Plenary Session I: Rethinking higher education in a transforming world

Plenary Session I: Rethinking higher education in a transforming world

Speakers

Chair/ Moderator: Hilligje van't Land, Secretary General, International Association of Universities (IAU)

Keri Facer, Professor of Educational & Social Futures, University of Bristol, UK (by distance)

Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University, Uganda

Raquel Isamara León de la Rosa, Professor and Researcher, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico

Jesús López Macedo, General Director of Strategic Partnerships, National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES), Mexico

Description

Recognizing that higher education is facing a number of challenges brought about by today’s complex societies, this session will examine how to ‘rethink’ higher education in a transforming world. It will offer a space for questionning the status quo, and to imagine an ideal world of higher education free of everyday constraints. Three speakers will provide their vision and views drawing on their experiences in different regions of the world to launch the discussions.