Universities' Third Mission

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New Challenges for Higher Education, Cities and Regions: Addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 27, 2024 - 13:19

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 17th PASCAL conference, New Challenges for Higher Education, Cities and Regions: Addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Changing Contexts, is now available, and attached to this posting. The conference runs from 4-6 July in Taipei.

Submission Deadline for Abstracts (details also attached): 4 March 2024;

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Lecture on University Regional and Community Engagement to Iranian senior policymakers - Michael Osborne - 12 June 2024

Submitted by Nematollah Azizi on June 13, 2024 - 11:21

I am happy to report that on June 12, 2024, Professor Michael Osborne, Director of PASCAL (Europe) delivered a brilliant lecture on University Regional and Community Engagement to Iranian senior policymakers at the National Institute for Higher Education Planning and Research, under the Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology. The audience also included senior researchers and PhD students in higher education.

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European Universities and Knowledge Alliances in their territorial innovation ecosystems

Submitted by Mike Osborne on November 17, 2023 - 16:19

To get a sense of the European Commission’s perspective on the contribution of HEI’s to developing regional innovations systems, the attached report on ‘European Universities and Knowledge Alliances in their territorial innovation ecosystems’, may be enlightening. At the University of Glasgow, we are part of one of the Alliances, CIVIS, and I am grateful to colleagues in the that alliance for making me aware of this report, and supplying the summary below:

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CommUniversity Workshop on Reciprocal Partnerships

Submitted by Susan Kelly on May 2, 2022 - 10:51
May 11 2022 06:01
Australia/Sydney
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Ultimo
Australia  Australia

In partnership with the Open Society University Network (OSUN), the Talloires Network (TN) has organized a series of 2-hour, online workshops to support engaged scholars who have an interest in community-university research. Workshops will be led by leaders in the field of university civic engagement around the world and held each month from February 2022 through July 2022.

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University Third Mission & Local Responsibility

Submitted by Giuseppe Ronsisvalle on October 29, 2021 - 16:10

I would like to share with subscribers to PASCAL our reflections from the University of Catania on University Third Mission and Local Responsibility. Our paper was recently published on both the Global and the Africa editions of University World News at this link. We welcome your comments.

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Towards Citizens Enablement | PASCAL PUMR programme has been refocused, extended and retitled

Submitted by James Powell on December 15, 2020 - 13:48

The powerful and progressive PASCAL PUMR programme has been refocused, extended, and retitled, as Citizens Enablement, following comprehensive discussions with the Leonardo Ambassadors for Corporate Learning; they believe the new title simply portrays the best that the development has to offer society, especially after COVID-19. The essence of the honed approach is still that academics can, and should, enable/empower citizens to achieve their desired aspirations, both by, and for, themselves.

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The Mastercard Foundation and Talloires Network of Engaged Universities Launch the Next Generation Leaders Program

Submitted by Mike Osborne on October 30, 2020 - 08:03

A new initiative between the Mastercard Foundation and the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities will create a first-of-its-kind virtual community of university student leaders who are committed to civic engagement and social responsibility.

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UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter: November 2019

Submitted by Pooja Pandey on November 30, 2019 - 09:37

Here is the latest UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter.

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UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter: August 2019

Submitted by Budd Hall on August 13, 2019 - 06:01

Here is the latest UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter.

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A Canadian initiative that provides free legal services to low-income people has won the Professor Sir David Watson Award for Community University Partnerships

Submitted by David Wolff on July 24, 2019 - 06:28

The Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc. (CLASSIC) initiative was founded in 2007 by three law students at the University of Saskatchewan. It is the only community legal clinic in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and serves over 1100 individuals a year – with a commitment to Indigenous people – through three key programmes: a walk-in advocacy clinic, legal advice clinic and special projects that address systemic issues.

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