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Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education Contributing to Social Change: Higher Education in the World 5

It is our wish to make you aware of the publication of World Report on Higher Education 5, Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education Contributing to Social Change: Higher Education in the World 5 published by Palgrave MacMillan.

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Search for New Forms of Governance of Science Policy in Europe - Engage 2020

Engage 2020 has been created to provide practical advice to the European Scientific Research Agenda (Horizon 2020). They note the following:

11th PASCAL Conference - Closing thoughts...

Cities Learning Together showed that partners can collaborate productively around shared purposes. The outcome can be shared ownership and commitment to further bilateral and multilateral action. This comes from learning together in an open participatory way, where different parties contribute relevant authority and expertise from different kinds of experience.
 

Challenging the 'European Area of Lifelong Learning'

Challenging the 'European Area of Lifelong Learning' critically reflects on the context in which lifelong learning policies and practices are organized in Europe with contributions of researchers and policy makers in the field, including a number of colleagues associated with the PASCAL Observatory and CR&DALL. This includes a chapter entitled 'The Rise and Fall and Rise again of Learning Cities' by Lynette Jordan, Norman Longworth and Michael Osborne. 

Gaza: Tradition and Leadership in a Learning City in the 6th Century AD

I am delighted to report that Jan Stenger, MacDowell Professor of Greek, Classics, University of Glasgow has won funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to hold a colloquium in April 2014 followed by a research workshop and public lecture in June 2014.

U21 workshop in Hong Kong - 21 November

The lastest workshop of the U21 RUR network on the topic of Research Universities and their Learning Cities was held at Hong Kong University on 21 November 2013, and hosted by Professor Mark Bray. Delegates attended from the University of Glasgow, Hong Kong University and UBC as well as collaborating universities and cities who are not part of U21. These included the University of Catania, the cities of Cork and Helsinki, Simon Fraser University and the University of Tampere. 

At this point some practical suggestions that emerged from discussion include the following:

Global University Rankings – Impacts and Applications

Subscribers will find attached a recent presentation at the 5th International Conference on World-Class Universities, 3 to 6 November 2013 in Shanghai, China made by Prof. Dr. Barbara M. Kehm of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow:

 

Something for your Xmas Stocking - Universities and Lifelong Learning

We are very pleased that three books in the series Universities and Lifelong Learning, inspired by the PURE project, and published by Manchester University Press are now available. Details can be found at the MUP website.

Research Universities and their Learning Cities - 21 November, Hong Kong University

Please find attached a programme, registration form and information sheet for the U21 RUR Workshop, Research Universities and their Learning Cities, to be held at Hong Kong University on 21st November 2013. This event is being organised to follow the 11th PASCAL conference, Cities Learning Together, and is associated with the new Learning Cities 2020 initiative of PASCAL.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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