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Public perceptions of Australian Universities - announcement from Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance

Posted December 13, 2011 - 18:19 by Mike Osborne

The following announcement has been made at the AUCEA website.

Universities Australia recently commissioned consultants to undertake a major study on the public perceptions of Australian Universities. In this request,  the consultants are seeking to ensure they have access to the most relevant literature to inform their work.  Please support this work in any way you are able, in particular by providing the Consultants as soon as possible with any relevant literature and/or studies you are aware of or think will assist their work.

 

The request

PUMR Best Practice Cases now featured

Posted December 1, 2011 - 02:43 by James Powell

Highlighting successful projects based on PUMR principles, we are now delighted to additionally feature a number of selected Best Practice Cases. These are drawn from over 130 examples of best practices developed by more than 25 universities around the world which conform to PUMR principles. As PUMR develops, this invaluable resource will grow as more universities reveal their own ten best practice cases and share their knowledge of how they were achieved.

New LinkedIn PASCAL International Observatory group

Posted November 14, 2011 - 14:41 by Peter Welsh

Today sees the launch of the new PASCAL International Observatory group on LinkedIn. For those of you unfamiliar with LinkedIn, it's the fastest growing professional social networking site with over 120 million registered users from more than 200 countries.

Our Brothers' Keepers

Posted November 11, 2011 - 19:44 by Tracy Rogers

A recent article was sent to me regarding the work done by Lilia Abron, PhD, an environmental engineer and founder of PEER Consultants and PEER Africa.  While this in and of itself was not unusual, I receive articles all the time; it was the title Engineering Better Lives for Others that caught my notice.  Abron was raised with the ethic that individuals are their brothers’ keeper: a

PURE project extension agreement in Darling Downs/Professor Glen Postle

Posted October 31, 2011 - 21:22 by Mike Osborne

Following a memorandum of understanding between the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and Regional Development Australia (RDA), PASCAL will be extending its PURE work in the Darling Downs region of Australia.

One of the architects of this memorandum has been PASCAL Associate, Professor Glen Postle, pictured below with the Vice-Chancellor of USQ, Professor Bill Lovegrove and others from USQ an RDA.

EUA report 2011: Global University ranking

Posted October 31, 2011 - 10:46 by Yves Attou
The World Committee for Lifelong Learning (CMA) has published a new item 

The European University Association has published a major new report “Global University Rankings and their Impact” that analyses the methodologies used in the main international university rankings and also refers to a number of other ongoing projects seeking to measure university performance.

LLL driving universities’ ambitions for advanced teaching and research? Dare we? Can we? Let’s! - 14/15 May 2012 - Glasgow

Posted October 14, 2011 - 12:03 by Susan Geerthuis

U21 Collaborative Group – Research Universities and their Regions

Lifelong learning driving universities’ ambitions for advanced teaching and research? Dare we? Can we? Let’s!

Workshop - University of Glasgow 14/15 May 2012

The Natural Browsing project and PASCAL - a rather unique collaboration

Posted October 2, 2011 - 14:27 by Mike Osborne

On the face of it, involvement with the dissemination of a leading-edge computer science project would seem to be outside of PASCAL's remit.  What have "semantic search" and "natural languague processing" got to do with the social sciences? This is exactly the question we asked ourselves when invited by our colleagues from the Puglia Region to get involved in the Natural Browsing project.

The R3L+ project: network and partnership quality in learning cities and regions.

Posted July 26, 2011 - 17:00 by Muir Houston

The purpose of this blog is to disseminate information on the R3L+ project. R3L+ is funded under the multilateral stream of the Grundtvig arm of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme.

The R3L+ project: network and partnership quality in learning cities and regions.

Posted July 26, 2011 - 17:00 by Muir Houston

The purpose of this blog is to disseminate information on the R3L+ project. R3L+ is funded under the multilateral stream of the Grundtvig arm of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme.

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