UNESCO Chair - GACER News - Febuary 5, 2013

Greetings Friends,

First thank you all so very much for your support in getting information about the GUNi Call for Good Practices out last week; the deadline has been extend to February 10. With your help the number of 'good practices' has more than doubled from around 45 to 94 as of today. There is still a need to receive short student videos and there is an opportunity to present posters as well.

Rajesh and I just finished an organizing meeting an hour ago and the plans for the May 13-15 event are very exciting indeed. The Barcelona team has unleashed a combination of creative and intellectual energy that will give us a programme structure that will unleash powerful transformative energies! At the heart of the design are your ideas, your practices and your ideas for the future.

Please continue to get the word out particularly to those parts of the community and the world that are most often left out.

Forgive us for reposting the GUNi newsletter as many of you will have it, but it has all the information.

Thank you so very much!

Rajesh Tandon and Budd L Hall

Co-Chairs

UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

School of Public Administration

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GUNi announces new Call for Posters [5]
NEW! GUNi is now launching a Call for Posters a propos of its 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education. The deadline for submissions is March 15th.

GUNi Member of the Month: Jimma University, Ethiopia [6]
Jimma University is the national pioneer of Community Based Learning of Higher Education in Ethiopia.

Outcomes of the UNESCO 6th Meeting of the CCNGO/EFA [7]
The Meeting took place in Paris (France) last 24-26 October

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Universidad del Rosario co-sponsor the Foro Internacional Árabe-Latinoamericano [8]
The Conference took place from 30 November to 2 December 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia

The Universidad Simón Bolívar took part in the 4th LACHEC Conference [9]
The event was held in Bogotá (Colombia) last November

UADY celebrates three simultaneous events about Higher Education [10]
These events demonstrate Mexico’s interest in strengthening HE in the region

The University of Victoria celebrates launch of UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education [11]
The Chair will be established in the Faculty of Human and Social Development

The UPC’s II Equal Opportunities Plan (2013-2015) has been approved [12]
The plan was approved last 12 December by the Governing Council of the institution

Kwame Nkrumah University announces partnership with South Korean university [13]
In the near future, a memorandum of understanding will be signed by the two institutions to formalize the partnership

The new Student Government Association at AUK begins its activity [14]
The Association is composed of elected representatives from the student body

Red Sea University participates in a research project for multilingual education [15]
Sudan is a multilingual country with approximately 70 different languages

PPU obtains a prize at the First Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference [16]
The Arab Innovation Network is the first non-profit youth driven innovation network focused on the Arab region

Mahidol University to build and run a center for elderly care [17]
The announcement was made by university administrators and the University President, Prof. Rajata Rajatanavin, last 26 November

Chulalongkorn University hosts an ASEAN Youth Exchange Program [18]
The program was held between 10-20 January 2013 with more than 110 participants

AMECYD celebrated its 7th International Conference: “Educación para toda la vida” [19]
The AMECYD Conference promoted a place to discuss, share and plan Lifelong Learning

U3A Online [20]
U3A Online, out of Australia, is the first virtual U3A (University of the Third Age) in the world operating exclusively online. U3A Online offers courses to all older people, or younger disabled people, anywhere in the world.

AFRICE International Conference in Comparative Education: Old And New Slaveries - What Are the Schools Telling Humankind? [21]
When: Mar 01, 2013 to Mar 03, 2013
Where: Yaounde, Cameroon

EACHEF 2013: European-Arab Cooperation in Higher Education Forum [22]
When: Feb 28, 2013 to Mar 01, 2013
Where: Beirut, Lebanon

Engagement Australia 2013 Conference - Next Steps: Co-producing Knowledge for Social Impact [23]
When: Jul 15, 2013 to Jul 17, 2013
Where: Melbourne, Australia

V Congreso CREAD Andes / IV Encuentro Virtual Educa Ecuador [24]
When: Apr 17, 2013 to Apr 19, 2013
Where: Loja, Ecuador

VIRTUAL EDUCA COLOMBIA 2013: Las Tic, elemento estratégico para la innovación educativa [25]
When: Jun 17, 2013 to Jun 21, 2013
Where: Medellín, Colombia

UALL 2013 Annual Conference: Who and what are universities for? Local communities, global competitiveness and the part-time student [26]
When: Mar 20, 2013 to Mar 22, 2013
Where: Durham, UK

Building Bridges: Community – University Partnerships for Social Justice [27]
When: Mar 28, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
Where: Cardiff, UK

