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UPOU Students Explore Digital Activism Through Online Rally

2025-10-24T14:25:39+08:00

Placards denouncing corruption, political dynasties, and budget cuts in education were being waved. It was a protest not on the streets but on an online platform. The days of digital student activism have arrived. On 17 October 2025, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) University Student Council (USC) organized in-game marches to denounce corruption and call for free, quality, nationalist education.  Where it All Happened The virtual rally took place on Roblox, an online gaming platform that also allows users to make spaces and events that reflect social issues.  “Yes, it's a gaming platform, although its experiences are [...]

UPOU Students Explore Digital Activism Through Online Rally2025-10-24T14:25:39+08:00

UPOU Chancellor Highlights Accessible Education in Radio Interview

2025-10-10T17:18:50+08:00

L-R: Mr. Bryan dela Cruz, DZAS host, interviewing Chancellor Joane Serrano for 702 DZAS FEBC Radio-TV. UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Dr. Joane V. Serrano shared insights on UPOU’s open and distance e-learning model and its continuing mission to make quality education accessible to Filipinos everywhere in the world in an interview with 702 DZAS FEBC Radio-TV on 29 September 2025 via Zoom.  Chancellor Serrano opened the interview by greeting the UPOU community and its growing population of overseas learners who benefit from the University’s flexible, self-paced learning system. She explained the concept of Open and Distance eLearning [...]

UPOU Chancellor Highlights Accessible Education in Radio Interview2025-10-10T17:18:50+08:00

Cinema as Catalyst for Peace

2025-09-30T10:58:10+08:00

In observance of the International Day of Peace and the UP Day of Remembrance on 21 September 2025, we share faculty members’ perspectives on peace —  its importance and how it shapes their work. In this piece, Assistant Professor Benigno B. Agapito Jr. of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies shares his insights on the power of film in sparking discussions on addressing challenges to genuine peace. In the closing scene of the Mike de Leon film Sister Stella L, the character played by actress Vilma Santos, with the camera fixed on her face, delivers these lines: “May [...]

Cinema as Catalyst for Peace2025-09-30T10:58:10+08:00

Teaching Students the True Meaning of Peace

2025-09-30T10:58:17+08:00

In observance of the International Day of Peace and the UP Day of Remembrance on 21 September 2025, we share faculty members’ perspectives on peace —  its importance and how it shapes their work. In this piece, Associate Professor Aleta Villanueva of the UPOU Faculty of Education shares her insights on how peace can be taught to students. When we talk about peace, it is often associated with the absence of war or conflict. Among older Filipinos, “peacetime” was used to describe such a period. It specifically refers to the period before the outbreak of the Second World War, [...]

Teaching Students the True Meaning of Peace2025-09-30T10:58:17+08:00

That We May Not Forget: UPOU Statement on the UP Day of Remembrance

2025-09-21T00:01:27+08:00

That We May Not Forget: UPOU Statement on the UP Day of Remembrance As the University of the Philippines (UP) marks the 53rd year of the imposition of Martial Law with the Day of Remembrance, we take a stand against recent attempts to reframe the legacy of Martial Law and contradict historical facts. Just as the UP Oblation symbolizes not only selfless service but also the pursuit of truth, we affirm our responsibility as a public university not only to teach history faithfully but also create spaces where people can reflect on and learn from the past. Scholars [...]

That We May Not Forget: UPOU Statement on the UP Day of Remembrance2025-09-21T00:01:27+08:00

UP Open University and UNICEF Philippines Visit Valenzuela City Child Protection Center for Study Tour

2025-02-11T16:49:30+08:00

On 31 January 2025, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and UNICEF Philippines had a study tour at the Valenzuela City Child Protection Center (CPC) to gain insights into its child protection programs and initiatives. The tour was hosted by CPC Head Ms. Ma. Kristina Ramos and Social Welfare Operations Chief of Staff Ms. Dorothy Go-Evangelista, who provided an in-depth discussion on the center’s programs in the locality. The visit aimed to promote knowledge-sharing on child protection initiatives at the LGUs. The insights gained from this study tour helped the UPOU team to inform the training modules [...]

UP Open University and UNICEF Philippines Visit Valenzuela City Child Protection Center for Study Tour2025-02-11T16:49:30+08:00

UPOUFI and UNICEF Collaboration in Full Swing for Child Protection and Child-Rights-Based Public Finance Executive Course Module Development

2025-02-07T10:10:51+08:00

On 15 January 2025, the University of the Philippines Open University Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI), through the University of the Philippines Open University – Faculty of Management and Development Studies (UPOU-FMDS), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippines, held a meeting as part of project on the development of the Executive Course on Child Protection and Child-Rights-Based Public Finance Online Learning Modules. The meeting was hosted by UPOU-FMDS and focused on updates regarding module development for both the Child Protection and Social Policy components. These modules aimed at helping local chief executives and and social welfare officers [...]

UPOUFI and UNICEF Collaboration in Full Swing for Child Protection and Child-Rights-Based Public Finance Executive Course Module Development2025-02-07T10:10:51+08:00

How Teachers in the Philippines Can #MakeClimateAClass for Earth Month

2023-04-27T14:10:49+08:00

It has been a long COVID-19 year for teachers and students. Meanwhile, the planet kept getting hotter, with 2020 tying for the hottest year that humans have ever experienced. Yet it is likely that 2020 will be one of the coolest years in the next 100 unless we change course quickly. As we head into Earth Month (or April), how can educators engage students with this critical issue? This April, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is helping overworked teachers, from every subject, bring climate change into the classroom. This opportunity is not just for environmental science classes. [...]

How Teachers in the Philippines Can #MakeClimateAClass for Earth Month2023-04-27T14:10:49+08:00

UPOU’s free open online courses to aid universities to prepare amidst threats of COVID-19

2023-04-27T16:49:06+08:00

UPOU’s free open online courses to aid universities  to prepare amidst threats of COVID-19 As the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to spread globally and with the alert level raised to “code red sub-level 1” by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH), many of the crucial matters in life need to be rethought and rearranged. This includes not just work arrangements, but education as well. One option that is gaining rapid popularity is to maximize the use of the internet which allows the employees to work from home, and educational institutions to take advantage of online learning.  The University [...]

UPOU’s free open online courses to aid universities to prepare amidst threats of COVID-192023-04-27T16:49:06+08:00
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