The activity, framed in the celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, included various presentations and delivery of teaching material prepared by academics from the institution.

In room 118 of the History and Geography Pedagogy program at the University of La Serena, the Seminar Workshop ''Development of Cognitive Skills and Didactic Resources for Learning History and Geography'' was recently held, which was attended by about 50 teachers of the specialty.

The director of the Department of Social Sciences of the state campus, Dr. Fabián Araya, explained that this is one of the activities of connection with the environment that the program develops annually with a network of teachers, made up mostly of graduates of the program. undergraduate degree from the University, which also allow professionals to be supported in their teaching function.

That is why the day included the conferences ''Presence of Indigenous Peoples in History Textbooks'', by Dr. Erika Zúñiga, from the ULS Department of Education, and ''Development of Cognitive Skills and their Classroom Application'' (EDUCREA materials), from Mg. Ximena Cortés, from the Department. of Cs. Social ULS and English Catholic School of La Serena.

In addition, the books ''Making a City and Citizen Participation'' and ''Learning Guides for the Development of Cognitive Skills in Geographic Education'', by the Mg. Carmen Varela, academic of the Dept. of Cs. Social ULS, and Mg. Sandra Álvarez, director of the School of Pedagogy in History and Geography of this corporation, respectively.

The Mg. Sandra Álvarez also provided detailed information to attendees regarding the 2014 accreditation process of the Pedagogy in History and Geography degree.

For his part, Mg. Juan Carlos Cura, teacher of the Department of Social Sciences and The International School, invited schools to participate in the month of July in the 2014 Youth Parliament ''For Peace and Solidarity'', an initiative promoted by said unit and the establishment with the support of Diario El Día, and whose purpose is to implement debate as a form of knowledge construction and participation, as a tool of civic education, along with promoting a space for institutionalized dialogue between middle school students. 

It is worth mentioning that the Seminar Workshop ''Development of Cognitive Skills and Didactic Resources for Learning History and Geography'' was part of the activities to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the U. de La Serene.

On the occasion, the election of the board of directors for the 2014-2016 period was carried out, and Dr. Adelio Matamala V., dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Concepción, was elected to preside over the Council.

On April 24 and 25, the First Annual Meeting of the National Council of Deans of Faculties of Natural and Exact Sciences of the CRUCH was held at the University of La Serena, chaired by the dean of the Faculty of Sciences of the ULS, Dr. Gustavo Labbé Morales, in the premises of the house of higher education.

With the participation of 16 deans of the Faculties of Sciences, and with the presence of the academic vice-rector, Dr. Jorge Catalán Ahumada, who on behalf of the rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, welcomed the deans present, the issues were addressed. topics contemplated in the program of activities, among which was analyzed: ''Impact of the Grade Ranking on university selection, case of the Faculty of Sciences, University of La Serena'', presented by Dr. Gustavo Labbé. Subsequently, a round table was held to address the topic: ''Institutionality in Higher Education, proposal of the National Council of Deans of Faculties of Natural and Exact Sciences of the CRUCH'', directed by Dr. Samuel Navarro H., past president of the Council, concluding with a manifesto that will be sent to the Minister of Education and the CRUCH. An analysis of the Statutes of the Council was also carried out, whose Legal Personality was obtained by the current board of directors, and changes were proposed to facilitate its operation. 

On Friday the 25th, meanwhile, the election of the board of directors for the 2014-2016 period was held, and Dr. Adelio Matamala V., dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Concepción, was elected to preside over the Council. Finally, working groups were formed for the current period and the Second Annual Meeting of the Council was scheduled. The new president, Dr. Adelio Matamala, thanked Dr. Gustavo Labbé for his role as president in the period 2011-2014, highlighting his perseverance and drive to keep the Council in constant activity.

The activities began on Monday the 21st and will continue until Wednesday the 30th of this month.

With various activities, the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (FACSE) of the University of La Serena is celebrating its 14th Anniversary. The program has the participation of the 2 departments and the 6 schools that make up this macro-unit created on April 04, 2000.

