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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - December 2013

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for December 2013:

Learning Cities 2020 - PASCAL will pursue four strands of activity

Following the success of the Cities Learning Together conference, PASCAL with partners aims to develop four strands of activity in the future, under the overall banner of Learning Cities 2020. They are as follows:

11th PASCAL Conference - Opening Day

The 11th PASCAL Conference has opened in Hong Kong with welcomes from Professor Rupert Maclean of the Hong Kong Institute of Education and Professor Bruce Wilson, Head of the EU Centre at RMIT, and a keynote address by Professor Josef Konvitz, Chair of the PASCAL Board.

Three publications from the THEMP project - Tertiary Lifelong Learning in Mid-Life

Three recent publications from the THEMP project are available below:<--break->

PASCAL publishes details of the Learning Cities 2020 programme

PASCAL International Observatory is pleased to announce the publication of the first details of the forthcoming Learning Cities 2020 Programme.

The Learning Cities 2020 programme consists of a suite of studies to enable cities and regions to maximise their competitive advantage. The brochure featured below and attached introduces the options, ranging from local analysis of the latest data on lifelong learning, skills and economic performance, the benchmarking of current practice, to masterclasses by international experts to help local policy appraisal and development. PASCAL can organise intensive local skills surveys if required. PASCAL will be pleased to tailor a package to meet individual city requirements.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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