UPOU Highlights Stories of Support, Love, and Acceptance in Ikaw ang Tahanan Ko: Pride Month Photo Contest

Last June 15 to 25, 2022, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) held a Pride Month Photo Contest entitled “Ikaw Ang Tahanan Ko” for all the members of LGBTQIA+ community. The contest is about sharing a photograph or an artwork with corresponding captions that were asked from contest participants that show the people or things they consider home that helped them in their journey towards achieving more respectful relationships and better quality of life. Through having proper social support systems both at the personal and societal levels, the messages and journeys that were [...]

UPOU Highlights Stories of Support, Love, and Acceptance in Ikaw ang Tahanan Ko: Pride Month Photo Contest2023-04-27T11:04:08+08:00

Volunteer for the Online Bridge Program

[CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS] Join us as we help the Grades 10 -12 students this coming July 20 - August 31, 2022. We are looking for volunteers with: teaching experience in English, Mathematics, and/or Physics knowledge in modern technology stable internet connection The volunteers will serve as online course coordinators for the third offering of the online bridge program. Those who are interested may sign-up through the following links: Bridge English: https://bit.ly/BridgeECCs2022 Bridge Mathematics: https://bit.ly/BridgeMCCs2022 Bridge Physics: https://bit.ly/BridgePCCs2022 For inquiries, you may reach us through [email protected] Volunteer with us! Makibahagi. Maglingkod. MagPahinungod. #UPOpenUniversity [...]

Volunteer for the Online Bridge Program2022-07-06T16:42:12+08:00

FMDS-UPOU Faculty Members Publish Journal Article on Environmental Empathy

Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), and Dr. John Martin, UPOU Visiting Professor from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom published a journal article titled, “An Exploration of the Contribution of Embodied, Situated Research Strategies to Cultural Ecosystem Services and Landscape Assessment Frameworks: An Environmental Empathy Case Study.” The article was co-authored with Dr. Klara Łucznik, a ColLaboratoire 2020 mentor from the University of Plymouth, and was published on 23 May 2022 in Avant  — an open access and peer-reviewed journal on interdisciplinary studies. Avant publishes online in bilingual language, English and [...]

FMDS-UPOU Faculty Members Publish Journal Article on Environmental Empathy2022-07-06T09:44:41+08:00

UP Student Wellness Subsidy Program

The Office of Student Development Services (OSDS) announces the opening of the application for the UP Student Wellness Subsidy Program. For UP Open University (UPOU) students who would want to apply for the subsidy, forms are available through this link: https://drive.google.com/.../1sjMTjj6VH9RxXXNn6g16t.../view. You may also visit the OSA website (https://osa.upou.edu.ph/) for further information. The deadline for the application is on 15 July 2022 (Friday). #UPOpenUniversity

UP Student Wellness Subsidy Program2022-07-06T10:05:11+08:00

OGC Holds a Webinar, Rewind & Forward: A History of LGBT Advocacy and the Role of the Academe in Forwarding Gender-inclusive Policies, to Celebrate Pride Month

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) conducted a webinar entitled Rewind & Forward: A history of LGBT advocacy and the role of the academe in forwarding gender-inclusive policies last June 29, 2022. The speaker and participants in the forum discussed how the LGBT advocacy started and evolved, including the victories and milestones in the fight for LGBT rights. Dr. Finaflor F. Taylan, the Director of OGC and Program Chair of the Diploma/Master of Social Work and the Diploma in Women and Development programs, formally opened the webinar and welcomed the participants. Dr. Taylan [...]

