The activity carried out within the framework of the thirty-seventh anniversary of the institution is part of the work of Linking with the Environment of the Law degree of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences.

As scheduled, this Friday, March 23, within the framework of the activities to celebrate the thirty-seventh anniversary of the University of La Serena, the signing ceremony of the Collaboration Agreement between the ULS and the Judiciary of La Serena took place. San Juan.

The activity was attended by the highest authorities of both institutions, who expressly indicated their absolute satisfaction with the creation of this alliance and the projection that this work will have for both institutions.

In this sense, the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, emphasized that “without a doubt, this agreement is a clear example of the various actions of Linkage with the Environment that our university promotes and that have as their objective Mainly, strengthen collaborative ties with other institutions with a clear impact and mutual benefit.”

The first institutional authority added that “this is how our University seeks to contribute to the effective integration that is expected between the Region of Coquimbo and the Province of San Juan, and that the governments involved have projected, considering all the actors that are part of the regional development. Our greatest desire is for there to be real integration at the binational level, which promotes an effective development of student exchange, teachers and researchers, as well as academic training, the development of co-research and linkage projects between institutions of both countries. ”.

For her part, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, pointed out that “the agreement that we signed today adds to the work that we have done as a Faculty for more than 10 years with the National University of San Juan. , through the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of our University. Now, through the Law degree, we will support the strengthening of the management of the judges of the Province of San Juan, incorporating into their work our Chilean experience in the implementation of the Criminal Procedure reform.”

The Argentine delegation was made up of 12 lawyers and the Minister of the Court of Justice of San Juan, Dr. Adolfo Caballero, who expressed that “this agreement is a historical fact that will allow us to learn and share experiences generously between two nations that are sisters. ”.

The signed agreement will have the objective of developing, promoting, supporting and facilitating the activities and events necessary for the achievement and fulfillment of the specific agreed projects, developing and implementing academic-judicial and research programs, organizing courses, classes, workshops, consultancies. , training, internships and/or research stations that encourage the participation of different institutions and their members.

first results

The signing was preceded by two days of theoretical-practical advice by academics from the Law degree at the University of La Serena, with the collaboration of the Regional Prosecutor's Office and Defender's Office. In this regard, the Director of the program, lawyer Germán Solís, explained that “we will make all our knowledge and experience available to this alliance, at the same time that our academics and students can learn from the implementation that is carried out in the Judicial Branch. of the Province of San Juan, generating a linking process with bidirectionality and impact, so that the work is fruitful and an enriching exchange for both institutions.”

In the theoretical-practical consultancy processes, students and academics, based on their knowledge as operators of the criminal system, both Argentine and Chilean, enhanced their knowledge through the exchange of procedures in matters of flagrant crimes and in coordination with the police forces. At the same time, they reported how on both sides of the Andes the rights of the accused are guaranteed, in systems that can still be perfected.

Within the framework of the ceremony, the Secretary of the Court of the Province of San Juan, Dr. Javier Vera, and the person in charge of the Hearing Management Office, Dr. Matías Senatore, who participated in the ceremony, were symbolically certified. consultancy carried out in December of last year.

Academics, professionals and students from the ULS shared their experiences in inclusive practices towards the community.

Promoting the exchange of inclusive educational practices and experiences in higher education at the University of La Serena was the main objective of the First Meeting: “Inclusion experiences at the University: differences are learning opportunities”, organized by the Support Program ULS Disability.

The activity, framed in the celebration of the thirty-seventh institutional anniversary, allowed academics, officials and students to exchange inclusive educational practices and experiences towards the community.

This is how the experiences of the Disability Support Program (Karla Rivera and Alejandra Galleguillos), of the FDI 1706 project on “Chilean Sign Language Workshops” were presented to students, officials and professionals of the Education and Engineering Area of ​​the Coquimbo Region. ” (Ángela Jofré, student), “Ceramic Reliefs, an inclusion option at the University” (Hernán Godoy, academic), “Labor inclusion and social integration of young people with Down syndrome in the Central Library of the ULS. Advancing inclusive university libraries” (Héctor García, SIBULS head), “Audiovisual workshop for Haitian migrants” (Claudia Farías, academic) and “Participatory design experience in Luis Braille” (Marco Gutiérrez, academic).

The Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, valued the holding of this meeting and noted that “as the State University of Chile, we are aware of our social role in the community in which we are inserted. Therefore, we share the knowledge and experiences that we have been generating in various instances of inclusion, with our community and general public.”

Meanwhile, the academic of the Dept. of Education and in charge of the Inclusive Higher Education Network, Dr. Georgina García, expressed her satisfaction that teachers and students share their experiences, “who dream of a more just and democratic world, a world where each person, regardless of their origin , their ethnicity or another characteristic, can develop comprehensively and participate as a citizen committed to the changes and improvements of our society.”

Furthermore, the professor stated that the University “has made great efforts to move towards a more inclusive unit, generating an interdisciplinary gender research program in the 90s, the Disability Support Program in 2006 and the workshops of gender violence prevention in 2011, among other initiatives", and for this it has had the support of the university authorities and various units and instances of the institution, as well as SENADIS, SernamEG, Centro Liwen and Men's Center for a Life Without Violence.

University authorities, teachers, officials, students and representatives of SENADIS, Centro Liwen and Universidad de Atacama were present at the meeting.

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This year the second version of the entry plan “I want to be an Education Professional” begins, a program certified by the MINEDUC and carried out in accordance with article 27 required by Law 20.903.

In the context of the Institutional Improvement Plan for Pedagogies executed by the ULS - which seeks to strengthen the eleven pedagogies taught by the university - last year the special entry plan “I want to be an Education Professional” was launched. , which enhances the teaching identity in those third-year students who feel interested in the area of ​​education.

In this way, in November 2017 there were 27 students from various educational establishments in the Coquimbo Region, who gave life to the first generation of the program, supported by the plan coordinators, teachers and the team of student workers.

This year the second version of the program will begin, and for this the “Student Attraction, Retention and Accompaniment” subunit of the UGIP, invited all ULS pedagogy students to be part of this initiative and thus form a new team of students. workers, who must support the activities developed around the income plan.

Through an informative talk, the program coordinator, Lic. Diego Contreras, together with the psychologist Andrea Hoces, detailed to those interested the role they will have to perform and, through an individual interview, they selected those students who met all of the requirements. the assigned requirements.

Ped's teacher-in-training. in Mathematics and Physics, Andrés Barraza, was one of the participants in the talk and commented that his interest in being part of the team “was born from the need to attract students to pedagogies and see retention strategies so that they do not drop out, which is a common situation within all races. I would like to be able to provide support to the students and for them to know in a closer and more real way what it means to study pedagogy (...), so that they do not remain with the vision that the teacher is only the person who is in charge and teaches the subject. "Well, for me, being a teacher means being able to give them the tools so that they can reach their maximum abilities and be the best version of themselves."

A similar opinion is held by nutritionist Alexis Barrios, who this year decided to study Ped. in Biology and Natural Sciences. “I chose to study pedagogy because I find that something interesting can be achieved between both careers, and I was motivated by this call because I can contribute from my point of view the importance of being a teacher, who often takes on the role of father, psychologist or advisor. There are many students who made the decision to study pedagogy based precisely on the motivation they had from their own teachers. In that sense, I hope to generate a change in the students, to be able to answer all their questions and explain them as many times as necessary; I want to be an example for them and make them wonder why they study pedagogy or why they want to be a future pedagogue,” he emphasized.

In this way, the team of student workers must collaborate with the program dissemination process; participate in the program admission process (pre-selection and selection); attend the workshops on Saturdays and be present in the corresponding modules; work collaboratively with module teachers; participate in work meetings established by the program's professional team; and finally, provide permanent information to the team of the Student Attraction, Retention and Support Subunit of the UGIP.

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Its main objectives will be to promote the design and implementation of gender equality policies and promote instances of inter-university cooperation.

More than 50% of undergraduate, master's and doctoral enrollment at CRUCH universities corresponds to women; Without a doubt, the female presence in Higher Education has increased in recent decades. However, during 2016 and 2017, complaints of harassment, violence and gender discrimination have also increased, situations that require an effective policy and mechanisms to address them and provide solutions to those affected. Thus, after several meetings, to which representatives of the 27 universities that from Arica to Magallanes make up the Council of Rectors were summoned, the “Gender Equality Commission AUR - CRUCH” was created.

