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BALID - Bilingual Literacy for Life, 4 July 2019

After a fascinating seminar about The Philippines last Monday - ‘Taking hold’ and ‘losing grip’ of bureaucratic literacies: Insights from local volunteering in the Philippines - our BALID Informal Literacy Discussions (ILDs) programme moves to Mexico, when Lorena Sanchez Tyson of UCL Institute of Education leads a discussion on Bilingual Literacy for Life: an indigenous language literacy programme in Mexico.

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Friday, 28 June, 2019

British Council and the University of Glasgow join forces to provide training in Leadership Development in Ukraine - learning city spin-offs

The British Council has recently made an award to Donetsk State University of Management in the Ukraine to progress the field of leadership development. A Certificate has been awarded as part of a training programme which included a week-long visit to University of Glasgow from the Rector and Vice Rector of the university and three other staff. The visit to Glasgow provided an opportunity to learn from the experience of staff at Glasgow University and included lectures, workshops and visits within the School of Education. A cultural programme was also organised in the city.

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Tuesday, 25 June, 2019

Role of Universities in Envisioning Participatory Smart Cities in the Global South - 28 and 29 May, 2019

CR&DALL was delighted to co-host a joint seminar and workshop at the School of Education in the University of Glasgow on May 28th and the 29th funded by the Scottish Funding Council from its contribution to the University of Glasgow’s efforts to develop activities concerned with the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). The two events were organised as part of the project The role of universities in developing skills for Smart Cities, led by Dr Srabani Maitra (School of Education), Professor Mike Osborne (School of Education), Professor Muhammad Imran (School of Engineering) and Dr Seth Agbo (University of Lakehead, Canada).

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Friday, 21 June, 2019

Author(s): 

Peter Kearns
Denise Reghenzani

Working Paper: 

WP501/2019

ISSN: 

2397-057X

EcCoWell was developed by the PASCAL International Observatory in 2012 (PIE), based on the experience of Taipei city, as an approach to developing learning cities in a holistic and cohesive manner. The emergence of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, with a similar requirement for holistic development has enhanced the significance of the EcCoWell experience.

This paper examines the relevance of EcCoWell to implementing the SDGs in cities and smaller communities, and traces how the EcCoWell concept has evolved in this context of learning city development. The learning city concept is inevitably caught up in the debate about humanistic responses to the challenge of rampart digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, such that sustainability takes on further meaning in this context.

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Citation: 

Kearns, P. & Reghenzani-Kearns, D. (2019) Building Good Sustainable Communities through the Learning City EcCoWell Approach. CR&DALL Working Paper. CR&DALL WP501/2019, CR&DALL, Glasgow (UK).

Keywords: 

learning cities, sustainability, lifelong learning, EcCoWell, SDGs, entrepreneurship

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Friday, 14 June, 2019

SUEUAA team shares insights with City of Harare officials

In advance of the SUEUAA conference hosted by the University of Zimbabwe which took place 9-10 May, the team involved in the research were delighted to explore their findings with Eng. Hosiah Chisango, Town Clerk of the City of Harare.

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Friday, 17 May, 2019

Role of Universities in Envisioning Participatory Smart Cities in the Global South - 28 and 29 May, 2019

Globally, the urban population is expected to grow by 63% between 2014 and 2050 – compared to an overall global population growth of 32% during the same period.

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Thursday, 9 May, 2019

UIL Lifelong Learning Alert No 7 - 8 May 2019

What is happening around lifelong learning these days? How are countries making lifelong learning a reality? What are the latest developments in policy and practice? This is issue No 7, 8 May 2019, of the UIL Lifelong Learning Alert.

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Wednesday, 8 May, 2019

XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October - Revised Call for Papers

PLEASE NOTE: CALL FOR PAPERS REVISED ON 25 APRIL, 2019

The 2019 PASCAL XVIth Conference from 16-19 October 2019, will have a focus on adult/lifelong learning place-making and cohesion. This three-day international conference will bring together scholars and practitioners who develop learning opportunities in community settings.

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Thursday, 25 April, 2019

New Service by UIL: The Lifelong Learning Alert

What is happening around lifelong learning these days? How are countries making lifelong learning a reality? What are the latest developments in policy and practice? The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has launched the  UIL Lifelong Learning Alert.

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Tuesday, 26 February, 2019

Strengthening Urban Engagement in Universities in Africa and Asia (SUEUAA) - Harare, 9-10 May, 2019

The University of Zimbabwe in association with the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL) at the University of Glasgow and the PASCAL Observatory at the University of Johannesburg and the University of Glasgow invite you to a conference celebrating the role of universities in developing the infrastructure of cities through strengthening their urban engagement roles.  The conference will be held on 9/10 May 2019 at the Cresta Lodge Hotel, Harare.

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Thursday, 7 February, 2019

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