EAIR 35TH ANNUAL FORUM ROTTERDAM 2013: “The impact of Higher Education” [28]
When: Aug 28, 2013 to Aug 31, 2013
Where: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

UPV International Conference: Los Indicadores como Herramienta Estratégica en la Universidad - Transparencia versus Rankings [29]
When: Mar 07, 2013 to Mar 09, 2013
Where: Valencia, Spain

6th Annual Global Service-Learning Institute: Student Learning, Community Development – Advancing Equity and Opportunity through Fair Trade Learning [30]
When: May 29, 2013 to May 31, 2013
Where: Ithaca, New York, USA

Inclusión con Responsabilidad Social. Una Nueva Generación de Políticas de Educación Superior [31]
LOPEZ CASTAÑARES, Rafael et al. Inclusión con Responsabilidad Social. Una Nueva Generación de Políticas de Educación Superior. 2012. México, D.F.: ANUIES, Dirección de Medios Editoriales.

Education as Civic Engagement: Toward a More Democratic Society [32]
OLSON, Gary A. & WORSHAM, Lynn. (Eds). Education as Civic Engagement: Toward a More Democratic Society. 2012. Palgrave Macmillan

Universities and the Public Sphere: Knowledge Creation and State Building in the Era of Globalization [33]
PUSSER, Brian; KEMPNER, Ken; MARGINSON, Simon & ODORIKA, Imanol. (Eds.). Universities and the Public Sphere: Knowledge Creation and State Building in the Era of Globalization. 2012. New York: Routledge

Universities and Regional Development: A Critical Assessment of Tensions and Contradictions [34]
PINHEIRO, Rómulo; BENNEWORTH, Paul & JONES Glen A. (Eds.). Universities and Regional Development: A Critical Assessment of Tensions and Contradictions. 2012. New York: Routledge.

OECD’s latest issue of Education Indicators in Focus analyzes the social benefits of education [35]
The report compares social benefits of education in selected OECD countries

Global Thematic Consultation on Education starts a Second e-Discussion on the Quality of learning [36]
Have your say at defining the role of education in the post-2015 development agenda

IAU launches a portal on the Role of Higher Education in Promoting Sustainable Development (HESD) [37]
The Portal is a contribution to the UN-Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (UN-DESD)

INHEA launches The Chronicle of African Higher Education [38]
The first issue of this online publication is entitled "Harmonization—Academic Process for Political End?"

MENA University Presidents Launch Network to Support Higher Education Reform in the Arab World [39]
More than 100 university presidents from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) meet to develop a common strategy for higher education

Call for Papers for Action Research Journal’s Special Issue [40]
Papers may be submitted in Spanish or English

AsiaEngage compiles list of Journals for Industry and Community Engagement [41]
The organization will enlarge the list as more resources are made available by its Secretariat

New Call for the "Programa de Apoyo a Universidades Solidarias de América Latina" [42]
Since 2010 the Program works for the sustainability of solidarity projects in universities of the region

Proposal for the creation of an Association of Conferences of Rectors of Latin American universities [43]
Peruvian and Argentinian rectors meet to discuss the initiative

Nine Latin American countries create a scientific network [44]
The project will be an open access network and was already presented in Buenos Aires

Official launch of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 [45]
Since 2010, this prestigious university competition is organized in Europe as well

First Charter on Biodiversity in Higher Education and Research Institutions in France [46]
The charter is made up of a commitment document and two operational tools which are specific to higher education

HEFCE Guide to Quality and Education for Sustainability in Higher Education [47]
This national two year project is now available

Critical Studies in Education (CSE) - Call for Papers [48]
Critical Studies in Education is one of the few international journals in critical sociology of education

Deadline approaching for nominations for the MacJannet Prize [49]
Only programs originating from member institutions of the Talloires Network are eligible for the Prize

Journal of Community Practice: Call for papers on Interdisciplinary Scholarship for Community Practice [50]
The Journal of Community Practice articulates contemporary issues, providing direction on how to think about social problems, developing approaches to dealing with them, and outlining ways to implement these concepts in classrooms and practice settings

Nominations being accepted for the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award [51]
Nominees must be affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution

The Carnegie Foundation invites Higher Education Institutions to apply for its 2015 Community Engagement Classification [52]
Since 2006, when it was first developed, a total of 311 institutions have been successfully included in the Community Engagement Classification

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