Author: Yara Bastidas
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Alliances for the future: bridging education across Europe
How universities can enhance alliances? This question started the conversations at the University Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona (Spain), during the agenda of events at the Times ... -
UNESCO World Conference in Barcelona to shape the future of higher education
Press release | Paris/Barcelona, May 12, 2022 Faced with the challenge of growing student populations, the third UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, will take place ... -
The countdown for the World Higher Education Conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO’s third World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022), to be held in Barcelona (Spain) from May 18-20, 2022, will mark the roadmap to make higher education more quality ... -
Call | 3º Campaign for actions for the eradication of racism in #HigherEd in Latin America
The UNESCO Chair in Higher Education and Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples in Latin America (Cátedra UNESCO Educación Superior y Pueblos Indígenas y Afrodescendientes en América Latin) ... -
Public goods, common goods and global common goods: a brief explanation
By Emma Sabzalieva and José Antonio Quinteiro | April 2022 Background: The notions of “public goods”, “common goods” and “global common goods” have often been used ... -
Towards a More Inclusive Higher Education | Mundo UNTREF
Tuesday March 22, 2022 On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, international specialists reflected on the role of Universities and Institutes of Higher ... -
What can Higher Education Institutions do to Eradicate Racism Internally and in their Societies? | Uraccan
Contributions and historical struggle of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples By Juan Polanco | Published 2022-03-22 Within the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of ... -
Discrimination continues to affect indigenous population | MVS Noticias
Political scientist Daniel Mato indicated that it is fundamental to support indigenous educational institutions By Jatziri Magallanes | Monday March 21, 2022 Within the framework of ... -
Deadline extended for the thematic dossier and general section (vol. 34, nº2-jul.- dec. 2022) of the Journal ESS – Deadline extended for the thematic dossier of #ESS Journal
Until Friday, April 29, 2022, the call to send contributions is open for the thematic dossier of Vol. 34, N ° 2 (July-December 2022) of the ... -
Heightened focus on education after Kazakhstan’s deadly protests | Times Higher Education
January 29, 2022 | By Pola Lem Academics urge policymakers to tackle ‘root issues’ including corruption, unemployment and quality education Weeks after deadly protests rocked Kazakhstan, academics are ... -
Francesc Pedró: “If you have to define the purpose of university autonomy, it is very important that it be done from an agency that is not captured by the sector”
Francesc Pedró is Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC). He was interviewed by Martín Vegas, coordinator ... -
Transforming the futures of higher education with and for youths
By Bosen Lily Liu, Dana Abdrasheva, Eglis Chacón, Luz Gamarra Caballero, Simon Wanda Makokha, and Emma Sabzalieva. 24 January 2022 | Education is a universal human right. As an ... -
13th International Congress of Higher Education University 2022: “University and Innovation, for a Sustainable and Inclusive Development” | Cuba
The Cuban Ministry of Higher Education and Cuban universities invite to the 13th International Congress of Higher Education University 2022, which will be held in Havana, between February 7 and ... -
UNESCO IESALC hosts students from IE university to undertake a capstone project
Capstone Projects have become an important modality of curriculum development in the quest to bring students closer to their experiences as professionals in the labour market. A Capstone Project is an opportunity for students to apply what they ... -
New partnership between IESALC and the Open Society Foundations to promote the right to higher education
UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) announces a new partnership with the Open Society Foundations (OSF) to promote the ... -
Higher education on hold at home, students stranded abroad | University World News
Dana Abdrasheva and Emma Sabzalieva | 14 January 2022 – Kazakhstan has been in the world’s headlines after a series of protests over energy price hikes that began ... -
Awards for excellence in higher education: Zairi International Awards
Zairi International Awards for excellence in higher education is a formal international recognition of outstanding performance for higher education institutions around the world in specific areas ... -
“If we start acting now, in 2050 we could have equal access to technology and more critical citizens” / Ibercampus
“If we start acting now, in 2050 we could have equal access to technology and more critical citizens”. This is what Eglis Chacón, Luz Gamarra Caballero ... -
UNESCO IESALC wishes you Happy Holidays
The UNESCO IESALC team wishes you Happy Holidays and a year 2022 filled with opportunities to walk together on the path towards the transformation of higher ... -
Critical higher education for social welfare, raised by experts | LaJornada
By Laura Poy Solano | LaJornada Specialists warned that a change is urgent in higher education, so as not to see university education only as a ... -
Past, present and future of higher education in the world
Blog | By Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias [1] Participating in a meeting that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the journal “Higher Education and Society” (Educación Superior ...
