Third World Higher Education Conference #WHEC2022
The World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022), to be held from May 18 to 20, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, aims to reformulate the ideas and practices of higher education to ensure sustainable development for the planet and humanity. The goals and strategic scope of the conference represent an opportunity to deepen and expand common efforts of knowledge production, political dialogue, exchange and networking. UNESCO considers the process of collective construction as the greatest richness of this conference, which aims to become a global conversation nurtured by diverse narratives on higher education. Access to the general information here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage Access to IESALC's […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: International cooperation to enhance synergies
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table - Theme 9: International cooperation to enhance synergies at 10:15-11:45 (Spain time) on May 18, 2022. Participants: African Academy of Sciences, SARECO (Switzerland-Africa), Nuffic, DAAD, British Council, EU Commission, IDRC (Canada), IESALC. Location: Fira Room 6 Registration here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage - UNESCO IESALC's participation in #WHEC2022 Preliminary Agenda Related news: The countdown for the world higher education conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Impact of Covid-19 in Higher Education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table – Theme 1: Impact of Covid-19 in Higher Education at 10:15-11:45 (Spain time) on May 18, 2022. This round table discusses major challenges faced by higher education around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly examining the impacts of the crisis on teaching, student learning, research, finance, and international education. The outbreak of the pandemic since early 2020 has changed the world in an unprecedented way. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are severely affected by this global health crisis across the globe; […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Fireside chats on higher education and (inter)national development
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: Fireside chats on higher education and (inter)national development at 10:15-11:45 (Spain time) on May 18, 2022. Location: Fira Room 3 Registration here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage - UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 Preliminary Agenda Related news: The countdown for the world higher education conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Reimagining the futures of higher education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table - Theme 10: Reimagining the futures of higher education at 14:30-16:00 (Spain time) on May 18, 2022. Location: Auditorium Fira Registration here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 Preliminary Agenda Related news: The countdown for the world higher education conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Exploring international aid for higher education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: Exploring international aid for higher education: current trends and future talks at 16:15-17:30 (Spain time) on May 18, 2022. Participants: DAAD News: German Academic Exchange Service, Campus France, The Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education - Nuffic, Norway, British Council & the DHG. Location: Fira Room 8 Registration here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 Preliminary Agenda Related news: The countdown for the world higher education conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Transforming the futures of HED
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: Transforming the futures of HED at 9:30-11:00 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. What are your hopes and concerns for higher education? How could higher education contribute to better futures for all as we collectively recover, reimagine, and revitalise education? At this interactive session, delegates will learn about what higher education experts, members of public around the world, and youth had to say during a multi-phased project on the futures of higher education led by UNESCO’s International Institute for Higher Education. Continuing […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: What would it take to ensure access to higher education for all?
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: What would it take to ensure access to higher education for all? at 9:30-11:00 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. Participation in higher education around the world has increased exponentially since the second half of the twentieth century. Since 2000, the global gross enrolment rate has almost doubled from 19% to 38% and in some regions the increase has been even sharper. Yet wide disparities in access continue to exist, as do barriers to successful completion of studies for those students […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: New approaches to the right to higher education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: New approaches to the right to higher education at 11:15-12:45 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. This high-profile roundtable is being organized in light of the reinvigorated efforts by UNESCO to place the right to higher education at the heart of the evolving right to education agenda. The roundtable will bring together world renowned experts and organizational partners with a shared commitment to elevating the right to higher education. The roundtable will also mark the launch of two new UNESCO reports […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: Financing Higher Education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: Financing Higher Education at 14:30-16:00 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. Location: Auditorium Caixa Registration here: https://www.whec2022.org/EN/homepage UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 Preliminary Agenda Related news: The countdown for the world higher education conference 2022 began | UNESCO IESALC’s contributions
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Workshop: Reimagining the Futures of Higher Education
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Workshop: Reimagining the Futures of Higher Education towards 2050: Scenario Development Workshop at 14:30-16:00 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. This hands-on learning session introduces participants to scenario development methodologies for Reimagining the Futures of Higher Education that could be adapted to and applied in different contexts, based on a common good lens and a social justice framework. Participants will be asked (1) How would you like communities to look in 2050 – what type of social and economic activities will be taking place […]
UNESCO IESALC’s participation in #WHEC2022 | Round Table: The next decade of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Within the framework of the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, UNESCO IESALC will take part in the Round Table: The next decade of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean at 16:15-17:30 (Spain time) on May 19, 2022. This high-level round table is organized as part of UNESCO's efforts to promote the development of higher education (HE) through collective processes involving its main actors. In this way, this activity brings together the leaders of strategic institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean, who will reflect on the challenges and opportunities of HE for the next decade. Within the session, […]