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April 25, 2019
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Comments Off on Celebrating 150th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi_UNESCO Chair in CBR
UNESCO Delhi has begun to participate in these celebrations in 2018 along with government and other agencies, by acknowledging “Concerned with education in all its aspects, Mahatma Gandhi also believed that science should be the tool for enhancing not only … Continue reading
April 22, 2019
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Comments Off on Key Note Address by Dr. Rajesh Tandon at Stories of Change award ceremony, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru: April 20th, 2019
In 2018, Azim Premji University launched a “Stories of Change: Case study challenge” inviting detailed analytical case studies from state and civil society organisations on social interventions enhancing human, social or sustainable development outcomes. The motivation behind this exercise is … Continue reading
February 15, 2019
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Comments Off on Surf On Paulino: Reflections and Stories about Paulo Freire by Dr. Budd Hall
Dr. Budd Hall gave a talk on Paulo Freire on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Special Issue of CONCEPT on February 14th and 15th, 2019. This was at the University of Huddersfield. For details … Continue reading
February 15, 2019
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Comments Off on Global Inequalities in Knowledge Distribution and Production: Implications for Higher Education
A Talk by Dr. Budd Hall at the London headquarters of the Association of Commonwealth Universities February 12, 2019 At the invitation of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Budd shared his observations about global inequalities in knowledge distribution and production. … Continue reading
February 1, 2019
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Comments Off on Dialogue on Institutional Social Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions: January 31, 2019 UGC New Delhi
Background Unnat Bharat Ahiyaan (UBA) 2.0 was launched by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India in February 2018. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a Subject Expert Group (SEG) on Curricular Reforms and Educational … Continue reading
January 29, 2019
by Dr. Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chair
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Budd paid a visit to Laval University, Canada’s oldest university on January 28 and 29, 2019 at the invitation of Professor Florence Piron. While the weather was cold, the welcome was very warm indeed. Budd met with Claude Savard, the … Continue reading
December 18, 2018
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In a first of its kind initiative, UNESCO India and Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) co-hosted two days meetings of all the ten UNESCO Chairs in India. The dates for the meeting were December 10th and December 11th respectively. The … Continue reading
November 15, 2018
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The Big Tent Consortium (a global network of universities and their community partners) has issued the ‘Global Communique-VIII’, as a call to action to its members on the Role of Universities in the Implementation of the UN SDGs. The French … Continue reading
September 20, 2018
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Prof. (Dr.) Madhura Y., Director – School of Architecture and Design, Manipal University Jaipur, Knowledge for Change (K4C) Hub Coordinator visited University of Victoria on September 19th, 2018. The discussions were focused on the interest in building the K4C Consortium … Continue reading
July 26, 2018
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Dr Budd Hall, our UNESCO Co-Chair joined Marjorie Mayo of Goldsmith’s College and Jude Fransman of the Open University for a round table on ‘Knowledge, Democracy and Hope’ at the SCUTREA Adult Education Conference on “Life Long Learning and the … Continue reading