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PIEP International Cluster Encourages Aspiring Environmental Planners to Take UPOU’s DLUP Program

2023-12-06T15:40:50+08:00

Envisioning a world where there are more licensed environmental planners to aid in mitigating adverse impacts of development projects in the environment and promoting sustainability, the Philippine Institute for Environmental Planners (PIEP) in cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar Chapters hosted a webinar entitled “Build a Career in Environmental Planning: Upgrading Competencies” on 24 June 2022. This event, which was conducted via Zoom and live streamed through Facebook, aimed to urge aspiring Environmental Planners (EnPs) to pursue formal education in land use planning and consequently obtain eligibility to take the EnP licensure examination. EnP Jeanette E. Cruz, OIC-Director [...]

PIEP International Cluster Encourages Aspiring Environmental Planners to Take UPOU’s DLUP Program2023-12-06T15:40:50+08:00

UPOU to Lead Los Baños Science Community Again the the Next Two Years

2022-07-11T16:14:14+08:00

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has been elected as President once again by 24 member-agencies of the Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI).  Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI) met for its Second Quarter Steering Committee Meeting at the UP Open University Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor and current President of LBSCFI, presided over the meeting. The LBSCFI held the election for its new Board of Trustees members and UP Open University has been elected as President once again. UPOU will serve another term to lead LBSCFI from [...]

UPOU to Lead Los Baños Science Community Again the the Next Two Years2022-07-11T16:14:14+08:00

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

2023-04-27T11:04:08+08:00

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

FMDS-UPOU Faculty Members Publish Journal Article on Environmental Empathy

2022-07-06T09:44:41+08:00

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

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

2023-04-19T14:56:41+08:00

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

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

2022-07-01T15:43:39+08:00

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

2023-04-27T11:01:34+08:00

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

2022-07-01T16:34:04+08:00

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

UPOU Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Universiti Sains Malaysia

2023-04-19T15:07:36+08:00

International Academic Partnership. UP Open University (UPOU), headed by Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, together with Vice Chancellor for  Academic Affairs, Dr. Primo G. Garcia, and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Dr. Jean A. Saludadez, sealed its partnership with the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony on 22 June 2022. The UPOU Program Development Associate for International Linkages, Ms. Margaret Jarmin-Suarez, was also present to host the event at the UPOU Office of the Chancellor Conference Room at its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. Also present are the officials from Universiti Sains [...]

UPOU Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Universiti Sains Malaysia2023-04-19T15:07:36+08:00

UPOU EIDR-RLE Team Visits Cardinal Santos Medical Center

2022-06-30T11:21:09+08:00

On 28 June  2022, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) team of the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) project titled “Development of a Web-Based Related Learning Experience (RLE) Design as a Resource Activity Material” conducted an ocular visit to Cardinal Santos Medical Center. The project aims to create a virtual simulation by recording a 360-degree view of different clinical setups, simulations, and results based on selected case studies. The project plans to conduct the shooting of nursing simulations in Cardinal Santos Medical Center. Mr. Raul Pagdanganan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Cardinal Santos Medical Center and University [...]

UPOU EIDR-RLE Team Visits Cardinal Santos Medical Center2022-06-30T11:21:09+08:00
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