The University of the Philippines had an Exhibition Booth and presented three papers in the recently concluded 10thQuacquarelli Symonds – Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference and Exhibition at Taipei International Convention Centre, Taipei City, Taiwan on November 11-13 2014. The 10th QS-APPLE convened senior and middle-ranking academics, educators, researchers and administrators from universities and colleges around the world, which are aspiring to advance their own internationalization program. The conference and booth exhibition both became a venue for sharing valuable knowledge and best practices on internationalization. These provided opportunities for future networking for the more than 500 representatives […]
Letter of the VPAA on the merit promotions
12 November 2014 The Chancellors The Dean, UP Cebu Former Chancellors Manuel Agulto and Rex Victor Cruz Please allow me to provide our faculty and CU administrators the following clarifications of the recommendations of the OVPAA related to Merit Promotions: Process: The guidelines attached to the President’s Memorandum dated 8 July 2014 calling for the 2014 Merit Promotions provides on page 3 that “recommendations for promotions for crossing rank (from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor), and for the Associate Professor rank and above will be endorsed by the Chancellor to the OVPAA System Committee formed by the President, chaired by […]
UPLB BS Biology Program gets AUN-QA Standard Accreditation
UPLB’s BS Biology program under the Institute of Biological Sciences (IBS) of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), has received certification as an accredited program under the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) System on November 5, 2014. The date of effectivity is from Feb. 18, 2014 to Feb. 17, 2018.The accreditation signifies that the UPLB BS Biology curriculum adheres to international academic standards, and it is at par with biology programs from other leading ASEAN universities within the network. This is the first and so far the only AUN-QA accreditation for any BS Biology program in the Philippines. Read […]