The commission is made up of representatives of all the universities of the Council of Rectors, including deans, vice-rectors, coordinators of Gender or Inclusion Units, academics, etc. All linked and working to strengthen the areas of inclusion, diversity and gender equality in their respective houses of study. In some cases, those in charge of these issues are men, who also participate in the commission.

The priority challenges will be to promote the design and implementation of gender policies in the universities of the Council of Rectors; promote studies, the exchange of information, instances of inter-university cooperation and the transfer of good practices. The latter is very important, since there are study houses with greater progress on the subject. Gender offices have been created in them, including subjects that address the issue or action protocols launched in the event of complaints.

Diagnosis in universities

The work of this group began in 2017, the year in which a diagnosis of the gender situation and the existence of protocols for complaints of violence, sexual harassment and discrimination was carried out in the universities of the Council of Rectors.

The diagnosis, which in a first stage was responded to by 19 of the 27 CRUCH universities, gave an account of the situation of the different university levels: students, academics, officials and directors. The document showed that, as in Chilean society as a whole, there is indeed a gender gap in these institutions: difference between the number of academics vs. female academics, fewer academics with a doctorate degree, fewer women in management positions, differences in the distribution of enrollments according to areas of knowledge, etc.

After learning about the report, the rectors have reaffirmed their decision to take concrete measures to overcome these gaps. The formation of this Gender Equality Commission is a first step towards that.

Seminar

As an important milestone, this year the commission is organizing a seminar on “Gender Equality Policies and Situations of Harassment, Violence and Discrimination”, an activity whose objective will be to make gender equality issues visible by showing successful experiences, as well as to establish instances of university cooperation through work workshops that integrate all levels.

ULS teachers gave a presentation on the new accreditation criteria.

On Friday, March 16, a working meeting of the directors of the Industrial Engineering Departments of the northern zone was held in Santiago, within the framework of the Indunor Network. On behalf of the Department. of Industrial Engineering from the University of La Serena, academics Moisés Villablanca and Felicindo Cortés were present, who as peer evaluators of the Industrial Civil Engineering career at Acredita CI, were invited to make a presentation on the new accreditation criteria.

The presentation had an important reception among the members of the network, who extended an invitation to the exhibitors to repeat their presentation at the University of Antofagasta.

On the other hand, during the meeting the organization of the Third International Indunor Congress was discussed, to be held next August, with the University of Antofagasta being the venue. The representation of the ULS will contribute to said event by making arrangements with agribusiness companies in the Coquimbo Region, for the invitation of an exhibitor as a panelist.

According to its Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, “we want to establish procedures that allow us to have a much more inclusive and participatory university.”

With the aim of promoting a culture that respects the rights of all, the University of La Serena, within the framework of its mission as a State university, committed to the cultural and social changes of the country, is promoting a series of themes such as inclusion, gender, human rights, interculturality, arbitrary discrimination and participation. Within this work, with the aim of carrying out highly participatory processes, we are working on the development of regulations that allow establishing a protocol to formalize a body dedicated to receiving complaints of workplace, sexual harassment and/or arbitrary discrimination, in accordance with international conventions and national regulations.

In this context, the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, and the person in charge of the Disability Support Program, Dr. Georgina García, responsible for coordinating this work, called on the main actors of this community to a meeting for next Wednesday, March 28.

This meeting has the objective that in a joint and tri-state manner, we can work on the basis of a proposal for the creation of the 'Office or Commission for Attention to Complaints of Labor, Sexual Harassment and Arbitrary Discrimination within the University of La Serena ', to analyze it and enrich it with the experiences and visions of the participants.

This seeks to coordinate and systematize the different procedures existing at the University that can address these matters, also providing an organization that allows receiving and supporting complaints that may arise.

Thus, academic representatives, officials, students and internal organizations related to these topics will be present in this activity.

“Our University is decisively addressing issues such as inclusion, gender, human rights, interculturality, discrimination, participation and concrete proof of that is this work, where we want to establish norms and procedures that allow us to have a much more inclusive and participatory University, where Each of us who are part of this community feels considered, integrated and participating in these types of instances that allow us to grow as a community,” emphasized the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés.