More than 170 papers between Chileans and Argentineans have already been submitted to the call for this meeting that will bring together important and prominent speakers from the scientific context in La Serena.

These days, the final details of the organization of the II Binational Congress of Scientific Research Chile - Argentina are being refined, led by a dean of Higher Education institutions with a presence in the Coquimbo Region, who through their research units and areas and links with the environment have led this important scientific meeting.

The conference will take place on November 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this year, within the framework of the activities of the Integration Committee of the Agua Negra Pass - Commission of Higher Education Institutions.

According to the president of the Commission for the Integration of Higher Education Institutions, Adriana Ledezma, "this congress aims to promote a space for debate, multidisciplinary updating and encourage scientific and technological research in a wide spectrum of areas of knowledge, promoting the exchange and integration between Argentine and Chilean researchers, thus generating opportunities for academic development related to regional, national and international interests”.

Those who wish to participate can obtain more information by visiting the page www.comisioneducacionaguanegra.cl.    

A call for close to 200 attendees is expected, from both countries, who will participate in master classes, presentations and posters, the thematic axes being: Binational Economic Development; Education and culture; Turistic development; Social development; State, Society, Power and Politics; Medicine and health; Present and Future Energy; and Geoscience, Environment and Environmental Sustainability.

The conferences were held between October 12 and 15 at the Gabriela Mistral High School in La Serena, and are currently coordinated by the "Student Attraction, Retention and Accompaniment" subunit of the Integrated Pedagogy Management Unit (UGIP).

More than one hundred fourth-year high school students arrived from the regions of Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso to the facilities of the University of La Serena, to participate in the JOMAT ULS 2018 Pre-University and Vocational Mathematics Conference Camp, an initiative that was born this year. 2012 and is headed by Professor Diego Contreras.

The sessions began last Friday with an inaugural ceremony, attended by authorities, teachers, student monitors from the institution and school teams from the participating educational establishments.

“In this seventh version they will be able to meet and get to know each other, enter university classrooms and be aware that many of you, depending on your choice, will be members of this institution next year. The University has a commitment to JOMAT, because JOMAT has a great commitment to the University and to regional and national education”, pointed out on the occasion the Academic Vice Chancellor, Dr. Jorge Catalán, who also highlighted the work carried out by the creators and organizers of the initiative.

For their part, the students Cristopher Gallardo (Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing) and Ángela Rojo (Chemistry), who participated in the previous version as Jomatino students, provided some words of motivation, calling on the schoolchildren to enjoy the experience by focusing in learning and sharing with their peers.

On the occasion, the talk “Mathematics, the queen of sciences” by Mg. Erick de la Barra, who had the purpose of introducing and motivating those present towards mathematics.

Conferences and activities

This year there were ten participating teams, among them, the representatives of the Pedro Troncoso Machuca High School (Vallenar), María Educa School (La Serena), Bicentennial IAC State of Israel High School (Coquimbo), Parish School (Andacollo), Samuel Román Rojas High School ( Combarbalá), Nicolás Federico Lohse Vargas High School (Los Vilos), Pedro Rodríguez Caviedes High School (llapel), Mary Graham Bicentennial High School (Villa Alemana) and José Cortés Brown High School (Viña del Mar). In addition, for the first time, a group of students from the I Want to Be an Education Professional Program, managed through the UGIP, joined.

In its seventh version, and faithful to its tradition, the initiative contemplated the realization of various academic activities led by students of the Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing, and Ped. in Math and Physics, as well as science workshops offered by Ped students. in Biology and Natural Sciences. Likewise, the students were able to participate in sports, recreational and vocational events, the latter directed by the psychologist Andrea Hoces, an occasion in which they worked as a group on the different learning styles.

The point of greatest intensity was obtained by the long-awaited Olympics, which after a hard-fought competition, left as winners the José Cortés Brown High School (1st place), the María Educa School (2nd Place) and the IAC Estado de Israel Bicentennial High School (3rd place). place). Once the day was over, the students were grateful for being able to participate in the gratifying instance, hoping to be able to join as monitors in future versions.

For the student Fabián Toro, from the Mary Graham Bicentennial High School, this experience allowed him to "have a good time and also learn mathematics in a different way, leaving the traditional classroom, because we participate in activities that are more recreational and do not involve only common learning”, he stated. A similar opinion was expressed by the student Danae Cuello, from the María Educa School, who stated that "it is exciting because we are getting closer to university life every day and living this experience brings us even closer to what we are going to face in the coming years."

In this way, there are already close to a thousand students in total who have had the opportunity to make a living from this great project, which arose in the hands of the students of the school themselves as a way to promote mathematics and science. an unconventional way.

“The success of each JOMAT camp does not depend only on the organization, the tutors or monitors, it mainly depends on the willingness of the participating students in each of the activities prepared; This is how the group of the 2018 generation made possible the realization of one of the most successful versions carried out, and we hope to be able to count on these students again in future participating editions already as university students of our house of studies”, emphasized the general director of the JOMAT ULS Program, Professor Diego Contreras.

