The Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Asia and Africa (SUEUAA) project is funded by the British Academy under the Cities and Infrastructure programme of its Global Challenges Research Fund.  The project, led by the University of Glasgow, includes six international partners from Iran, Iraq, the Philippines, South Africa and is a collaborative study between University of Glasgow (Scotland), and Universities in Iran (University of Kurdistan), Iraq (University of Duhok), the Philippines (Philippine Normal University), Zimbabwe (University of Harare), Tanzania (University of Dar-es-Salaam), and South Africa (University of Johannesburg). Your are cordially invited to a forum in Manila on 28 August at which emerging outcomes of this project will be disseminated. There is no fee for this event and further details are attached.

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This is PASCAL Briefing Paper 17, A benchmarking approach to understanding community engagement and learning cities, written by PASCAL Vice-Chair, John Tibbitt. It is one of a suite of papers produced during the last few months in preparation for the next PASCAL conference to be held in Korea from 30 August to 1 September 2018. Please find details of that conference at this link. This is a conference with no fee thanks to the great genorosity of our hosts in Korea, and places are still available.

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This is PASCAL Briefing Paper 16, Learning to be as the core of learning in later life, written by PASCAL Board Member, Peter Kearns. It is one of a suite of papers produced during the last few months in preparation for the next PASCAL conference to be held in Korea from 30 August to 1 September 2018. Please find details of that conference at this link. This is a conference with no fee thanks to the great genorosity of our hosts in Korea, and places are still available.

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"A city is more than a place in space; it is a drama in time" - This statement by the Scottish polymath, Patrick Geddes, applies very aptly to Derry~Londonderry. His ideas and theories have been playing a part recently in my thinking about Learning Cities/Regions as my local council, here in Northern Ireland, begins its journey to become a UNESCO Learning Region.

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We are pleased to inform PASCAL subscribers that the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) special issue on learning citiesis now online. 

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This is a reminder to all colleagues that in association with the Municipality of Pécs, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and PASCAL International Observatory, the University of Pécs and its Learning City-Region Forum are organising an International Conference on 20th September, 2018 concerned with the theme of: Learning Cities and Culture Working Together.

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This attached PIMA Bulletin 18 sustains the theme ‘What is happening to democracy’ by means of a challenging paper from South Africa’s Mugabe Ratshikuni who asks, only slightly tongue in cheek, whether we really need it. We return to that subject in the next issue, and invite responses to both Mugabe and Chris Brooks. We will likely also return to the subject ‘What has happened to lifelong learning’ in the next issue, after a five-part discussion in previous issue (No. 17). Comments are welcome there also.

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The SUEUAA (Strengthening Urban Engagement in Universities in Asia and Africa) project funded by the British Academy looks at the role of the University in developing sustainable solutions to issues in six cities across six different countries: Harare (Zimbabwe), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Johannesburg (South Africa), Manilla (Philippines), Duhok (Iraq), and Sanandaj (Iran).

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The School of Education at the University of Glasgow, the European base of PASCAL is pleased to announced further success within the Erasmus Mundus programme that will support one existing International Masters degree and two new Masters. 

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6 considerations for adopting a technology-enabled approach to enhancing lifelong learning, and access to enrichment opportunities, across a city.

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Being at the UNESCO 3^rdInternational Conference on Global Cities was a watershed experience.  I was simultaneously inspired by the robust, actionable hope manifested there, and utterly dismayed to learn there were no member cities from my own county, the USA.   At the conference I met Peter Kearns and Denise Reghenzani-Kearns, who told me about PASCAL, and I met local leaders of Cork City responsible for putting together such a magnificent conference.

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