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Mar 26, 2013

Cross-sectoral Approaches to Building Sustainable Opportunity Cities

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Cities almost everywhere are challenged by a raft of big issues resulting from on-going urbanisation, environment protection issues, public safety concerns, and demographic change in a context of growing inequality in many countries, social fragmentation and decline in social capital, high unemployment, and overall more individualistic societies.

These challenges provide the context for the PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE), initiated by the PASCAL International Observatory (which has its European base at the University of Glasgow) to provide for online exchanges of ideas and experience between cities around the world. At present 16 cities across 5 continents participate in PIE. These include Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Cork, Bielefeld and a number of African cities (Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Dakar, Gaborone, Addis Ababa). Summary stimulus papers for all cities may be read on the PIE web site.
Mar 27, 2013

The development of a network of learning cities and a learning city index

Presenter(s): Norman Longworth, Jin Yang

In recent years, several studies have shown that the creation of learning cities has become an effective instrument in promoting lifelong learning in the international community, despite various challenges. A nation aspiring to build a learning society or develop a lifelong learning system may use the names ‘learning cities’, ‘learning regions’ or ‘learning communities’ to mobilise or encourage their local authorities. To facilitate the development of learning cities in the international community, a truly global network of learning cities is needed.
Apr 15, 2013

Building Lifelong Learning in conditions of closure and siege

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Professor Elaydi  outlined the specific conditions of Gaza, which are unique.  Gaza is already a learning society with a range of formal provision in family and kindergarten projects, NGOs, schools and universities.  Informal provision includes unions, religious institutions and local government learning centers.  Yet the learning resources are grossly over stretched.  Gaza has a dense population and few natural resources, outside of the people of Gaza who attend 27 institutions of Higher Education.   
Jun 18, 2013

Adult learning in a distance education context: theoretical and methodological challenges

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 Seminar by Dr. Maria Gravani, Open University of Cyprus.

The flyer for Dr. Gravani's seminar - giving details of the seminar and a biography of Dr. Gravani - is attached as a pdf below. Unfortunately, no recordings are available of this seminar but Dr. Gravani's presentation is attached as a downloadable file at the foot of this entry.

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