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UP Open University (UPOU), in fulfillment of its mission of widening access to quality education and its public service thrust, targets the Sustainable Development and Conservation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT) in its project with UP Los Baños, Kanazawa University, Ifugao State University (IFSU), the Ifugao Provincial Government, and selected municipalities in Ifugao funded by Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Dubbed as the "Youth Capacity Building and Exchange Program toward Sustainable Development and Conservation of Ifugao Rice Terraces," the project will focus on training the Ifugao youth on the concepts of IRT as a Satoyama landscape and a Globally Important [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) organized a tribute program entitled "#Pasasalamat: A Tribute to President Alfredo E. Pascual and Team." The event was done to express gratitude and appreciation to the outgoing UP President and his administration, held on 24 January 2017 at the UPOU Audiovisual Room, in Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, being with the university prior to its establishment and witnessing it hurdle over UP processes and procedures amidst its unique stand of being non-conventional. She also mentioned in her opening message that through President Pascual's administration "UPOU was able to serve the [...]

Eric Alcuezar Fernandez, a student of UP Open University, placed 4th in the September 2016 Special Professional Licensure Board Exam (SPLBE) for Professional Filipino Teachers in the Middle East. Mr. Fernandez is a Senior English Instructor II for the Saudi Japanese Automobile High Institute in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has been working in Jeddah as an English Instructor for six years. He came upon UPOU through a friend's recommendation and pursued the Professional Teaching Certification (PTC) program for teachers. After completing PTC, he also pursued Master's degree in Development Communication and graduated in 2016. Mr. Fernandez is also [...]

All regular faculty members of the University of the Philippines who are involved in disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) through research, creative work or extension service are invited to send their Expression of Interest to become Research and Extension Fellows and Junior Fellows of the newly created UP Resilience Institute, by emailing to [email protected] (Attention: Professor Benito Pacheco), on or before 17 January 2017. Read more...

UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria served as one of the special studio guests during DZMM's TURO-TURO episode entitled "Mas Cool nga ba ang Cyber schooling – Distance Learning at Open University para sa mga Estudyanteng Busy" last 07 January 2017. Along with Dr. Bandalaria was Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) President Emanuel Castro de Guzman, and PUP Open University System (OUS) Executive Director Anna Ruby P. Gapasin. During the interview, Dr. Bandalaria introduced the concept of "open university" being espoused and promoted at UPOU. All 31 undergraduate and graduate programs of UPOU are offered fully [...]

Prof. Patricia Brazil Arinto has been elected as the new University of the Philippines (UP) Faculty Regent (FR) starting January 2017 to December 2018, to succeed Regent Philip Ian Prieto Padilla, MD, PhD. Her plans of action include specific proposals for faculty development and welfare, inter-campus faculty collaboration and proactive faculty participation in University governance. Prof. Arinto has been with UP for 27 years. She served as the Dean of the UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Education (FEd) but her second term was cut short seven months to completion when she resigned from her post following her FR nomination. [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone, Co. (PLDT) signed a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Phase 4 of the Infoteach Outreach Program on 29 November 2016 at PLDT Innotech Lab, Mandaluyong City. This partnership between UPOU and PLDT aims to promote digital literacy among public high school school teachers and students. The PLDT Infoteach Outreach Program started in 2013 with an initial participants of 1,657 from 11 schools divisions. To date, it has trained a total of 793 Master Trainers and Trainers and 11,696 teachers and students from public high schools. For the [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Committee organized two fora this December 2016 to advance UPOU's level of readiness in earthquake disaster and information risk at the UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. The first forum about Earthquake Disaster Preparedness and Management was held on 06 December 2016. Mr. Daniel Jose Buhay, Science Research Specialist from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), was the resource person. Mr. Buhay discussed in detail the importance of readiness during earthquakes. He explained how earthquakes happen and what causes the tremors, especially in the Philippines. He also [...]