On the lack of interest of women in ICT studies and occupations
On the lack of interest of women in ICT studies and occupations
Gest post by Milagros Sáinz, Director of the “Gender and ICT” research group of IN3-UOC, in occasion of the International Women’s Day Women embody a great share of enrollments in university studies in most western[…]
X International Seminar videos now available
Videos of the X International Seminar have been published on UOC’s youtube page. The 2-day seminar led to several discussions on the challenges and opportunities of education regarding to curricula. Our speakers discussed on what[…]
Lifelong learning may help tackle the ageing challenge, a study suggests
This UNESCO Chair made a presentation on ageing policy in the Congress of the Social Policy Network of Spain, held on February 5-6. The research analyzed the policies for the elderly enabled by the City[…]
What are the top three things our students need to learn in order to thrive in the world we live in?
Cathy Davidson, from City University of New York and The Futures Initiative, gave the first keynote talk of our X International Seminar. During her speech she asked the participants to write down on a card the[…]
X International Seminar tweet by tweet, debate by debate
Danica Savonick, from the Futures Initiative, has created a detailed Storify page with a representative selection of the conversations and moments that took place during the Seminar. It is a good summary of the debates[…]
Highlights from Day 1 of X International Seminar
This post was written by Tom Caswell Day 1 of the X International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change was lively and thought provoking. After a warm welcome from Josep[…]
UNESCO Chair International Seminar 2014
‘Revisiting the Fundamentals of Traditional Curricula. R/Evolution: what “R” would Mean for Education’ The X International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair, which took place the 1st and 2nd December 2014, considered the topic of the[…]
Revisiting the fundamentals of traditional curricula
This post was written by Tom Caswell This week UOC and the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change will host a 2-day seminar called Revisiting the fundamentals of traditional curricula. Education thought[…]
Streets win over tuition fees in Germany, for Germans and international students
The German political decision to introduce tuition fees was defeated by popular opposition. The protests-leading German Free Education Movement was born when 200 organizations, including student unions, trade unions and political parties, formed the Alliance[…]
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
As a reference, see our post of 2013: The Nobel Peace Prize Should Be Awarded To…