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An Opportunity We Should Not Lose - Barcelona International Conference on Knowledge, Transformation and Higher Education

Several of you are already deeply involved or know about the forthcoming Barcelona International Conference on Knowledge, Transformation and Higher Education, so please accept our apologies for the duplication!

"We are willing to organize everything to make this the most creative and productive world conference ever on community-university engagement" Cristina Esgrigas and GUNi colleagues

Cedefop - Despite changing attitudes, employers are not yet prepared for an ageing workforce

Attitudes toward what used to be called “the demographic time bomb” are improving: Europe’s ageing workforce is increasingly seen as a factor of growth and innovation. Yet while employers are fully aware that the workforce is ageing, they do little to prepare for this change, and certainly not enough to make the best of it.

Making a case for university social responsibility

Chripa Schneller & Erich Thöni (Ed.), 2012: Knowledge Societies: Universities and their Social Responsibilities. Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-07-1565-6

There is a perception that everyone is aware of what University Social Responsibility (USR) means. In reality, the understanding of this concept differs in focus, extent and action across many countries. To consolidate an overview of USR best practices in ASEM countries, the 2nd Asia-Europe Education Workshop "Knowledge Societies: Universities and their Social Responsibilities" was organised jointly by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the University of Innsbruck in Austria in June 2011.

The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning seminar in Hamburg, 25 May 2012

'The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning' was the topic of a seminar in the framework of the 60th Anniversary of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg, Germany on 25 May 2012. PASCAL was delighted that its co-director, Professor Michael Osborne, was invited to be one of the speakers.

On the previous day there was a public lecture programme, which included a contribution from the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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