Representatives of the ULS Audit career presented the results of three investigations at CAPIC 2018.

At the Alberto Hurtado University (Santiago), the XXIX Academic Accounting Research Conference (CAPIC) took place from October 25 to 27, in which the academics of the Auditing career of the University of La Serena, Patricia Cortés Iturrieta, Cristian Blanco Alfaro, Romina Galleguillos Jaime and Christian Villegas Báez, participated with the results of their research.

One of the investigations presented was: “Variables that affect the remuneration of Audit graduates (2013-2015) University of La Serena”, a quantitative study that sought to determine the incidence of the variables, years of work experience, area of professional performance, sex, computer skills and social skills, in the remuneration of professionals graduated from the Audit career between the years 2013 to 2015. As a result of this research, it was concluded that the graduates with the longest year of work experience are the that they tend to be grouped in the middle and upper income brackets, that it is the Audit area that receives the highest remunerations, that it is men who receive salaries that are ostensibly higher than women, that computer skills do not have a direct impact on the salaries and that social skills have an impact on increasing the economic income of graduates.

The “Guide to active teaching-learning strategies to develop transversal skills in auditor students” was also presented. Through this educational innovation project, a guide to active teaching-learning strategies was generated to enhance transversal competencies in auditor students, focused on VIII level students of the 2017 degree program, and seeking to enhance transversal work competencies. as a team, autonomy and personal initiative, comprehensive reading and logical mathematical reasoning. This guide was implemented and subsequently evaluated, showing a notable improvement in the skills of teamwork and autonomy and personal initiative, in addition to a considerable improvement in the skills of reading comprehension and mathematical logical reasoning.

Another of the investigations was “MILA: regional challenge for the integration of securities markets”, a scientific essay that sought to describe the relevance that MILA acquires as a challenge for the integration of securities markets, highlighting both the varied benefits that it can generate this integration, such as the reduction in the cost of capital, the promotion of markets for its members, economies of scale and its contribution to the diversification process of its investors, as well as the challenges that must be overcome in order that allows it to be consolidated as a valid and serious alternative to be considered as an investment proposal.

CAPIC was founded in 1990, by representatives of the Audit career in Chile, with the purpose of promoting the development of accounting through research. It is currently made up of 26 Chilean universities and 5 foreign universities that teach the Auditing career (http://www.capic.cl).

It should be noted that the next CAPIC will be held at the University of Magdalena in Colombia, and later in 2020 it will be organized by the University of La Serena.

The workshop cycle begins this Wednesday, October 31 in the Multipurpose Room of the Isabel Bongard Campus.

In order to raise awareness of women's rights and promote a more respectful culture, the National Service for Women and Gender Equality (SERNAMEG), the Liwen Women's Center and the Men's Center for a Life without Violence They will hold a series of free workshops open to the entire university community and the communities of La Serena and Coquimbo.

The cycle of workshops that will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Isabel Bongard Campus of the University of La Serena (Amunátegui 851), from 15:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m., begins this Wednesday, October 31, an opportunity in which The contextualization of the problem, the origin of public policy, and gender and violence will be addressed.

The workshops continue on November 7, 14 and 21, with interventions from the Liwen Women's Center with "Model for addressing violence in the context of a partner or ex-partner" and from the Men's Center for a Life without Violence with Hegemonic Masculinity. , Male Violence and HEVPA Model, in addition to analyzing legal aspects of VAW (Law 20.066, Family Court Law, Law on femicides, usufructs, properties, etc.).

The activity is free and aimed at schoolchildren, high school students, university students, teachers and the general public.

Improving the community's knowledge regarding parasites transmissible between humans and pets and the risks of having unattended pets is the main objective of an educational exhibition that will be open to the public from November 13 to 15 at the Andrés Bello Campus in the University of La Serena (El Pino Hill).

As explained by the academic and researcher of the ULS Department of Biology, Dr. Jorge Cepeda, “the current interest of people in pets and their subsequent abandonment is creating a growing public health problem in the La Serena-Coquimbo conurbation. . Dogs abandoned in poor conditions are tending to increase in public spaces. Regarding the transmission of parasites between humans and pets, there is apparently a lack of knowledge. With this activity we address the problem from an educational and cultural point of view.”

For this purpose, the Pedagogy courses in Biology and Natural Sciences, Nursing and Journalism have been brought together, with the complementary help of professionals from the Coquimbo Ministry of Health and the sponsorship and auspices of the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension (DIVEULS).

It is considered to expose parasitological material, illustrative panels, explanations, reports, interviews, videos and talks by teachers, researchers, specialized professionals and students of the organizing courses.  

