Author: Yara Bastidas
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“The greatest challenge for teachers is to continue to acquire the necessary digital skills for the benefit of our students”
It is Tuesday, November 10 and Professor Carlos Arévalo from the Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva (National Agrarian University of the Jungle) is connecting from ... -
“The course has helped me to open new doors in this whole learning process”
This is how Julio Cesar Carhuaricra Meza, a teacher at the Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, explains his experience during the testimonial campaign for teachers of ... -
Appel à candidatures de l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF): programme de mobilité doctorale régionale Caraïbe
L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) dans la Caraïbe lance un programme de mobilité doctorale destiné à soutenir les études doctorales entreprises par des étudiants (ou ... -
Said Irandoust is the newly appointed Rector of the Afro-American University of Central Africa (AAUCA)
The Afro-American University of Central Africa, a public Equatorial Guinean higher education institution recently established at the heart of Africa (in Djibloho), has announced Said Irandoust (Sweden/Indonesia) its ... -
The UNESCO-IESALC campaign convenes university students and higher education graduates to share their academic experience abroad
Students, teachers, persons responsible for internationalization and researchers interested in sharing their professional and academic experiences abroad will be able to participate by sending their testimony ... -
Presenting Virtual Student Mobility in a Virtual Poster
By Bosen Lily Liu and Takudzwa Mutize | International student mobility in higher education is increasingly being challenged by global geopolitical tensions, economic strains, climate change ... -
The successful completion of the Digital Competence in Emergencies Program opens a new stage for higher education in Peru
On January 27, 2021, the closing ceremony of the Programa de desarrollo competencial para entornos de enseñanza-aprendizaje no presenciales en situación de emergencia (Competency Development Program ... -
On the International Day of Education UNESCO calls for increased and better financing of education
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, over 800 million students, more than half the world’s student population, still face significant disruptions to their education, ranging from ... -
The Afro-American University of Central Africa Announces Vacancy for Executive Assistant for the Rector
Vacancy: Executive Assistant for the Rector Applications will close at 23:00 GMT on February 20th, 2021. The Afro-American University of Central Africa (AAUCA) has commenced a comprehensive ... -
Volume 32/2 of the ESS Journal analyses higher education’s contribution to the sustainable development goals in the region
The journal Educación Superior y Sociedad ESS (Higher Education and Society), a specialized publication of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and ... -
Understanding access to higher education in the last two decades
By Daniele Vieira, Takudzwa Mutize and Jaime Roser Chinchilla | 21 December 2020 A recent study developed by UNESCO IESALC entitled Towards universal access to higher ... -
The COVID-19 pandemic drives Latin American universities to research the effects of the pandemic
Pillar of society, necessary for scientific, technological and innovation development, the Latin American university seeks to get closer to society Original version in Portuguese by Marcílio ... -
Global education monitoring report 2020 – Latin America and the Caribbean: inclusion and education: all means all, key messages and recommendations
Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the largest and most challenging socio-economic inequality in the world. Education systems reflect the highly unequal societies ... -
Best Wishes for 2021
May these holidays be a time to unite families and forge solidarity across communities, and may the new year bring new opportunities to continue working together ... -
Universal Access to Higher Education remains a pending task
According to the IESALC Report, although access to higher education has doubled in the last 20 years, inequities persist. As part of the launching of the ... -
UNESCO IESALC report reveals that access to higher education increased from 19% to 38% in the last two decades
Men’s enrolment increased from 19% to 36%, while women’s enrolment went from 19% to 41%, becoming the main beneficiaries of increased access to tertiary education worldwide. ... -
Call to participate in the GEM Report Fellowship Programme
The GEM Report Fellowship Programme supports researchers who aim to bring a fresh perspective to comparative and international education. It offers an opportunity to be part ... -
Webinar Towards universal access to higher education: international trends
On December 17, 2020, the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) will host the webinar entitled Towards universal access to ... -
Dialogues around the transformation of higher education during and in the post-pandemic
Francesc Pedró, Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), and Luciano Braverman, Senior Director of Education for ... -
Dialogues around the transformation of the classroom, towards remote and hybrid teaching
“It is a good time for pedagogy. It is back in the debate to rethink teaching methodologies ” said Hernández-Escolano. Carme Hernández-Escolano, pedagogical leader of the ... -
The covid-19 pandemic in Peru: an opportunity to teach and learn differently at the university
By Ana Mendigutxia | The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has forced institutions to seek references and guides in the process of adapting the learning methodological framework. ...
