After its successful run in Europe and the United States, the University of the Philippines (UP) international roadshow headed south to connect with Filipino scholars and researchers from top-notch Australian universities. Dr. Aaron Joseph Villaraza, deputy director of the UP Office of International Linkages, was in Brisbane on June 6 and in Melbourne on June 9 to meet with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young faculty members from the University of Queensland, Griffith University, Monash University-Caulfield, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne, and Deakin University. Villaraza presented UP’s new initiatives and increased financial support to strengthen infrastructure, research, and faculty recruitment. He also shared how UP […]
UP seeks to recruit US-based academics in second leg of the roadshow
“We may have the good ideas from our national leaders and they are trying their best to implement these ideas but if you do not have the complement of highly trained professionals and innovators in the country, then those good programs will not last… they will not be sustainable,” UP Vice President for Academic Affairs Gisela Concepcion told Balitang America, a nightly news program of ABS-CBN International that is aired by The Filipino Channel. Vice President Concepcion was in San Francisco on May 7 as part of UP’s three-week roadshow that aimed to encourage foreign-trained alumni to go back to the […]
UP connects with Filipino scholars in Europe
Young Filipino scholars gathered at the Philippine Embassy in London on Friday, April 24, for the UK stop of the University of the Philippines (UP) roadshow. The three-week tour aims to update UP graduates abroad on developments in the University as well as to encourage them to share their academic expertise or make financial contributions to UP. (READ: Infographics on the new system-wide donation scheme – page 1 and page 2) Dr. Aaron Joseph Villaraza, deputy director of the Office of International Linkages, was tasked to meet with the thirteen PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty members from the University […]
Temasek Foundation – National University of Singapore Programme on Developing University Leaders and Educations (TF-NUS DULE)
The Temasek Foundation-National University of Singapore (TF-NUS) has designed a program on Developing University Leaders and Educators (DULE) to provide a platform for young, middle, and senior academic leaders to engage in a holistic learning program that aims to create a campus wherein institutional/academic leaders are capable of (1) advancing and sustaining a culture of teaching and learning on campus; (2) designing, implementing, assessing, and improving academic programmes that cater to a rapidly evolving 21st century workplace; and (3) harnessing appropriate modes of technology to foster significant learning experiences for students. In March 2013, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) […]
UP Joins 10th QS APPLE Conference and Exhibition
The University of the Philippines had an Exhibition Booth and presented three papers in the recently concluded 10thQuacquarelli Symonds – Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference and Exhibition at Taipei International Convention Centre, Taipei City, Taiwan on November 11-13 2014. The 10th QS-APPLE convened senior and middle-ranking academics, educators, researchers and administrators from universities and colleges around the world, which are aspiring to advance their own internationalization program. The conference and booth exhibition both became a venue for sharing valuable knowledge and best practices on internationalization. These provided opportunities for future networking for the more than 500 representatives […]
ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program
The ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program is one of the flagship programs of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization- Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED) geared towards the ASEAN Community 2015. The benefits that can be derived from the AIMS program include: (1) student mobility within Southeast Asia, (2) credit transfer for students, and (3) internationalization of participating higher education institutions. [Read more]. Student exchange activities are done through reciprocity principle wherein a country sends out and receives the same number of students to another member country. The program targets 25 exchange students from the seven member […]
