The Center for Global Higher Education (CGHE), has developed a webinar series together with OBREAL that aims to analyse the interregionality approach in Higher Education.

The CGHE, based at UCL Institute of Education, is the largest research centre in the world specifically focused on higher education and its future development. OBREAL is honored to have designed and developed this webinar series alongside this relevant institution.

Webinar 1: On not going global – the case for inter-regional higher education dialogue

In the first webinar of this CGHE-OBREAL webinar series, Ramon Torrent, President of OBREAL, presented the organization’s perspective on the importance of inter-regional higher education dialogue.

In a conversation with the CGHE President and Oxford professor David Mills, he differentiated between types of collaborations—international, global, regional, and inter-regional—using examples, and provided a framework to understand these dialogues. Torrent also highlighted the role of university associations in inter-regional collaborations and emphasized OBREAL’s efforts in promoting South–South–North(s) dialogue, discussing its impact and future.

CGHE-OBREAL webinar series next steps: discussing African universities as development agents and the importance of international support

The following two webinars of this series will take place on Tuesday 8th of October and Tuesday 15th of October at 2pm.

  • SECOND WEBINAR
    With professor Olusola Oyewole, Secretary General of the AAU, the webiar will address the following topic: “African universities as development agents: the role of regional cooperation“.
  • THIRD WEBINAR
    With Elizabeth Colucci, OBREAL’s Director for International Projects, and Howard Davies, European higher education consultant, the webinar will address the following topic “UN recognition conventions, HAQAA and inter-regional support for African higher education

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