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The Professor Sir David Watson Awards for Community-University Partnerships

Submitted by Chris Duke on October 14, 2015 - 05:44

This landmark international award has been created in memory of our late former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Watson, honouring his leadership in the area of community-university engagement.

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Universities and Lifelong Learning book series - 50% discount for PASCAL members and Conference attendees

Submitted by Bethan Hirst on October 1, 2015 - 12:35

Our Universities and Lifelong Learning (UALL) series (edited by Professor Michael Osborne) analyses the external engagement activities of universities and third-level institutions and is concerned with the range of activity that lies beyond the traditional mission of teaching and research.

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Activity Report for 2014 of the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)

Submitted by Chris Duke on July 13, 2015 - 07:50

The Activity Report for 2014 of the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education,  ASPBAE,  is an awesomely impressive tour de force: an inspiring example of what a strong well-managed civil society organisation is able to build up by consistent purpose and moral commitment as it enters its 51st year.

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Paid Job - NIDOS Chief Executive

Submitted by David Wright on July 8, 2015 - 07:40

NIDOS is seeking to recruit a Chief Executive to lead the organisation in its strategic development and ambitious programme of promoting effectiveness and facilitating members’ collective influence on policy agenda.

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Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen published

Submitted by Mike Osborne on June 18, 2015 - 06:10

DVV International under the editorship of Uwe Gartenschlaeger and Esther Hirsch have just published a Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen, who amongst many things is one of our PASCAL Associates. Many colleagues in PASCAL have made contributions and you will find the PDF file of the publication featured below and attached.

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The role of civil society in democratization processes

Submitted by Bruce Wilson on June 18, 2015 - 06:01

What do the Velvet revolution, the transitions in Baltic countries in the 1990s and the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have in common? Prof. Donatella Della Porta is leading an ambitious project to compare the most relevant democratization processes led by social movements of the last 25 years.

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Open Call for Applications: Are cities hubs for living history? - 19th ASEF Summer University in Pune, India, 9-21 August 2015

Submitted by Franny Martens on June 17, 2015 - 05:50

Explore the synergies between sustainable urbanisation and heritage preservation and join us for a dynamic 2-week programme of dialogue-sessions with leading experts, hands-on workshops and a hack-a-thon. Grab your chance to be part of a team of students and young professionals from 51 ASEM member countries and co-create digital and physical prototypes, business plans and social impact models in close collaboration with the local community. 

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Spare Rib magazine goes online for the first time

Submitted by Sophie McIvor on June 12, 2015 - 11:35

Few titles sum up an era and a movement like Spare Rib. With its commitment to challenging the status quo, Spare Rib battled oppression and gave a voice to the struggles, discussions and debates of diverse groups of women over the 21 years it was in print (1972-1993).

From today, every edition of Spare Rib magazine will be available to be viewed by anyone online for free.

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Tecnológico de Monterrey becomes next PASCAL Centre

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on June 9, 2015 - 08:54

The Board of PASCAL is honoured to announce that Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Wikipedia) has become the next PASCAL Centre, the first in a Spanish-speaking country.  

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Deadline for submission of abstracts for First International Legacy Network Conference extended until 31 June

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on May 20, 2015 - 08:59

The conference organisers for the First International Legacy Network Conference, to be held in Glasgow, October 14-16, wish to announce that the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until June 31. Decisions will be made by July 15.

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