OGC Holds a Webinar, Rewind & Forward: A History of LGBT Advocacy and the Role of the Academe in Forwarding Gender-inclusive Policies, to Celebrate Pride Month2023-04-19T14:56:41+08:00

Open Talk Episode 25 “Ginhawa sa Lusog-Isip at Pagtanda: Pagtugon sa Estado ng Isip at Katawan”

Paano ba natin masasabi na tayo ay maginhawa o malusog sa aspektong pisikal at mental? Paano ba natin matatamo ang isang kaaya-ayang buhay sa kabila ng mga hamon na ating nararanasan dulot ng pisikal, emosyonal, at sosyal na kalagayan? Ito ay ilan lamang sa mga tanong na tatalakayin sa OPEN Talk episode na "Ginhawa sa Lusog-Isip at Pagtanda: Pagtugon sa Estado ng Isip at Katawan" na binuo ng Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino (PSSP) at ng UPOU Multimedia Center. Ang mga tagapagsalita sa episode na ito ay ang sumusunod na mga kasapi ng PSSP: Dr. Violeta V. Bautista, R.Psy., Professor [...]

Open Talk Episode 25 “Ginhawa sa Lusog-Isip at Pagtanda: Pagtugon sa Estado ng Isip at Katawan”2022-07-05T12:43:28+08:00

Job Opportunities – FMDS MPM Faculty Position

The Faculty of Management and Development Studies of the UP Open University is in need of two faculty members in Public Management. Interested parties should email the following requirements to [email protected] or [email protected]. 1) Application letter addressed to the dean; 2) Curriculum Vitae with picture and at least three (3) character references; 3) Copy of Transcript of Records from BS to the highest degree obtained; 4) Copy of Sample publication; and 5) Accomplished APB Form 1. #UPOpenUniversity

Job Opportunities – FMDS MPM Faculty Position2022-07-01T16:30:42+08:00

Dr. Bandalaria Joins ICDE GAC Working Groups Kick-off Meeting

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria joins the kick-off meeting of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (OFDL) Working Groups. Dr. Bandalaria co-chairs the ICDE GAC Asia Task Force with Prof. Dato Dr. Ansary Ahmed, Founder President of the Asia e University (AeU).  The kick-off meeting was held online, via Zoom,  on 27 June 2022. Five working groups have been identified for this initiative -- Policy, Capacity Building, Sharing Best Practices and Resources, Development of Digital Platform, and Future Collaboration.   [...]

Dr. Bandalaria Joins ICDE GAC Working Groups Kick-off Meeting2022-07-01T15:43:39+08:00

UPOU RPC and IREC spearhead a Webinar on Ethics in Vulnerable Groups

The UP Open University (UPOU) Research and Publication of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), together with the UPOU Institutional Research Ethics Committee, conducted its 4th webinar on Research Conversations Series for 2021 with Dr. Dan A. Ballesteros as the resource speaker. Dr. Ballesteros, the Managing Director of Diagnosticare Medical and Diagnostic Center and a pediatrician affiliated with the National Children’s Hospital where he is a former Hospital Ethics Committee Chairperson, gave a presentation on “Ethics in Vulnerable Groups” as a research approach. The webinar was viewed on various viewing platforms on 28 June 2022 (Tuesday), [...]

UPOU RPC and IREC spearhead a Webinar on Ethics in Vulnerable Groups2023-04-27T11:01:34+08:00

UPOU Professor Dr. Alexander Flor Speaks at IPID-Asia Women Forum 2022: Structural Challenges and ICT4D Research in Asia

The International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D (IPID), with its regional chapter IPID-Asia, recently conducted a virtual open session in Information Communication Technologies for Development Conference (ICTD 2022) on 27 June 2022 (PT). The hybrid conference was hosted by the University of Washington from 27 – 29 June 2022.  Dr. Alexander Flor, professor at University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), served as one of the speakers in the open session with the theme, Structural Challenges and ICT4D Research in Asia under IPID-Asia Women Forum 2022. This panel aimed to bring an “Asian perspective on institutional [...]

UPOU Professor Dr. Alexander Flor Speaks at IPID-Asia Women Forum 2022: Structural Challenges and ICT4D Research in Asia2022-07-01T16:34:04+08:00
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