Other News from Participating Centers

The GovLab at NYU Tandon Announces Formation of Global Advisory Council

Organization Completes Fifth Year of Service and Looks to Expand Reach, Impact
This press release was originally posted by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering on September 26, 2018.

Gender Equality: A Mouse Click Away

This post reflects arguments made in a joint background paper published by the Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) ahead of the G20 Women’s Group (W20) Summit in Argentina 1-3 October.

The Week in Internet News: Social Media Networks Sign onto Fake News Code

Fake news code: Google and several operators of social networks have signed a code of conduct to combat fake news, CNet reports. The code of conduct, pushed by the European Union, stipulates that they must work to disrupt advertising revenues of accounts and websites that spread disinformation. The code also requires that the websites empower people to report disinformation and access other news sources.

Emerging Labour Market Data Sources towards Digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Paper by Nikos Askitas, Rafik Mahjoubi, Pedro S. Martins, Koffi Zougbede for Paris21/OECD: “Experience from both technology and policy making shows that solutions for labour market improvements are simply choices of new, more tolerable problems. All data solutions supporting digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will have to incorporate a roadmap of changes rather than an unrealistic super-solution.

Die HHU begrüßt ihre Studienanfänger

Rektorin Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck und Prorektor Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Börner (Studienqualität und Personalmanagement) heißen die Studienanfänger/innen im Hörsaal 3A (Gebäude 23.01) willkommen und informieren gemeinsam mit dem AStA-Vorstand zum Studium und zum Hochschulalltag an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität. Die Landeshauptstadt wird durch Bürgermeister Friedrich G. Conzen vertreten sein.

Event: Design Museum, Convivial Tools

Join a symposium exploring new approaches for a more cooperative society, based on the thinking of the late philosopher Ivan Illich.
Saturday 13 October: 11.00-18.00
Register Here.
What to expect

Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß seit 1. Oktober neuer Dekan

Ab dem 1.10.2018 ist Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Organisation und Personal, neuer Dekan der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß – zuvor Prodekan der Fakultät – übernimmt das Amt von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap.
Prof. Dr. Florian Heiß wurde vom Fakultätsrat zum Prodekan gewählt. Studiendekan bleibt apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimeshoff.

Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona en Comú, a movement-party wins the city

In June 2014, activists in Barcelona formed a citizen’s platform to stand for election and “win back” the city from its centre-right city council, which the movement saw as having sold out the city to business interests. With little money or experience, the movement ousted the conservative political establishment, and is starting to bring change using a dynamic model of citizen engagement.

US Government Sues California for Daring to Protect Net Neutrality

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China is weaponizing online distraction

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Why What’s Happening to the Rohingya Is Genocide

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Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: October 1, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingWith little fanfare, the State Department recently posted on its website the results of an empirical study of the acute violence in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims.

California’s net neutrality rules face legal test

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The Federal Government and California Are Officially at War Over Net Neutrality

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Protagonistas compartirán sus experiencias a medio siglo de la Reforma

Con el conversatorio "A 50 años de la Reforma del 68: la voz de sus protagonistas" continúa el ciclo de actividades "De la revolución estudiantil a la revolución de los feminismos", iniciado el pasado 6 de septiembre con el nuevo número de revista Anales "Mujeres insurrectas".

Luis Merino y Luis Ciocca distinguidos con medalla Juvenal Hernández

Los académicos de las facultades de Artes y de Odontología recibieron el galardón en las categorías de Artes, Letras y Humanidades y Ciencia y Tecnología, respectivamente.

Carmen Andrade participó de claustro de género en la U. de Magallanes

La directora de Igualdad de Género de la Universidad de Chile, junto a representantes de la Comisión de Igualdad del Consejo de Rectores y de la Agrupación de Universidades Regionales (AUR), participaron del Claustro Universitario en Género en la Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG), donde compartieron experiencias y desafíos en la materia al interior de las instituciones de educación superior chilenas.Con participación de estudiantes, autoridades e integrantes de los estamentos funcionarios y académicos, la Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG) realizó el 10 de septiembre u

Abandono estudiantil: cómo comprenderlo para propender a la retención

La necesidad de consensuar un marco conceptual común y potenciar la investigación sobre acciones concretas para disminuir el abandono son algunas de las claves que plantean los investigadores del Programa Académico de Bachillerato Felipe Munizaga y Beatriz Cifuentes, quienes expusieron el resultado de sus investigaciones en la Conferencia Europea de Investigación Educacional 2018. El encuentro, que este año se realizó en Bolzano, Italia, reúne a alrededor de 2000 delegados de 40 países con el objetivo de promover la investigación en educación.

Ues del Estado dieron a conocer Plan de Actividades Culturales 2018

Los 18 planteles que integran el Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (Cuech) desplegarán una intensa agenda de trabajo el segundo semestre de este año, la que incluye la realización por cuarto año consecutivo del "Foro de las Artes" en la Casa de Bello.En el marco del Plan Plurianual 2018-2020 aprobado por el directorio del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado (Cuech), la Red de Arte, Cultura y Patrimonio desarrollará una potente agenda de trabajo el segundo semestre de este 2018, informó Mónica Quiroz, directora del Convenio Marco Objetivo en R

Gov. Jerry Brown Signs SB 822, Restoring Net Neutrality to California

On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 822, the first state-level law that comprehensively restores all of the net neutrality protections of the 2015 Open Internet Order.
 
Here’s my statement:
 
“Today was a historic moment in the battle to bring back net neutrality in the United States. SB 822 comprehensively restores to California all of the net neutrality protections from the 2015 Open Internet Order that the FCC repealed in 2017. 
 
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Crowdfund: Support BEK, an autonomous space for free sociocultural activities

BEK – AUTONOMOUS SPACE FOR FREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

When talking about our story, first of all, we want to emphasize that one day, hopefully soon, this will really become OUR story. A story of all included, anyone who wants to participate, a story of a community that builds its own part of a creative and self-sustainable space, a story of no one left aside. We want to make a new spot for all of us who don’t have a place to create and invest their time into, and for us who don’t have money or access to social and cultural programs that we can be a part of.