Source: Unit for the Integrated Management of Pedagogies (UGIP) | PMI FIP ULS1501 – CM ULS 1755

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Scientific research, particularly the form of dissemination, has become a lucrative business for large publishers. It is known that journals that claim to have the greatest impact (number of citations) charge large sums for the publication of an article. Articles that are generated by research funded by public institutions and/or non-profit foundations. But publishers, in general, charge for publishing the results, converted into a paper, and then charge for downloading a paper from their websites.

For several years, many European scientists and agencies have been promoting an “Open Access” policy for publications generated in centers such as Universities and Foundations. This is how on September 4, 2018, reports appeared worldwide about the strong attack by several European scientific research agencies, regulating a decided open access policy for the scientific publications that they finance. The initiative of the European agencies is known as “plan s” (https://www.scienceeurope.org/coalition-s/ ).

In this article, which was also reported by La Tercera (https://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/revistas-cientificas-alerta-restriccion-publicacion-articulos-pagados/307299/), it is noted that as of 2020, scientific research, funded by the 11 European agencies - European Commission on Open Access, the agencies of the French, British and Dutch funders, the national agencies in Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, the research councils in Italy and Sweden - must ensure free and immediate access after the papers are published.

The measure restricts funding for major journals such as Nature, Science, Cell and The Lancet.

In the statement, they announced that the six or twelve month delays that many subscription journals require before a document becomes “Open Access” will no longer be allowed. Science Europe president Marc Schiltz said “we think this could create a turning point [...] “really, the idea was to take a big, decisive step, not to create another statement or an expression of intent.”

Obviously, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Editors is concerned about the measure and, according to them, this measure “potentially undermines the entire system of research publications.”

On the other hand, on September 12, 2018, Nature Magazine published an article in which, in some way, it questions the scientific publication system as we know it today. The publication titled “houses of scientists publish a paper every five days” (http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06185-8) evidence that thousands of scientists publish up to 72 articles annually, an excessive amount for a human, no matter how intelligent and hardworking. The work describes how the “most prolific scientists” do it. Scopus was searched for authors who published more than 72 papers (the equivalent of one paper every 5 days) in a calendar year between 2000 and 2016, a figure many would consider incredibly prolific.

The new European policy on the way and means by which the results of scientific research are published is already taking effect in Chile. A sample of this change can already be seen in the policy of the Superior Council of Fondecyt to evaluate Postdoctoral projects (http://www.conicyt.cl/fondecyt/2018/09/14/fondecyt-cambia-su-forma-de-evaluar-investigadores-en-la-nueva-convocatoria-a-proyectos-de-postdoctorado/).

For 2019, CONICYT has announced that "the new mechanism expands the type of scientific milestones that can be declared in the application, including, in addition to scientific productivity, the impact that the applicants' research has had outside the strictly academic sphere. This undoubtedly marks the first milestone in the effects of the growing movement on the way to measure scientific productivity and the irreversible path towards open access of all publications financed by States and/or non-profit foundations.

Eduardo Notte Cuello
La Serena, October 2018

Deans of law schools in Chile come together to address the participation of women in management positions.

The first meeting of the Deans of Law Schools in Chile was dedicated to the role played by women in leadership positions in the fields of Law in the 5st century in Chile. Today there are only XNUMX women who hold the positions of Deans in the area of ​​Law in our country, both in public and private universities. The role that they have had to live is to open the paths to the new generations in the search for a more inclusive country, where citizens have equal opportunities regardless of their gender.

The Deans recognize that it was the courage of the young university students in the country that raised this challenge in Chile, which is currently being part of the agendas of different levels of society, from the Armed Forces to the Judiciary. From the academy, one of the first tasks will be to make a cadastre of the participation of women in managerial positions in Chilean universities.

This challenge is framed within the scope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) signed by Chile in 2015, specifically in objective number 5 declared by the UN, which states: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. This end is one of the 17 SDGs and an essential element of all dimensions of Sustainable Development. Among the 9 targets linked to SDG 5 seeks to end all forms of discrimination against women and girls throughout the world. The UN points out that one of the goals to achieve this goal is to "encourage more women to become leaders in all regions, which will help strengthen policies and laws aimed at achieving greater gender equality." However, it also recognizes that among the obstacles to be overcome are "the unequal division of unpaid work -both domestic and in the care of other people- and discrimination in decision-making in the public sphere."

The Deans seek to contribute to SDG 5 by focusing on the UN goal of "Ensuring the full and effective participation of women and equal opportunities for leadership at all decision-making levels in political, economic, and public life."

The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universidad Mayor, Clara Szczaranski, expressed that she shares the concern: “From our vision, inclusion in its broadest sense is the way forward for our open and globalized societies. It is essentially about not discriminating, in all areas. This is the deep conjugation of the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that guides this University and that has taken us to the outside world, accrediting us in the USA. And, of course, as a lawyer I see in this the need for institutional changes regarding the role of working women, and also academics, recognizing legal parity in the management of the family, a matter that is still contradictory. For Diario Constitucional it is a challenge to investigate the gaps that still exist in our legal system. It is not enough to declare equality: it must be implemented and lived!

