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Higher learning for all

Many universities are now working actively with local communities, using the most advanced learning technologies, to open up higher learning to people of all ages. And it’s not too young to start this process as the photograph opposite portrays; indeed, many ‘toddlers’ now use smart mobile phone, iPads and simple computing tools long before they learn to tie their laces; 72% of children under five spend an average of half an hour on line each day.

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Professor Powell recently gave a series of lectures to universities in Puglia, Italy about PUMR and its implications with respect to improving the relationships between universities and their city regions. The series was organised by Dttr. Ettore Ruggiero, Director of Universus in Bari, where local universities are keen to become part of the PUMR assessment, coaching, evaluation and validation programme. The presentation's starting point was a recent communiqué from the European Committee of the Regions which indicates:

PUMR - Knowledge Sharing

PUMR is for universities that see themselves at the heart of their communities, driving economic, social and environmental change through the creation of new knowledge, innovative partnership, and providing staff and students who act as a power for positive change.

In times of economic constraint, PUMR aims to provide a cost effective approach to securing value for participating universities from such enterprise and innovation. PUMR provides:

PUMR - Levels of Participation

The programme has been designed to start from the differing positions in which participating institutions will find themselves, and the consequently different configurations of needs that institutions will have. We recognise that there is no one formula that fits all. However, we offer as a starting point a well-validated tool (UPBEAT) for self-assessment and for development that has been developed by the PURE Director, Professor James Powell, and that has been used in a range of international contexts.

PUMR - Self-assessment, Formative and Summative Evaluation, Coaching Support

Self-assessment, evaluation and coaching recognises the different positions in which participating institutions will find themselves, and the consequently different configurations of needs that institutions will have. The PUMR Core Team and those drawn from its 60 plus PASCAL Associates from around the world, are all experts in their fields.

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