Yearly Archives: 2020
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Future Skills – The Future of Learning and Higher Education
In times of organizations in global networks and of constant acceleration to product cycles, the model of qualification for future jobs seems to be ... -
Governing by visual shapes: university rankings, digital education platforms and cosmologies of higher education
University rankings have been central to higher education policies for at least the last three decades. They have become commonplace. The international magazine Critical ... -
IESALC report analyzes the impacts of #COVID19 and offers recommendations to governments and institutions of higher education
On World Health Day UNESCO launches document on higher education in the face of COVID-19 The temporary cessation of face-to-face activities of HEIs on ... -
“One Caribbean” Virtual Forum: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 designing the future of the Caribbean University Sector
In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is currently affecting the world, Universities Caribbean (formerly UNICA), the Association of Caribbean Universities and Research ... -
Higher Education after the COVID-19 Crisis: A GUNi initiative to build and share knowledge all over the world
At the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi), we have set out to create a special section for joint reflection given the current context ... -
Actions of the Higher Education Networks in face of COVID-19
A brief and quick exploration of the websites of the 13 councils of rectors and national associations of higher education institutions (HEI) in Latin ... -
COVID-19 and Higher Education: National Public Policies
Since the declaration of the pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the agencies responsible for governing higher education systems in ... -
Crisis-sensitive educational planning
As of April 1st, 89% of the world’s student population was affected by the closure of their institutions due to the COVID 19 crisis, ... -
Health and Nutrition during Home Learning
Health and nutrition issues during home-learning constitute an important matter to be seriously considered in the midst of the crisis created by COVID 19. ... -
Call: Virtual Mobility Space in Higher Education
The Virtual Mobility Space in Higher Education (eMOVIES) is an initiative led by the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), which offers participating higher education institutions (HEI) ... -
Come together, now!
by Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education We live in times of disruption and uncertainty but this time reference is not made to the digital ... -
Call for the thematic number of the ESS journal: contributions of higher education to the SDGs
The call for contributions for the thematic dossier Vol.33, N°2 (July-December 2020) of the Journal Educación Superior y Sociedad ESS (Higher Education and Society), is open ... -
Coronavirus: a threat to the internationalisation of higher education? / ACA Newsletter
First in China, later in other parts of Asia and now increasingly everywhere in the world, the Coronavirus is affecting public life. It also impacts ... -
With one in five learners kept out of school, UNESCO mobilizes education ministers to face the COVID-19 crisis
In response to a surge in school and university closures to contain the spread of COVID-19, UNESCO on Tuesday convened a global videoconference of ... -
Coronavirus COVID-19 and Higher Education: Impact and Recommendations
Current status Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause diseases ranging from the common cold to more serious ones. The COVID-19 ... -
Where are the women university rectors in Latin America? UNESCO-IESALC data reveals that only 18% of the region’s universities have women as rectors
The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO-IESALC) has just released figures on the presence of women in ... -
Higher education today: why flexible learning pathways are the way forward | IIPE UNESCO
Higher education has never been more in demand, and the global population enrolled in higher education has never been more diverse. A random sample ... -
Convocatorias para el intercambio de buenas prácticas en el fortalecimiento del Sistema de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior en Colombia
El Ministerio de Educación Superior de Colombia abrió convocatorias a partir del 25 de febrero para fomentar el diálogo de saberes entre los actores ... -
The International Higher Education Fair of Argentina FIESA 2020 is rescheduled
The International Higher Education Fair of Argentina (FIESA) has been rescheduled for March 16 to 19, 2021, at the NH Gran Hotel Provincial, Mar ... -
2nd GUNi International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Higher Education – 5-6/03/2020
The second edition of the GUNi International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Higher Education and Science Take Action was held on the 5th and ... -
Presentation of the CRES 2018 Collection in Havana
The University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana) hosted this Thursday, February 13 at 18:00 hours, the presentation of the CRES 2018 Collection, in ...
