University of Granada Information Session

The Public and International Affairs Office would like to invite everyone to an information session on the University of Granada (UGR) on July 25 (Tuesday) at 1:30 pm (venue to be confirmed).

Ms. Maribel Morales and Ms. Virginia Salazar, Senior International Officers from UGR, will be coming to the Philippines under an Erasmus+ partnership between UA&P and UGR. They will talk about the city of Granada, UGR, and other possible topics of interest to the community.

For interested attendees, please register here on or before July 24.  Feel free to contact [email protected] for questions. 

UA&P-SEMRI and UP-NCTS seal research partnership

The UA&P Sciences Engineering and Management Research Institute (UA&P-SEMRI) and the University of the Philippines - National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) signed in February an agreement to undertake collaboration in the field of transportation and logistics research and dissemination.

UP NCTS is an internationally recognized research center in the field of transportation studies with a mission to contribute to national growth and development by supporting academic instruction, conducting and promoting scholarly research, training, information, and other extension services in the field of transportation.

Under the agreement, the two research centers will undertake research on the following themes: transportation equity and justice, mobilization of financing for informal public transportation, and property value capture.

Established in December 2021, SEMRI is a collaboration between the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE) and the School of Management (SMN) of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P). Its vision is to be a leading trans- and multi-disciplinary research institute on the theme of societal innovation and sustainability in the Global South, using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods. Its mission is to advance sustainable development goals in the Global South through research, technology, and policies.

Since its establishment, SEMRI-affiliated researchers have already published a total of nine (9) Scopus-indexed articles in transportation, sustainable financing, energy, and digital innovation. Transportation, which is one of SEMRI's priority research areas, emerged at the top of the research topics in UA&P, based on EduRank. The independent university ranking system rated UA&P as the 13th best higher education institution in the Philippines. 

In March 2023, SEMRI conducted the 1st Policy Dialogue on Service Contracting for Efficient and Equitable Public Transport Systems. This was attended by key stakeholders from the government, private sector, academe, and consultancy firms.

ACTIVITIES FOR 2023
● SEMRI is organizing the 1st Physical Internet for Logistics Conference with the theme: “Meeting the Global Logistics Challenge in the Philippines through the Physical Internet”. For more details, visit https://sites.google.com/uap.asia/physicalinternetph/conference.

● SEMRI is also organizing webinars related to transportation: https://sites.google.com/uap.asia/transportsciph/.

● SEMRI is also conducting several research studies related to transportation, logistics, clean water, renewable energy, etc. These activities need funding ranging from P25,000 (for webinars) to P100,000 (for events/day including meals and honoraria of speakers if hosted in UA&P). To financially support the research activities of SEMRI, kindly contact Dr. Enrique Ligot at [email protected] or [email protected].

CONTACT PERSONS FOR SEMRI
Dr. Enrique M. Ligot - SEMRI Executive Director and Vice Dean  of the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE)
Dr. Varsolo C. Sunio - SEMRI Chief Research Fellow and SMN/SSE part-time faculty 
Ms. Karen Victoria Aragoncillo - SEMRI Administrative Officer and SSE Admin Staff

PMAP Research Conference Call for Abstracts extended

The People Management Association of the Philippines officially announces its CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the 2023 PMAP Research Conference with the theme “Harnessing Human Capital Development (HCD) in a Borderless Blue and Green Economies”.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is July 28, 2023.

For more information regarding the abstract submission, visit this link. 

For inquiries, please email the PMAP Research Conference Secretariat at [email protected] (cc: [email protected]) using the subject: Research Conference INQUIRY.

This activity is supported by the UA&P School of Education and Human Development.

UA&P joins 3rd APSO Conference

The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), through its Corporate Communications Office (CCO), participated in the 3rd APSO (Association of Philippine Schools Abroad) Conference entitled "Pagkatao: APSO Gearing towards Shaping the Resilience of Learners" held on June 24-27, 2023, at the Sierra Hotel and Resorts in Piapi, Dumaguete City.

The conference, organized in association with the Children Youth Welfare Technical and Advocacy Center, Inc. (CYWTAC), aims to promote resilience and meaningful efforts to provide Filipino youth studying overseas with vital global education. Among the topics discussed were essential life skills in the new normal, the creation of inclusive and safe spaces for diverse learners, and a resilience guide for parents and teachers.

Participating in the conference were over 20 onsite attendees and 150 online attendees from schools in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 

UA&P Honorary Grand Chancellor to visit the Philippines this July

Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, the Prelate of Opus Dei and Honorary Grand Chancellor of the University of Asia and the Pacific, is set to visit the Philippines from July 25 to August 5, 2023. 

Msgr. Ocáriz, the third successor of Saint JosemarÍa Escrivá as head of Opus Dei, last came to the Philippines in 2008 to accompany the late Bishop Javier Echevarría, who was then Prelate of Opus Dei. Bishop Echevarría had his last get-together in UA&P on July 31, 2008.

According to the Opus Dei Communications Office in the Philippines, Msgr. Ocáriz is scheduled to have gatherings with the faithful of Opus Dei, their families and friends, as well as to visit some of their apostolic and social projects in the country. From the Philippines, he will have a short stay in Indonesia before proceeding to Australia.

Read more about the Prelate’s trip to the Philippines here.

UA&P entrusts its spiritual and doctrinal guidance to the Prelature of Opus Dei, which helps ordinary lay people seek holiness in and through their everyday activities, especially through their work.