In the Multipurpose Room of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus, the conference ''Tax Reform and Public Education'' was held, given by the former Rector of the University of Chile, Dr. Luis Riveros. In the activity, organized by the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the University of La Serena, the academic gave his vision on the Government's announcements regarding education and the tax reform bill that seeks to mainly finance changes in education. .

This is how Dr. Luis Riveros referred to the dichotomy that exists in Chile between favorable economic results and competitiveness, as opposed to those related to education. ''This issue of education was significantly postponed, they always wanted to do more of the same and that resulted in the problems deepening,'' said the academic, adding that among the tasks that were not adequately addressed were the need to invest more and increase coverage in preschool education, the demunicipalization of public basic and secondary education, the distortions that have been accumulating as a result of the privatization strategy of education, and the reforms in Higher Education.

In this sense, he highlighted that for decades there has been an "orphanhood of the public system," referring to the abandonment of public universities by the State. ''That is something that must be corrected, and that means, first of all, that State universities must have a Direct Fiscal Contribution that is reasonable, to be able to somehow certify and demonstrate that they are from the State of Chile,'' he mentioned in his lecture.

Regarding the educational reform, he expressed that there has been no clarity in the announcements referring to the free education, what will happen with the delivery of free public resources to private universities, in concrete measures to strengthen higher technical education. , and a reform of the current Council of Rectors.

''Some announcements and projects have been delivered, but in my opinion they do not attack the fundamental part of the problem, which is quality, and this requires resources and a different commitment from the State,'' said the academic from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the U. of Chile.

Regarding the tax reform, he stated that Chile's tax base is restricted and small, ''consequently, it is good to think about why not have a higher tax base, especially because the Chilean system also has some distortions, among them, a reduced tax rate associated with companies. The proposal is totally reasonable, first of all with the economic reality; Companies are not being intervened, they are not being stripped of their legitimate profits, a system is simply being established that also corrects a second distortion, that the tax on people, especially the tax on professionals, on small businessmen, It has a tax base that is very high (...). "Then it is proposed to reduce that a little and raise the tax on companies, so that in the net there will also be an increase in the capacity of the Ministry of Finance to collect resources."

The former Rector of the University of Chile added that this ''creates the possibility of developing what the country has been able to consolidate until now: a credible, stable country, that has rules of the game that are respected (...) and consequently "That constitutes a sufficient basis to bring investment like the one the country needs to continue growing."

Regarding the Tax Utilities Fund (FUT), he indicated that it was a correct measure in a period of economic crisis, but that this special incentive for company investment is evidently no longer needed, even more so when one looks at the accumulated This untaxed fund is approximately 1 GDP. 

It should be noted that the academic vice-rector of the ULS, Dr. Jorge Catalán, the dean of the FACSE, Mg Jorge Fernández, the director of the Department of Sciences were present at the activity. Economics and Business, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, the director of Teaching, Mg. Laura Vega, directors of Schools of the macrounit, the head of Admission and Enrollment, Eduardo Rojo, academics, students and special guests.

Training for teachers is contemplated, in order to expand the group of effective users of this pedagogical tool.

The Library System of the University of La Serena (SIBULS) has a new database, which is preferably aimed at careers related to music, but which also serves any user of the institution. It is ''Music Online Premium by Alexander Street'', which aims to provide the largest source of information with streaming audio and reference materials. In addition, it has more than 500 hours of video, 100 thousand reference pages, organized by genre, clips, scores and others.

''The system is multiplatform, several users can, for example, work with the same score at the same time, which does not happen with paper support. It works from a computer to a smartphone and also has associated elements such as the QR code that is saved like any other file,'' said the person in charge of the ULS Library System, Héctor García.

According to the multiple possibilities that the base offers, the user can create playlists, listen to audio or access reference materials. ''We are the first university in Chile to sign it, it is a new provider in Chile, but one that has worked in universities in Colombia, Argentina and Brazil, in addition to being highly recognized in the United States,'' García stated.

The person in charge of SIBULS indicated that dissemination is currently being carried out through the library's fanpage and some training for teachers is scheduled, in order to expand the group of effective users of this interesting pedagogical tool. ''This database is validated by the network of the University of La Serena and hosted on an external server that belongs to the provider,'' he explained.

With the addition of ''Music Online Premium by Alexander Street'', you can travel from the work of Mozart to more recent sounds such as Jazz or Pop.

In the presence of the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, directors, officials and special guests, the University of La Serena, through the Human Resources Directorate, held the official delivery ceremony of the ''Internal Regulations of Order, Hygiene and Safety of the University of La Serena'', a document intended to regulate work procedures, occupational risks and other activities to which officials of organizations with more than ten workers are exposed.

During the presentation of the document, the director of Human Resources of the University of La Serena, Héctor Bugueño, stated that ''guaranteeing a dignified work environment and mutual respect among workers and preventing occupational risks is a permanent purpose of the institution; The launch of the Internal Regulations of Order, Hygiene and Safety is the response to this requirement.

