefit from Vonu's international experience at the cutting edge of research with immediate practical and policy relevance.

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16th PASCAL Conference announced - "New Rural Horizons" - University College Cork, Ireland, 13-15 March, 2019

Submitted by Seamus O’Tuama on July 31, 2018 - 14:09

We are delighted to announce that the 16th PASCAL Conference, New Rural Horizons: Adult and intergenerational learning as catalysts for supporting resilient rural futures, will be held from 13-15 March 2019 in Ireland at University College Cork, and in Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Further details of the event will be available at this site very shortly.

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LA Mayor and WCCD CEO sign key agreement towards establishing LA-WCCD Local Data Hub

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 10, 2018 - 15:39

Los Angeles, California, February 5, 2018:  Today in Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Dr. Patricia McCarney, President and CEO of the World Council on City Data (WCCD) – located in Toronto, Canada - signed an MOU towards the establishment of the LA-WCCD Local Data Hub:

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Getting Started with the SDGs in Cities

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on February 1, 2018 - 13:54

The German authorities have prepared a handbook as a guide to connect urban development and the SDG's . The purpose is to help actors  to consider all the complexity of urban topics and the multiple interactions across sectors and strata from the very beginning of planning. The target are both the local stakeholders and the national governments dealing with urban development issues.

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