With its launch, the 2 departments and 5 schools in the field of Social and Economic-administrative Sciences that already had an academic career at the ULS were incorporated. Starting in 2013, the nascent School of Law was annexed, which strengthened the wide variety of academic offerings of this Faculty. 

The Departments of Social Sciences and Economic and Business Sciences depend on this macrounit. The Schools of Auditing, Commercial Engineering, Pedagogy in History and Geography, Journalism, Engineering in Business Administration and Law also depend on it.

In postgraduate teaching, the FACSE now teaches its Master's degree ''Leadership, Strategic Management and Communication in Organizations'' in its fifth version. The Schools also maintain a proposal towards the community and its graduates in various diploma courses that allow them to update knowledge in a variety of disciplines.

The celebration activities began in the Multipurpose Room of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus last Monday with the presentation of the book ''El Acto Administrativo Tributario'', by Milenko Zurita Rojas, representative of the Internal Revenue Service (SII). 

Likewise, this Tuesday, the talk ''Contents and Scope of the New Digital Television Law'', organized jointly by the National Television Council and the School of Journalism, was held with a high audience attendance. 

Continuing with the program, four events will be held tomorrow, Friday, the first of them at 11:30 a.m., this is the Seminar on Criminal Law that will address the principle of legality of Criminal Policy, in addition to the challenges and proposals of Criminal Law contemporary. The meeting is being organized by the Law major in the Multipurpose Room of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus.

Later, at 15:00 p.m., the Conference will be held in the same room, which will focus on ''Universities of Argentina'' by the speaker Ricardo Coca, dean of the Faculty of Sciences. Social Sciences from the University of San Juan, Argentina.

At the same time, the Seminar Workshop for History and Geography Teachers will take place. The meeting to be held in room No. 118 of the Andrés Bello Campus includes the presentation of the book ''Making the City and Citizen Participation'' by Professor Carmen Varela. 

At 19:00 p.m. tomorrow, the 5th version of the Master in Leadership will also be launched, with the presentation of the Master Class by Professor Ricardo Coca, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of San Juan.

The activities to commemorate the 14th Anniversary of the FACSE will continue the following week on Tuesday, April 29, at 11:30 a.m., with the inauguration of the new computer and video equipment in the laboratories of the School of Journalism, in the Andrés Bello Campus.

This program ends with a camaraderie dinner, in which academic directors and officials participate.

The initiative brings together cultural actors from society and all the municipal schools in the sector, who participate through the students' own families.

Cultural, educational and social actors from the community participate in the ''Mesa de Cultura y Educación de Las Compañías'', which had its second meeting at the Mistraliano Center of the University of La Serena and is organized by the Regional Center for Studies and Development of Education of the house of higher studies, CREDEULS.

The activity is part of the project ''Educational climate of the home and family expectations: articulation in a network for the expansion of the cultural and educational interests of students from the sector of Las Compañías, La Serena'' executed by CREDEULS and financed by the Carmen Goudie Foundation .

As the director of the Center and academic from the University of La Serena, Dr. María Teresa Juliá, explains, this project ''is aimed at diversifying and enriching the family educational climate, from two fronts: within the school, through the associations of representatives, and from outside, by strengthening the cultural networks that exist in Las Compañías. This activity, which we call 'Education and Culture Table', has the purpose of precisely positioning education as a central topic in social discussions in Las Compañías and enhancing all cultural resources.''

This is how the project will be able to support and even finance some initiatives that arise from the table and, likewise, act as a bridge between other ideas generated at the instance and different sources of financing. 

Dr. Juliá details that, for the development of the activities of the table, CREDEULS has summoned the different social organizations of the sector (the House of Culture of Las Compañías, the Mistraliano Center, etc.) and representatives of the Centers of Parents, so that schools participate through their families, seeking "the meeting between these two worlds: the school world and that of the local culture."

It is important to mention that the work in this area has already spanned three years, working jointly from the Mistraliano Center, focusing ''all actions on Las Compañías precisely because we consider that the territory that surrounds this Center, which belongs to the ULS , is a very good bridge between the University and the community'', mentions the director of CREDEULS, who adds that the teams led by other academics have also joined the sector, carrying out actions in various fields. 

