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The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) will hold its Virtual Congress on 28-29 April 2021 with the theme “Transforming Southeast Asian Education, Science and Culture in the Digital Age.” The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is a supporting partner for the event, along with other institutions around the world. The SEAMEO Congress 2021 serves as a platform for policymakers, teachers, researchers, and educators to exchange the effective policy, fruitful teaching experience and share new learning paradigms and practices in the digital age including the education disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The SEAMEO Congress 2021 is [...]

The Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB), a national policy making body in health research ethics in the country, created under DOST Special Order No. 091 s. 2006, which ensures adherence to the universal ethical principles for the protection and promotion of the dignity of health research participants hosted an online awarding of Accreditation Certificate during the 39th Anniversary of DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) on 17 March 2021 via Zoom Webinar and Facebook Live, with the theme, “Strategic R&D Partnership for Global Health”. The celebration aims to highlight the significance and relevance especially nowadays of promulgating [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), as a member and the current President of the Los Baños Science Community Foundation Inc. (LBSCFI), is one with the science community in celebrating its 20th Anniversary this March.  The anniversary carries the theme “Los Banos Science Community: Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic.” In celebration of this, a webinar titled “Addressing the COVID-19 Infodemic: Straight from the Experts” will be held on 30 March 2021 via Zoom and live via the LBSCFI Facebook Page. Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, will deliver the welcome remarks as President of the organization.  Through [...]

In response to the current challenges, the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) in partnership with Concentrix, a leading global provider of customer experience (CX) solutions and technology and the largest private employer in the Philippines, will be launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "Introductory Course on Contact Center Services". This course focuses on developing effective online communication skills that will provide competitive skills and knowledge for ICT-enabled and contact services-related jobs. This academe-industry partnership aims to capacitate various sectors such as persons with disabilities (PWDs), out-of-school youth (OSY), indigenous people (IPs), [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), led by the Office of Gender Concerns (OGC), joins the #ChooseToChallenge campaign as part of its celebration of the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021. We would like to invite you to join us in the #ChooseToChallenge campaign. Let us choose to challenge and commit to ending gender-based violence, gender bias, gender inequality, and other gender issues.  Share this post, wear something purple for #PurpleMondays, and take a selfie of you doing the #ChooseToChallenge pose (right hand raised). Create a statement that you will personally commit to for International Women’s Day. [...]