Bugueño also thanked all those who contributed to the definition of this document, ''among them the Department of Risk Prevention, Joint Committees of the different Campuses, the Rector and higher authorities for advancing this highly relevant issue that allows us to regulate, dignify the condition of workers, where people are respected and valued.

Subsequently, the person in charge of the institution's Risk Prevention Department, Verónica Antiñirre, developed a presentation referring to the details of the regulation and its scope, highlighting the historical progress that Chile has made in this regard and that seeks to catch up within the international context.

Likewise, he addressed the importance for all members of the institution of knowing this document, in order to act appropriately in the different aspects of work life within the organization and participate as a community in the process of establishing a culture preventive.

Finally, a printed copy of the “Internal Regulations of Order, Hygiene and Safety of the University of La Serena” was symbolically delivered by the Director of Human Resources to the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés. and the vice-rector of Economic and Administrative Affairs, Dr. Marcela Aguirre.

The ceremony was attended by institutional authorities headed by the Rector of the ULS, the vice-rector of Economic and Administrative Affairs, the director of Student Affairs, Mg. Miguel Zuleta, the director of Teaching, Mg. Laura Vega, the director of General Services, Marcos Sepúlveda, the legal advisor of the ULS, Elizabeth Escobar, the head of the Risk Prevention Department of the Mutual de Seguridad, Víctor Riquelme, and officials from the different departments of the state campus.

The purpose of the activity was to mobilize Science from the University of La Serena to the community.

A morning of entertainment and new knowledge was had by the members of the educational community of the San Martin de Porres School, thanks to the First Day of Entertaining Sciences and Health, an activity in which teachers and students from various careers assigned to the Faculty participated. of Sciences of the University of La Serena and which is part of the collaborative work between the establishment located in Las Compañías and the macro-unit of the ULS.

Academics, students, technicians and parateachers belonging to the careers of Kinesiology, Dentistry, Nursing, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree in Astronomy, Pedagogy in Biology and Natural Sciences, Pedagogy in Chemistry and Natural Sciences, and Pedagogy in Mathematics and Computing, had the opportunity to share with students, parents, guardians, teachers, directors and school service personnel, through the realization of workshops, equipment samples, career promotion, first aid, healthy eating, computing, mathematics, physical activities, biology, among other initiatives.

The First Day of Science and Entertaining Health sought to mobilize Science from the University of La Serena to the community, collect information for the generation of future activities of the different careers of the Faculty, enhance the educational development of the community of Colegio San Martín de Porres, and the direct connection of University students with the needs of the community.

''I feel very satisfied with the success achieved in the 1st Entertainment Science and Health Conference, within the framework of the collaboration agreement between the San Martín de Porres School and the University of La Serena, through the Faculty of Sciences. Our Faculty, as part of a State University, committed to its region, and in accordance with its educational model of To train professionals with social responsibility, we have involved 80 students from our courses in the different activities carried out, contributing with energy, joy and knowledge. Likewise, this Conference could not have taken place without the commitment of the School directors, career coordinators, Department directors, academics, para-teachers and technicians of our Faculty," said the dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Gustavo Labbé. .

While the director of the establishment, Wilson González, explained that the management of the School "considers it a tremendous day spent this past Saturday, a spectacular response from the entire educational community, which turned massively to participate in this event." "I classify it as historic, since there is no event like this previously held during the fourteen years of life of this educational establishment."

Furthermore, he stressed that "ULS has given a powerful signal to the community of the fourth region of its role as an agent of human promotion and development of knowledge, making its mission and vision clear, positioning itself as the State University of our Region of Coquimbo." ''.

On May 9, 10 and 11, the Startup Weekend Santiago entrepreneurship contest was held in the city of Santiago, an event that runs in 478 cities around the world, with the mission of inspiring, educating and empowering individuals, teams and communities in the creation of innovation processes and technological development.

The director of the Business Administration Engineering program, Mg., participated in the activity. Andrés Álvarez, with the aim of applying, in practice, together with other professionals, the work system and the cutting-edge methodologies implemented in entrepreneurship.

The essential idea of ​​the Startup system is to form a global network of entrepreneurial leaders, which is why it also has the sponsorship of important companies such as Google and Microsoft, among others.

The dynamics of the event consisted of an intensive 54-hour work, in which entrepreneurs form teams around an innovative idea, with the aim of turning it into a technological and digital-based company.

''This type of competition has the particularity of linking multidisciplinary teams, which greatly strengthens the development of high-impact projects. At our University we have been working for some time with the same methodologies, which is a considerable advance, thinking that our future professionals at some point will be able to be part of this type of instances," said Álvarez.

The event included a keynote talk by Steve Blank, one of the most important authors in the development of startup methodologies, and the participation of important national and international mentors for project monitoring and support.

The participants also had the opportunity to see the facilities of the UC Anacleto Angelini Innovation Center, located on the San Joaquín Campus, a building that will be inaugurated soon and will house important companies for the development of innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide.

In addition, the professional participated in the launch of the book ''Ignacio Domeyko: la Vida y la Obra'' and held a meeting with representatives of MC Inversiones.