The link began with a project in which the Arturo Prat, Alonso de Ercilla and Villa San Bartolomé educational establishments participated, to which the Darío Salas and Carlos Condell schools have joined, thus bringing together all municipal establishments in the sector.

For their part, students from the University of La Serena have gotten involved in the project in different ways. Psychology students have completed their professional practice (educational psychology) and their research seminar (in subjects such as monitoring and evaluating the impacts of actions), Ped students. In Early Childhood Education they have carried out community pedagogy activities linked to this project. In the second semester, a full fourth-year Psychology course will join in as well, as will a group of volunteer Ped students. in Basic General Education.

The director of CREDEULS specifies that the idea is to promote education in a broad sense, inviting the community to develop cultural activities for the families of Las Compañías as well as to form an integrative and supportive network oriented to local culture and cultural access and enrichment. of the students themselves and their families.

For Dr. Juliá, the educational role in the family must be highlighted, since education cannot be addressed only by the school, but by everyone. For this reason, this model proposes ''supporting the family in: upbringing, connection with the community, participation in decision-making, learning and collaboration with the school, and communication'', allowing mothers and fathers to meet with others. cultural actors.

Cultural interests of families
At the meeting, the Psychology student, Daniza Araya, presented the results of a study prepared by students of the program on cultural interests of families from the participating schools, which was carried out by surveying parents of children who are in the second cycle (5th to 8th grade).

Araya mentioned that the cultural consumption of families is characterized by technology (internet), music, magazines, comics, books and newspapers. Likewise, he highlighted that 80% of those surveyed said they had access to books.

The main cultural activities in which the respondents participate are parents' meetings, fairs and events at school. As spaces for cultural development, they indicated that they prefer public and open places such as parks, along with parades, religious dances, circus, museums and cinemas. 

Daniza Araya also highlighted that, in terms of the support networks they turn to in times of difficulty, the partner, the teacher and the psychologist are mentioned, which reinforces the idea of ​​working in the family-school-community dynamic.

“The tax administrative act”, by the author Milenko Zurita, reviews the laws on administrative procedures, general bases of administration, Organic Law of Internal Taxes and Tax Code, among others.

In the Multipurpose Room of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus of the University of La Serena, the launch of the book ''The tax administrative act'', by specialist Milenko Zurita, took place. The work offers an original proposal regarding the study of the acts emanating from the Internal Revenue Service (SII) and their submission to the regulations of general administrative law.

Presented at the ULS, through the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (FACSE), the text, in the opinion of the author, emerged from the experiences, contents and experiences from his work.

The event began with the words of the director of the FACSE Law program, Mg. Gonzalo Plaza, who introduced the audience to the scope of the text, the Tax Reform and its influence on people's daily lives, linking these regulations with concepts such as equity, equality and justice.

Subsequently, the lawyer and Mg. Ximena Rodríguez, current head of the Legal Department of the Regional Directorate of the Internal Revenue Service (SII), introduced the author, with whom she has shared duties since 2009. In her words she highlighted Zurita's multifaceted character, her rigor in work and permanent interest in knowledge. Since 2011, they have been close collaborators, enriching the Coquimbo Region team.

During the presentation of the volume, Zurita gave a didactic talk, in which he covered the various stages of the formation of the SII structure, tax collection and laws that regulate the role of taxpayers. It should be noted that the author of ''The tax administrative act'', has a degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the University of Concepción. In 1998 the Supreme Court granted him the title of lawyer. He has served as head of the SII Regional Office of Antofagasta and has also served as a tax judge and advisory lawyer for the group of medium-sized companies of the SII Regional Directorate of La Serena. Likewise, he has worked as an academic in Higher Education institutions.

The activity, framed in the celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the FACSE, concluded with the delivery of copies of the book to the academic vice-rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Jorge Catalán Ahumada, and the dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences , Mg. Jorge Fernández Labra.

