Author: Sara Maneiro
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#17Nov Latin America and the Caribbean will take part in the third World Access to Higher Education Day – WAHED
On November 17th, 2020, the Latin America and the Caribbean region will have an active part in the Third World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED), with ... -
#Webcast Back to the future: Higher Education in the post-pandemic world
Francesc Pedró, Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), analyses in Back to the future: Higher Education ... -
Launch of the 2nd GUNi International Conference on SDGs: Higher Education & Science Take Action. Summary Report
In October 2020 the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) launched the 2nd GUNi International Conference on SDGs. Higher Education & Science Take Action. Summary Report, ... -
Futures Week 2020: Debate, Reflection and Construction of futures
Within the framework of Futures Week 2020 – a platform dedicated to debate, reflection and construction of futures – a sprint of presentations took place by ... -
Launch of the Global Survey on Higher Education Institutions’ contribution to lifelong learning
The UIL-IAU Global Survey on Higher Education Institutions’ contribution to lifelong learning is available since October 7th, 2020 and its objective is to to develop a ... -
The transformation of the world requires a hybrid higher education
In the most recent webinar organized by the Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada, RENATA (National Academic Network of Advanced Technology) entitled: «Unidos Transformamos la nueva visión ... -
#5Oct Virtual Town Hall Forum Meet the Executives: A “One Caribbean” Vision
On Monday, 5th October, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. (Jamaica time), Universities Caribbean (before UNICA), the Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes, will host the Virtual ... -
A panel of experts on higher education and sustainability agreed that universities need to define the meaning of sustainability
On Friday, September 18th, 2020, at 1:30 pm. (Spain time) Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor of the Financial Times; Francesc Pedró, Director of UNESCO International Institute for Higher ... -
Experts agree on the need to achieve region-specific indicators to promote mobility in higher education
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, Luis Scasso, Director of the Office of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) in Argentina, opened ... -
The University of Costa Rica and the SDG: Integral Articulation and Social Commitment
By Henning Jensen-Pennington¹ and Yamileth Angulo-Ugalde ² Introduction In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a global instrument ... -
Presentation of the APICE book “Innovations and Good Practices of Educational Credit”, with the support of UNESCO
The book “Innovations and Good Practices of Educational Credit”, published by the Asociación Panamericana de Instituciones de Crédito Educativo ÁPICE (Pan American Association of Educational Credit ... -
UNESCO recognizes the Universidad Benemérita de Puebla for its efforts in literacy and teaching
Each year, the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes address a specific theme. In 2020, they focused on literacy and its teaching, and five individuals and organizations, out ... -
The Diagnostic Phase of the Strategic Support Program to Universities of Peru advances with surveys, interviews and discussion groups
September 4th / We continue in the first Diagnostic Phase of the Program to support the design and implementation of strategies for the continuity of the ... -
Higher education is not a burden but a key piece to face the crisis: Francesc Pedró
On Thursday, September 10th, the director of UNESCO IESALC, Francesc Pedró, participated in the online conference «Towards the reopening: quality and equity as priorities in higher ... -
Education is the main instrument to fight the social inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic
During the opening of the dialogue table convened by UNESCO on September 10, Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, recalled that COVID-19 has an effect on ... -
Biography of Francesc Pedró, director of IESALC
Francesc Pedró is since May 2019 the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. He joined UNESCO’s education sector ... -
#18Sept Panel of experts will debate on sustainable Changes to Higher Education Curricula
On Friday, September 18th, 2020, at 1:30 pm. (Spain time) Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor of the Financial Times; Francesc Pedró, Director of UNESCO International Institute ... -
IESALC and AUR analyze impacts and challenges facing higher education in its transit from presentiality to online education / AUR
Francesc Pedró, Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC ) was the central speaker at the Webinar ... -
UNESCO convenes virtual roundtable to analyze the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
The impact of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 is dramatic and, according to data from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), ... -
Enrollments open for the Global Lesson in Social and Emotional Learning of the UNESCO MGIEP
The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) and Life University´s Centre for Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics (CCISE) launched the ... -
International Colloquium “Impact of COVID-19 on Education” of the University of Cartagena
The RUDECOLOMBIA Doctorate in Educational Sciences of the University of Cartagena organized the International Colloquium «Impact of COVID-19 on Education, on August 18th, 19th and 20th, ...