For her part, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the University of La Serena, Luperfina Rojas, pointed out that "the universities in their origins did not contemplate closely or intensely those of us who are currently the majority in the world, nor did they formally they contemplated all the diversities and sensibilities that are manifested today. It is a great challenge that from the regions we actively commit a heterogeneous participation within the university. If we understand the above as an opportunity, it will be given by how to incorporate not only the new generations in universities, but also by how to recognize in them spaces for those who legitimately have the right to participate in and in their structures, above all. everything in their high spheres of decision”.  

Meanwhile, the Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the SEK University, Macarena Fernández, indicated: “I think that academics should dare to apply for positions, there should be no reason for differences in the election if the requirements are met. requirements. We must raise awareness and encourage the active participation of women in academic faculty. I am lucky to belong to a university that has a rector as its leader. In my four-degree faculty under my supervision, three are directed by women in addition to having an academic secretary.”

Finally, the Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Business Sciences of the University of La Frontera, Valeska Geldres, stated that from the south the inclusion of women in leadership positions is even more distant and that inclusion also means decentralization in the decision making. In addition, she emphasized: "I firmly believe that the perspective of women in decision-making is something that our country needs and we want to contribute from academia to advance on this path."

The initiative is aimed at young undergraduate students who are in the last two years of their degree and who wish to carry out their paid professional practice in companies in the country.

Banco Santander invites you to participate in the call for the Santander 2018 Practice Scholarships, an initiative that seeks to collaborate with the insertion of students into the world of work.

The initiative, which is part of the Higher Education Support Program, offers scholarships for each university invited. It is aimed at young undergraduate students who are in the last two years of their degree and who wish to carry out their paid professional internship in companies in the country, for a period of three months.

For this, the student must be in charge of managing, according to the requirements of the institution to which they belong, their professional practice with companies. The amount of the scholarship amounts to USD $1.000 for the beneficiary students.

The process of application, selection and registration of the scholarship holders must be carried out through the website www.becas-santander.com. It is a requirement for applicants to complete the form on the website and deliver the documentation to their home of studies.

The application will be extended until November 23, 2018. Universities must award and send their selections to Santander Universities no later than Friday, November 30, 2018.

The call and selection of scholarship recipients will be the exclusive responsibility of the participating institutions. The results will be published in www.santander.cl y scholarshipssantander.universia.cl and by the universities themselves.

The bases are available here.

Higher Education Support Program (PAES)

Banco Santander is the company that invests the most in supporting education in the world (Varkey/UNESCO-Fortune 500 Report). Through Santander Universities it maintains more than 1.200 collaboration agreements with universities and academic institutions around the world and in Chile it collaborates with 53 universities throughout the country.

More information: www.santander.cl/universidades.

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The student body was able to appreciate and record the different music, especially rhythms, according to the characteristics of each type of Religious Dance, as well as a diversity of musical instruments and sound objects of artisan manufacture.

Last Sunday, October 7, the traditional Fiesta Chica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo was held, an opportunity in which a group of 32 first-year students of the Pedagogy in Music Education career at the U. de La Serena, who are studying the subject Musical Ethnography I, carried out a Musical Ethnographic Fieldwork.

As explained by the academic from the Department of Music of the ULS, Lina Barrientos, the Fiesta Chica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo is “organized by Jaime Guerrero, Cacique General of Religious Dances, where once again, perhaps before 1584, uninterruptedly, devotees will fulfill the promises and/or thanks to the chinita, as the Virgin is affectionately distinguished. Chinita comes from the Chinese Quechua word that connotes server.

Various Religious Dances grouped into Chinese since 1584, Turbans since 1752, Dance since 1798, typical of the Coquimbo Region participate in this Festival; Modern of Thick Instrumental since 1960 with influence of the Dances of Indians, Morenos and Gypsies of La Tirana; and since the year 2000 Dances with Bronze Bands influenced by the Dances of the Ayquina Festival, in the Antofagasta Region, who in turn have taken them from the Religious Dances and Carnival of Oruro-Bolivia, in which it is possible to appreciate the syncretism or hybridization of the Andean-Afro-Catholic.

As in the pedagogical professional training of the Musical Education Pedagogy student body, the sound-musical observation of their own environment is considered in relation to the context in which it is present, the group of first-year students made records of the observations based on a guideline and previous preparation in the classroom.

"In this way, the students were able to appreciate and record the different music, especially rhythms, according to the characteristics of each type of Religious Dance, as well as a diversity of musical instruments and sound objects of artisanal manufacture, in addition to the individual songs of alférez and group greeting and farewell events in a responsorial format,” said academic Lina Barrientos.

In addition to the teaching aspect of this trip to Andacollo, the ethnomusicological aspect was also present, related to the ongoing project: Turbans and Dances of Andacollo in its music. Aesthetics and emotions of a popular faith, by teachers Daniela Banderas and Lina Barrientos, a project financed by the Fund for the Promotion of National Music of the MCAP, sponsored by DIDULS and the Department of Music of the state campus, a study that also includes with the consent of the General Chief and the heads of Dances involved in the study.