The activity organized by the National Television Council and the School of Journalism of the University of La Serena, sought to inform the community of the status of progress of the law that modifies the current regulations, delving into the concession system.

Regional and university authorities, academics, students, representatives of the local media and guests from independent production companies, among others, filled the Television Studio of the School of Journalism of the Faculty of Cs. Social and Economic Affairs of the University of La Serena to participate in the interesting talk "Contents and scope of the new Digital Television law", which allowed attendees to internalize regarding a fundamental change that will be implemented in our country and that not only has relevance in the technological aspect, but also in relation to signals, financing and content.

The director of the School of Journalism of the ULS, Dr. Arlyn Orellana, welcomed the attendees, highlighting the role that future professionals in communications and social sciences will have regarding the development of content and the protection of the rules and statutes that will be implemented once the law comes into effect.

Subsequently, Felipe Ahumada Morasky, lawyer from the Legal Department of the National Television Council, detailed the scope and content of the bill that allows the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT).

According to what was indicated by the professional, to date, this initiative that introduces Digital Terrestrial Television (TVD Law - Bulletin No. 6190-19), is in its last constitutional process, after having approved some of the amendments made by the Executive, which must be analyzed by the Constitutional Court.

The aforementioned legal text modifies Law No. 18.838 that creates the National Television Council (CNTV), adapting the current regulations to the change from analog to digital platform in the transmission of television signals, expanding its supervisory and regulatory powers.

In this sense, the CNTV not only has powers and powers, but is also an organization that must ensure the correct functioning of the system of freely received television broadcasting concessions, which is considerably expanded in number given that the number of frequencies available.

That is why the organization is currently carrying out dissemination work regarding the proposed modifications and how they will influence the content, forms of access and quality of television programming in Chile, which goes from a current model with the existence of a only type of operator of free reception television services to one where operators can transmit their own content, third-party content or incorporate other services such as program guides or emergency reports.

Regarding programming and content, a topic long debated in previous instances, the regulations modify the current structure of the Audiovisual Development Fund, a competitive fund intended for the financing of television content, as its object or purpose is expanded and the duty to listen is established. prior to the allocation of resources to the National Council of Culture and the Arts. In addition, a tiered system of benefits is established for regional, local and community channels. Likewise, it seeks to establish values ​​such as inclusion, establishing the legal obligation that the programs financed by the fund include closed captioning, thus allowing access to people with some type of disability.

Regarding content, the weekly cultural programming hours that must be broadcast by television channels are extended to 4 and the concept of "cultural" programming is configured at a legal level, seeking to establish a standard parameter that allows channels to subscribe to a frame of reference and viewers to access a greater amount of quality content. In addition, the obligation for concessionaires to broadcast public utility campaigns approved by the National Television Council is established.

As specialists admit, perhaps the most relevant modification of the bill has to do with the reformulation of the concession system related to free-to-air television broadcasting. In this sense, new categories of concessionaires (national, regional, local and community) are created and the possibility of operating concessions with own or third party resources is established. In this regard, article 13 bis (Antenna Fund) is repealed and transferred under a new configuration to the Undersecretary of Telecommunications.

A point that has also generated great controversy is the regulation of consented retransmission, that is, the possibility that "open channels" negotiate the terms in which the licensees of limited television services (cable operators and satellite ) will retransmit their broadcasts. Likewise, limited television services are required to carry a minimum of open regional, local or community signals.

Ahumada also stated that as a regulatory entity, the maximum amount of fines that the National Television Council can apply is increased (up to 1000 UTM in the case of national concessionaires).

Finally, it should be noted that the final text has not yet been approved and it is possible that changes will be made to the articles, which makes it necessary to monitor the changes that the project undergoes already in its third process before becoming Law.

The day concluded with a round of questions from the attendees, which allowed clarifying certain concepts that still generate controversy or doubts in the community. In addition, the concessionaires of communications companies were expectant of the duties and rights that those who want to access a signal or seek to create programming for the country's diverse audiences will have, especially for regional viewers.