The activity is free and aimed at schoolchildren, high school students, university students, teachers and the general public. It will remain open from 10:00 a.m. to 13:00 p.m. and from 15:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m.

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The fairs have been held in the communes of Punitaqui and Combarbalá.

The Program for Accompaniment and Access to Higher Education (PACE) of the University of La Serena participated in the vocational fairs organized by the educational establishments accompanied by the PACE ULS Program: Liceo Alberto Gallardo Lorca in Punitaqui and Liceo Samuel Román Rojas in Combarbalá.

The purpose of the activities is to provide information about the careers taught by the higher education institution, as well as about the program and its objectives to the educational community.

For the PACE coordinator of the Samuel Román Rojas High School, Ángel Vega, “it was an excellent instance in which our students were able to learn about different careers and areas in depth at each stand prepared by the higher education institutions that participated. It was also an excellent opportunity for our entire educational community to learn about the PACE Program in a more direct way. “I think the activity was a complete success.”

The objective of the vocational fairs was to inform students about the study options offered by HEIs, careers, professional profiles, labor market, career projection, postgraduate courses and study plans, among others. In this regard, the PACE coordinator of the Alberto Gallardo Lorca High School in Punitaqui, Alejandro Oses, expressed: “I believe that the objective of the activity was met, since the students were able to see different paths that they can choose when leaving school. secondary education, from the Armed Forces to studying in a Technical Training Center or to the university.”

The PACE ULS Program participated in this activity with a workshop on careers and benefits led by the Program's social worker, Ricardo Carmona, who provided information about scholarships and benefits, in addition to talking about university life. “I think the effort made by the directors of each educational establishment is valuable, since it is complex for the different HEIs to reach places far from the large cities of our region, the main benefit being for students to receive valuable information for their future. In my case, I provided information about the benefits that students can access, through FUAS and the updating of the Social Registry of Households, and answered their questions regarding financing, differences between studying at a university and a Technical Training Center, among other doubts that arose in the talk,” he said.

Source: Press PACE ULS Program

The three Higher Education Institutions (IES) of the Coquimbo Region met at CEDUC UCN.

The PACE teams from ULS, UCN and CEDUC-UCN and representatives from SECREDUC Coquimbo met to analyze the different experiences they have developed to enhance the link between the areas of Preparation for Secondary Education (PEM) and Accompaniment in Higher Education ( AES).

The day considered presentations from each of the HEIs, and then gave space for questions from the attendees.

For the Secondary Education Preparation Coordinator of PACE ULS, Loreto Garrido, this meeting was beneficial, since it was possible to glimpse the work carried out by other institutions. “The idea of ​​this day was basically to be able to share how we are working regarding the linking of our two work areas PEM and AES. Therefore, it is necessary to move forward as a PACE Program in articulating actions with the other HEI programs,” she expressed.

For her part, PACE ULS Executive Coordinator, Viviana Romero, indicated that these instances of meetings, between the IES and SECREDUC Coquimbo, call for reflection. “I sincerely believe that they are excellent opportunities for the teams to see that no matter which of them you belong to, we all live the same situations day by day and it is also important to know that you are not alone and that there are teams not only in the Coquimbo Region, but throughout Chile we are contributing to the inclusion and restitution of the right to higher education of the students of the educational establishments assigned to the PACE Program.”

Meanwhile, the Executive Coordinator of the PACE CEDUC-UCN Program, Solange Moreno, explained the objective of this event: “mainly this meeting sought to articulate the levels of secondary and higher education for the analysis and understanding of the challenges faced by young people accompanied in this stage of their lives, and what the Program's PACE teams can strengthen to enhance this transition."

Source: Press PACE ULS Program

The Mg. Christian Merino spoke at the meeting held at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain.

The academic, Mg. Christian Merino Álvarez, from the Law degree at the University of La Serena, participated in the international colloquium: “Jurilinguistics II, interdisciplinary approaches in the study of Language and Law”, with a work titled: “Language and the dimension mnemonics in the teaching-learning process of law in the 24st century, related to text workshop courses and study techniques. This colloquium was held on October 25, 26 and XNUMX, at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain.

The international colloquium or permanent seminar aims to strengthen relationships between professionals and researchers in the linguistic and legal fields. Its purpose is to reflect again on the relationships established and yet to be established between both disciplines, both from the point of view of professionalization and from that of the constitution of areas of study and research.

In this sense, Professor Merino pointed out: “our Law degree has modestly contributed to this strengthening and reflection since 2016 in the region: already by reformulating the Text Workshop/Study Techniques courses in the first year of the degree, already reformulating VET courses. of Legal Research Methodology and the Memory Seminar course, both in the last semesters of the degree.”