Category: In the News

The Mpambo Afrikan Multiversity with support from the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, Inclusion Publishing (Toronto) and the Victoria International Development Educational Agency (VIDEA, Victoria, Canada) will convene an historic event at the … Continue reading →

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research & Social Responsibility in Higher Education is pleased to present the Manual on ‘Training the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers’. This is one of the publications under the project on ‘Building the … Continue reading →

UIN Sunan Ampel, Islamic University of Surabaya, has been actively embedding use of community-based participatory research in all its service learning programmes. As per the national policy, all students of post-secondary institutions have to participate compulsorily in  6-8 weeks of … Continue reading →

The Conference and Global Assembly Planning Committee for the June 2017 gathering in Cartagena, Colombia has released a Brief and a Call to Participate for the 1st Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy. The Global Assembly will take place June 16, … Continue reading →

Dear Friends We are very pleased to inform you that our joint UNESCO Chair on Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education has been renewed by UNESCO for another period of four years until July 2020. UNESCO has acknowledged … Continue reading →

The 3rd Asia Engage Regional Conference titled"Universities in an Integrating Regional Community: Engagement with Government, Industries and Civil Societies" is set to take place from November 21 – 23, 2016 in Manila, the Philippines. This conference is organised in collaboration with the … Continue reading →

In continuation to the previous post about the interview conducted by Dr Felix Bivens (from the Empyrean Research) of the UNESCO Co-Chairs; here’s presenting the second part of the two-part series. Read through the blog post to know more about the Chair, … Continue reading →

A video interview of the UNESCO Chair was carried out by Dr Felix Bivens, Director of Empyrean Research, on October 31, 2015. In the interview, the UNESCO Co-Chairs, Dr Budd Hall & Dr Rajesh Tandon talk about the creation of … Continue reading →

“How do we develop a sense of ownership amongst stake-holders in education? How do we promote deeper community participation, including local Panchayats, in ensuring quality education?”  The Director of SCERT, Telangana spoke about his challenges in a dialogue held in … Continue reading →