UPC UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management (CUDU) invites to the "Seminar in Strategic Management of Higher Education Institutions". This event will take place in Barcelona from 11 to 15 November 2013 at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona Tech (UPC)
Strategic Management of Higher Education Institutions seminar, aims to promote reflection, discussion, analysis and solutions around the possible ways to get the university to meet its role as a fundamental agent for the development and progress of the people, places and countries. It is aimed at senior management of higher education institutions, both academic and administrative staff, who are part of the management teams of its institutions. The seminar organizer is the UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management (Cátedra UNESCO de Dirección Univesitaria – CUDU), a unit of UPC with the goal to support initiatives that promote enhancement and innovation of higher education and universities, following the principles of UNESCO. For more information, follow this link.
25th anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum
On 19 and 20 September 2013, the Magna Charta Observatory convened its Annual Conference in Bologna, Italy, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum. The conference, entitled "Universities, Students and Societies - Connecting Academic Freedom and Creative Cities", brought together participants from around the world, including the President of EUA, Prof. Maria Helena Nazaré, and Prof. Stefano Paleari, EUA board member.
To see the presentations from the event, a video of the Ceremony with the keynote speech by Umberto Eco, or hear the audio of the Conference, please visit the Observatory website.
The Magna Charta Observatory of Fundamental University Values and Rights is a non-profit organisation based in Bologna, founded by the University of Bologna and EUA. The Magna Charta Observatory aims to gather information, express opinions and prepare documents relating to the respect for, and protection of, the fundamental university values and rights laid down in the Magna Charta Universitatum signed in Bologna in 1988 by 388 Rectors of worldwide main universities. To date, the Magna Charta has been signed by some 776 university leaders from all over the world.