The story of the man that Dr. Jose Veloso Abueva would become—political scientist and public administration scholar, founder, and President of Kalayaan College, and Professor Emeritus and 16th President of the University of the Philippines—began with the story of a boy who survived an untold tragedy and went on to live his life advocating for peace. Overcoming tragedy The story is recounted in One by One (2004) by Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, peace advocate, and honorary President of Soka Gakkai and founding President of the Soka Gakkai International. The book is a collection of essays. Ikeda reflects on his encounters with [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is one of the supporting partners of  the 8th Asia-Europe Foundation’s (ASEF) Regional Conference on Higher Education (ARC8) entitled “Outlook 2030: Inclusive and Diverse Higher Education in Asia and Europe.” ARC8 will be held on 10 September 2021, between 7.00-13.00 GMT via Youtube and Whova platforms. The conference invites all stakeholders in higher education development in Asia and Europe, especially university leaders, managers or academics, professionals or experts in tertiary education, student or youth organisation leaders, representatives, policymakers, and government or senior officials working in one of the 51 Asia-Europe Meeting Partner [...]

The UP Open University Institutional Research Ethics Committee (UPOU IREC) conducted its first-ever orientation on policies and procedures for ethics review. Two sessions were held via Zoom. The first session was on 13 August 2021, 9:00-11:00 AM, intended for UPOU students, and the second session was on 16 August 2021, 1:00-3:00 PM, intended for UPOU faculty, Research, Extension and Professional Staff (REPS), administrative staff, and contract of service (COS) staff. The orientation’s resource speaker was Assistant Professor Ria Valerie D. Cabanes, Chair of the UPOU IREC. Assistant Professor Rita C. Ramos of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, served as the Resource Person in the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) training series. DMMMSU has a professional development training series for its faculty and staff titled “Project SAFE (Sheltered, Adaptive & Flexible Education).” The training aims to provide opportunities for growth and retool the DMMMSU faculty and staff in educational technology and ubiquitous learning during the pandemic. Chancellor Bandalaria’s lecture was titled “Flipping the Classroom: New and Ubiquitous Learning Modalities in the New Normal.” She gave an articulation of the term “new normal,” [...]