Author: Yara Bastidas
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Kick-off meeting of the project to support women participation in higher education in Eastern Africa
The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO IESALC) and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa (UNESCO Office in ... -
Cuba Ratified Convention on the Recognition of Studies in the Region
With Cuba’s ratification, only one State Party’s signature is needed for the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Degrees and Diplomas in Higher Education in Latin ... -
Virtual student mobility for a post-pandemic world
By Emma Sabzalieva | UNESCO IESALC’s research and analysis on virtual student mobility (VSM) aims to better understand the potential of VSM. During the pandemic, 60% of higher education institutions (HEIs) reported increased application of virtual forms of ... -
13th International Congress of Higher Education University 2022: “University and Innovation, for a Sustainable and Inclusive Development” | Cuba
In the framework of the 13th. International Congress on Higher Education University 2022, the director of UNESCO IESALC, Francesc Pedró, will participate in the Forum for ... -
Latin America and the Caribbean towards the World Higher Education Conference 2022
As part of the events leading up to UNESCO Third World Higher Education Conference #WHEC2022, an event that will re-formulate ideas and practices that guarantee sustainable ... -
60 volunteer mentors selected to transform society through sustainable development education
Following the call for professionals with pedagogical experience in sustainable development to apply as volunteer mentors for the first Bootcamp on Pedagogical Design and Education for ... -
#18Nov | Webinar Racism in the Academy: Global perspectives on multiple forms of racism and struggles for equity
Racism in the Academy: Global perspectives on multiple forms of racism and struggles for equity is the webinar to be hosted by the UNESCO International Institute ... -
Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean, present and future
By Ana Lúcia Gazzola | First of all, I would like to talk about my joy at participating in this IESALC event, in celebration of the ... -
The transition to hybrid education will translate into a greater quality of teacher-student interaction, Francesc Pedró
“The use of management and e-learning platforms has made more progress in the world of higher education than in school education,” said UNESCO IESALC Director Francesc ... -
Higher education must promote sustainable development and train citizens committed to the planet, Yuma Inzolia
In 2017 UNESCO IESALC attended the Education 2030 conferences organized by Virtual Educa, a space in which it agreed to promote these processes of dialogue to ... -
Teachers at the center of higher education recovery
By Francesc Pedró | Since the beginning of the pandemic, most of the efforts of higher education systems around the world have focused on guaranteeing pedagogical continuity, ... -
Call for proposals for the Learning Design and Education for Sustainable Development #ESDBootcamp 2022
As stated in the UNESCO Learn for our planet report (2021): “The way we currently live is not sustainable. Urgent change is needed, but lasting change ... -
Higher education must be on the international education agenda | University World News
Francesc Pedró | The absence of higher education from the debates around the international education agenda may hide the relative importance that the sector has for ... -
Higher education must be on the international education agenda | University World News
Francesc Pedró | The absence of higher education from the debates around the international education agenda may hide the relative importance that the sector has for ... -
INQAAHE 30th Anniversary celebratory event
Within the frames of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education’s (INQAAHE) 30th anniversary celebration and to officially launch the INQAAHE International Headquarters ... -
Fighting climate change: actions from the Universities
The United Nations Academic Impact Initiative (UNAI) has been organizing global conversations in multiple languages with educators, researchers and students to discuss priorities for the future, ... -
“There is a triple disconnection in higher education”, Francesc Pedró
At the TICAL Conference and the Latin American e-Science Meeting held online on September 2nd, UNESCO IESALC’s director Francesc Pedró said that there is currently a ... -
39 Peruvian University Students received laptops and tablets in the digital leaders competition
During the month of August of this year, 39 young Peruvians received the prizes corresponding to the Digital Leaders Competition, broadcast live via Facebook on January ... -
#May2022 – 3rd World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022)
In the view of the global health crisis, UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, initially planned to be held in 2021, will take place from 18 to ... -
Call for articles submission for the next ESS journal (Vol. 34, No. 1-2022) – Dossier B
UNESCO IESALC invites to submit articles for the thematic dossier of the journal Educación Superior y Sociedad (ESS) “Dossier B: Achieving mutually inclusive internationalization of higher education in Latin ... -
Extension of the deadline for reception of articles for Volume 34 of ESS Journal and its thematic dossier “Quality of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean”
The Journal Educación Superior y Sociedad ESS (Higher Education and Society) of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) ...