PASCAL International Observatory Site Digest for 05/03/19

Understanding and communicating the impact and potential benefits of research to a wide audience is an increasingly important task for higher education professionals. From realising the economic and social benefits of research work, to engaging with key industry and government contacts to create real-life impact, communicating the power of research has never been so important.

Now the University of Glasgow has established ‘Research Impact: Making a Difference’, a new short on-line course which shows those working with research how to better understand, create and communicate research impact.

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The time has come again fellow placemakers, to gather in one great city, and share the stories and experiences that are making placemaking one of the most critical movements of the 21st century. In case you missed the big news, Project for Public Spaces’ 3rd International Placemaking Week conference will take place on October 1-4, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We couldn't be more excited!

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The Universities’ Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) Student Experience Network invites you to Creative Approaches to Lifelong Learning: Perspectives on the mature student’s journey through higher education and beyond, our annual one-day event, taking a holistic approach to the experiences of part time, mature and widening participation learners throughout their higher education journey, from first contact through to post-graduation.

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This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

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Join us for a free public lecture by Dr Gabriele Suder, Director of the International CEO Forum and expert at the OECD (Services Competitiveness), the EU, JETRO and for the Australian Government (Commonwealth and State level).

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In this issue we feature 9 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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This is the first notification and Call for Papers for the UALL Work and Learning Network Annual Conference 2018 - Learning for, at and throughwork: capturing workplace learning for transformative Higher Education.

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In November 2018, Vice President Dr. Roland Tsai and Chief Officer of International and Cross-Strait Affairs Dr. Hsiao-Ling Huang, both of Yuanpei University of Medical Technology (YUMT), met with President Eugenia Chang of Datong Community College of Taipei City to initiate our assessment of practice of regional and community engagement.

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We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting abstracts for FACE 2019: Delivering the Public Good of Higher Education - Widening Participation, Place and Lifelong Learning. This year's conference will be held at Sheffield Hallam University, from 3-5 July 2019.

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