Author: Claudia Delgado Barrios
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IESALC’s leading role at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
The Third World Higher Education Conference (WHEC) held recently in Barcelona, Spain, was a unique opportunity to strengthen collaborative ties between individuals and organizations, with more ... -
Towards a shared future of higher education digital transformation
Participants: LI Ming, Director of UNESCO-ICHEI; Mona Abdel-Al, Director of Education Strategy Administration, Ain Shams University, Egypt; David Atchoarena, Director of UIL; Lesley White, Huawei Europe; Francesc Pedró, Director of UNESCO IESALC; ... -
Applications of artificial intelligence in higher education
Panelists: Miguel Valle del Olmo, Spain Government, Director-General for AI and Digital Enabling Technologies; Maritza Rondón, Rector University Cooperativa Colombia; Juan Pablo Mena, CEO uPLanner; Maha ... -
Universities contribution to gender equality: a global perspective
Report presentation: Elizabeth Shepherd, Leader of the Consultancy team – Times Higher Education. Panelists: Gloria Bonder, UNESCO Chair of Women, Science and Technology and Director of the Department of ... -
Higher Education as a human right: Perspectives from youth and Special Rapporteur
Participant: Koumbou Boly-Barry, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Youth perspectives on higher education as a human right: Kenisha Arora, UNESCO’s Youth Representative for ... -
The next decade of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panelists: Elena Ortiz Arias, Senior Education Associate at the Inter-American Development Bank(IADB); Ana Capilla, Director of Higher Education and Science of the Organization of Ibero-American States ... -
Financing Higher Education
Panelists: Véronica Figueroa, Subsecretaría de Educación Superior de Chile, and Damtew Teferra, Professor of Higher Education, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Moderator: Francesc Pedró, UNESCO IESALC ... -
New approaches to the right to Higher Education
Participants: Borhene Chakroun, UNESCO; Emma Sabzalieva, UNESCO IESALC. Panelists: Delphine Dorsi – Director of the Right to Higher Education Initiative; Laura Giannecchini, CSEF Regional Coordinator, Latin ... -
Transforming the futures of higher education
Opening words: Sobhi Tawil, Director, Future of Learning and Innovation. Panelists: Mpine Makoe, Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Education Practices/ Resources and a Research Professor in ... -
What would it take to ensure access to higher education for all?
Panelists: Diaka Sidibe, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation of Guinea; Ibrahim Hassan, Minister of Higher Education of Maldives; Verónica Figueroa Huencho, Under Secretary ... -
Fireside chats on higher education and (inter)national development
Panelists: Romeela Mohee, Commissioner of the Higher Education Commission, Mauritius; Fernando León García, President of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) and President of CETYS ... -
The role of the University Consortium of Small Islands States in sustainable development
Participants: Stefano Moncada, Director, Islands and Small States Institute University of Malta; Kalim U. Shah, Director Island Policy Lab, Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public ... -
International cooperation to enhance synergies
With the participation of: Pam Fredman (President, International Association of Universities), and Oscar Alpa (Secretary of University Policies, Argentina – Ministry of Education) Moderator: Francesc Pedró ... -
Exploring international aid to higher education
Panelists: Michael Harms, Deputy Secretary General German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany; Hilde Elin Haaland-Kramer, Head of Department, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills; Joanna ... -
The impact of Covid-19 in higher education
With the participation of: Jandhyala B G Tilak (Council for Social Development from India); Roberta Cordano (President, Gallaudet University, a US specialized institution on sign language-English ... -
Reimagining the futures of higher education
With the participation of: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO; António Nóvoa, University of Lisbon; Sahle-Work Zewde President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Other ... -
WHEC2022 set a roadmap for higher education for the next decade
The “living document” is a key to reimagining our futures together with education at the core. Calls for co-creating more open, inclusive, equitable and collaborative systems. ... -
Joint research aims to transform the current higher education digital landscape in the LAC region
UNESCO IESALC and UNESCO ICHEI announced a partnership to create the resources to develop training and applied research for relevant higher education UNESCO IESALC announced a new ... -
The right to higher education approached through a social justice lens
Access to higher education has expanded but remains inequitable The right to higher education must be upheld as an integral part of the right to education ... -
Cultural stereotypes and lack of support prevent Eastern African women from advancing in higher education
Limited resources, prioritization of boy’s education, female genital mutilation and early marriages, negatively affect women’s tertiary education and participation Women leadership is improving but it is ... -
Ibero-America in the age of knowledge
The new special of the Somos Iberoamérica web, which is dedicated to “Ibero-America in the age of knowledge“. This edition, which coincides with World Higher Education ...