International Seminar “Transforming Higher Education: Future Scenarios”
The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) will hold the International Seminar "Transforming Higher Education: Future Scenarios" with the aim of generating a dialogue around collaborative work between Chilean universities to face the challenges of the future, betting on the potential transformer of information and communications technology (ICT). The objectives are: - Generate a space for exchange and reflection on the challenges of higher education to face future scenarios, which will serve as a platform to promote some of the thematic axes of the III World Higher Education Conference (WHEC) to be held in May 2022. - Establish a network […]
Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on higher education | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
Webinar: Quality and relevance of programs | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
Webinar: Financing Higher Education | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
Webinar: International cooperation to enhance synergies | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
Next Generation: Reflections and Future Perspectives on Higher Education in the Former Soviet Union
Date: Monday 14 February and Tuesday 15 February 2022 Time: 9.00 – 11.00 Caracas (UTC -4) / 16.00 – 18.00 Moscow (UTC +3) Format: Online via Zoom. Open to all with prior registration required at: Target audience: Researchers, students, policymakers, educational organizations, NGOs Language: English (Q&A will be available in English and Russian) UNESCO IESALC and the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia) will hold the International Conference on Higher Education Developments in the former Soviet Space, 30 years since the end of the Soviet Union, on December 9-10, 2021. Background This year marks the thirtieth anniversary […]
Webinar: Academic mobility in higher education | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
Webinar: Data and knowledge production | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
University of the Future Network meeting | South Africa
The next University of the Future Network meeting will take place at the University of South Africa (UNISA), on February 24th and 25h, 2022. The topic of the meeting will focus on some key issues concerning the digitalization of university: “Methodologies and Policies of the University of the Future”. In order to give voice to all the agents involved in the transformation of higher education, concrete actions of collaboration will be impulsed to enrich the meeting and the debate on the future of the university. Also, the online registration process for the South Africa Meeting 2022 will be announced shortly. […]
Webinar: Higher education and the SDGs | 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
As part of the events prior to the 3rd UNESCO World Higher Education Conference that will take place in Barcelona from May 18 to 20, 2022, UNESCO IESALC will carry out a consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean that will collect the voices of the different groups of interest related to higher education (HEI leaders, academics, students, governments, rectors’ conferences, university associations/networks, employers, multilateral organizations, etc.) on ten key issues for higher education. For the consultation, UNESCO IESALC will carry out ten webinars between October 2021 and February 2022. Its themes will revolve around the ten key issues that the World […]
The 3rd World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022) will be held in May 2022
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.
International Meeting on Higher Education: Post-Pandemic Innovation | Ecuador
The international scenario of post-pandemic higher education poses unprecedented situations and new challenges in relation to the future of higher education institutions. For this reason, the Association of Rectors of the Caribbean and the Americas (ARCA), the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES), the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) , the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) and Blackboard, will held the International Meeting on Higher Education: Post-Pandemic Innovation. This event will take place in Guayaquil (Campus UEES Samborondón) - Ecuador, on June 9 and 10, 2022. For the keynote speeches, […]