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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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University and community collaboration focus of new book from University of Southern Queensland

On 30 May 2014,  Cr. Paul Antonio, Mayor of the Toowoomba Regional Council in Queensland, Australia launched the book, Community Capacity building: Lessons from adult learning in Australia, published by NIACE and edited by Professor Glen Postle, Professor Lorelle Burton and Professor Patrick Danaher, all academics at the University of Southern Queensland(USQ) in Toowoomba.

Call for Papers: 22nd International Conference of Europeanists

In many historical moments, Europe’s futures have seemed not simply open and uncertain, but replete with contradiction. Similarly, in contemporary Europe, the responses of both ordinary Europeans and the continent’s collective institutions to the challenges posed by crisis again constitute a series of contradictions—many of which reiterate large questions from Europe’s past, while also affecting the ability of social forces to imagine possible futures.

Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe

The Eurydice Network has just published Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Access, Retention and Employability (featured below and attached for download). The report provides an overview of what European governments and higher education institutions are doing to widen access to higher education, increase the number of students that complete higher education (retention), and give guidance to students on entering the labour market (employability).

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - May 2014

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 May 2014:

2014 MacJannet Prize Winners!

On behalf of the MacJannet Foundation and the 2014 Selection Committee, the Talloires Network Secretariat is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship!

13th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - Glasgow

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