Sèrie: 4rd International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education (2008)
29 de jul. 2009
Interview wiht Philip Albach
Accés obert
29 de jul. 2009
In this interview Philip Albach, Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, gives his views on issues such as higher education as a global actor, equity in access to higher education or aspects of ranking higher education institutions.
23 de febr. 2009
Interview with Andrew Mott
Accés obert
23 de febr. 2009
The Executive Director of the Community Learning Partnership and Senior Fellow at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, Andrew Mott, talked with GUNI about the implication of universities creating educational programs to prepare people for careers in community development and social change. Mott highlights the importance of innovative programmes that include a multi-disciplinary point of view, offer experiential as well as classroom learning and give priority to communities and their issues in the research system.
29 de jul. 2009
Interview with Antonio Elizalde
Accés obert
29 de jul. 2009
In this interview, Antonio Elizalde, Rector Emeritus of the Bolivarian University (Chile), reflects on the concept of “development at human scale”.
20 d’oct. 2008
Interview with Aziza Bennani
Accés obert
20 d’oct. 2008
The Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Morocco at UNESCO, Aziza Bennani, talked with GUNI about the importance to promote common values between the different societies. The former Secretary of State for Culture of Morocco considers that higher education must reconsider some of its aspects to promote that its students are capable of dialoguing in culturally different environments.
1 de jul. 2008
Interview with Budd Hall
Accés obert
1 de jul. 2008
The Director of the Office of Community-Based Research and Senior Fellow in the Centre for Global Studies (University of Victoria, Canada), Budd Hall, talked with GUNI about the new challenges for higher education in North America, such as equity, distribution of resources, globalization or sustainability. Prof. Hall also considers very important to engage universities with their local community, but without forgetting a global point of view. In this sense, universities have to provide students theoretical and practical knowledge but also skills for them to be active citizens in the interconnected global society.
25 de nov. 2008
Interview with Charas Suwanwela
Accés obert
25 de nov. 2008
The Professor Emeritus at the Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Charas Suwanwela, talked with GUNI about how universities in developing countries have to assume their role in making research, which is relevant in a local and global context to cover their needs. Prof. Suwanwela considers that research in developing countries can be competitive, as it is happening in India or China. He also talked about universities and social justice, democracy and human rights.
19 de juny 2009
Interview with David Brown
Accés obert
19 de juny 2009
The Harvard University Professor, L. David Brown, talked with GUNI about how higher education in the United States faces the challenges for human and social development. Mr. Brown considers that universities and students, all together, have to be engaged with the global arena. He also talked about ‘practice-research engagement’, its benefits for the society, and about why universities have to be involved in this issue.
25 de maig 2009
Interview with Deane Neubauer
Accés obert
25 de maig 2009
Deane Neubauer, senior advisor to the East-West Center, Hawaii, talked with GUNI about the role of universities in the framework of the new concept of global citizenship. Mr. Neubauer considers that universities must continue to enforce their teaching and research tasks, while reinforcing their relation with other universities and with policy and decision makers internationally.
1 de jul. 2008
Interview with Deepak Nayyar
Accés obert
1 de jul. 2008
Professor of Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Deepak Nayyar, talked with GUNI about the dangers and the opportunities created by markets and globalization in terms of their effects on values in higher education and also on the higher education system. He explained the demand for higher education in China and India, about how these countries have to act regarding the internationalisation of education and the global economy.
27 de des. 2008
Interview with Dr Colin Brock
Accés obert
27 de des. 2008
Professor Colin Brock, UNESCO Chair holder, talked with GUNI about the responses of Higher Education to new challenges, such as multicultural student bodies and excluded population. He also reflects upon the boom of universities rankings and their impact on higher education institutions.
27 de gen. 2009
Interview with George Bureng Nyombe
Accés obert
27 de gen. 2009
The Minister of Higher Education of Sudan, George Bureng V. Nyombe, talked with GUNI about the changes of higher education in East African countries. Minister Nyombe considers that, although there is a lot of work to be done, the knowledge generated in this area can be directly used for economic development. He also believes that the end of brain drain from Africa begins to have positive effects in the region.
1 de set. 2008
Interview with Konrad Osterwalder
Accés obert
1 de set. 2008
The Rector of the United Nations University (UNU), Professor Konrad Osterwalder, talked with GUNI about the new approaches of UNU to strengthen developed and developing countries’ higher education and research and how to address issues such as globalisation and mass higher education.
