The registered damages so far have been minor and the authorities of the institution call on the university community to defend the quality of public education and safeguard the heritage that belongs to the entire Coquimbo Region.

Given the restitution of the Andrés Bello Campus of the University of La Serena, taken by force on May 30, and after the Carabineros procedure that allowed the premises to be impeccably recovered, the institution began to restart its work normally and execute the damage registry to make a general evaluation.

As is known to everyone, the University made a permanent call for dialogue, however, considering that there were hooded individuals exercising violence and putting the integrity of the people around the place at risk, the Board of Directors and the collegiate bodies gave full support to the Rector and deans, to request the restoration of public order on the Andrés Bello Campus of the ULS.

“We believe that there is a central point here and that is that the University of La Serena is the public university of the Coquimbo Region, linked not only to the public policies of the region; 80% of the enrollments are from young people from the region, therefore, protecting the right to study, but also freedom of expression, pluralism and diversity is what we have always tried to do. But everything has a limit, there can be no violence, there can be no bad attitude towards the community, because the University has always fostered spaces for dialogue,” the President of the ULS Board of Directors, Ernesto Velasco, categorically stated regarding the decision. to request the restitution of spaces taken by hooded people.

Likewise, Rector Dr. Nibaldo Avilés called on the university community to take care of the University. “This is a heritage of the region and the country, a space for learning and where knowledge is shared, and that is why the call is always for dialogue, where all topics can be addressed, but with respect for the community that has the right to continue functioning,” he said.

The university authority also referred to the situation in which the Isabel Bongard Campus continues, rooms occupied by a group of students. The Rector was clear in mentioning that the university is open to dialogue and establishing mechanisms, “and despite the fact that we have very limiting regulations, there is a willingness to talk and reach solutions.”

ULS begins resumption of activities after restitution of university spaces (Note Diario El Día online)

ULS Rector on the Bongard takeover: “We hope that the dialogues will be generated soon” (Note Diario El Día online)

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Academic Dr. Alfredo Gary was also named as the delegate of the Northern Area of ​​the Association of Chilean Kinesiology Schools and Careers.

With the objective of proposing, defining and leading guiding policies for the training of professionals in the area, last Thursday, June 6, the 2nd Ordinary General Assembly and the first of the year 2019 of the Association of Chilean Kinesiology Schools and Careers was held. , an occasion that included the participation of state and private universities.

On the occasion, the current board of directors was also defined, where the Director and academic of the Kinesiology career at the University of La Serena, Dr. Alfredo Gary Bufadel, was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors and delegate of the Northern Area (XV , I, II, III and IV region) of the association.

For Alfredo Gary, it is very important to be part of the ASECK board not only personally, but also for the University. “It is an honor to represent our institution as a founding partner, director and representatives of the northern zone. As a state university we have an obligation and commitment to our students and community, so we must work to position ourselves in all areas that can generate positive impacts on our society,” he noted.

The ASECK was created in August 2016 within the framework of the XX National Kinesiology Congress held in Valdivia at the Austral University of Chile, an institution that organized the first meeting of School Directors, where it was agreed to form a Network that would institutionally associate all schools in the country.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

The course will be taught by the researcher, Dr. Haylen Perines.

With the purpose of supporting the academic in the process that involves academic publication, whether it is a relevant educational experience or research on teaching in higher education, the ULS Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies invites you to participate in the academic writing course. “The path to academic publication on teaching in higher education.”

The course is aimed at all academics who are starting out in academic publishing and who, ideally, have previous input that can be published. The topic of said inputs must be related to teaching in higher education.

The course will be taught by the researcher of the Multidisciplinary Research Institute in Science and Technology and the Integrated Management of Pedagogies Unit, Dr. Haylen Perines.

The deadline to register is until Friday, July 12 by writing to email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The course is taught by noted academic, PH.D. José Rojas-Méndez, from Carleton University (Canada).

In order to strengthen the professional skills of the students of the various postgraduate degrees of the University of La Serena, the ULS Postgraduate and Postgraduate Directorate organized the course called: “High Impact Scientific Writing”, whose crucial objective is to teach the basic concepts of writing for publication and implementing basic structures so that students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees can write a paper and have it accepted by editors and specialized scientific journals.

The course is taught by noted academic, PH.D. José Rojas-Méndez, from Carleton University (Canada), professor of International Business, Director of the BIB Program and founder and editor of the Multidiscliplinary Business Review Magazine.

This activity, which is part of a cycle of events aimed at postgraduate students, lasts 16 face-to-face hours, divided into 4 days of intense work, which include practical work based on real papers, theory and tips to understand the publications process.

“It is aimed at postgraduate students who work in programs where research is required, for example, master's degrees in science, doctoral students; It will allow them to be prepared to write high-impact academic articles, it is a technique that must be learned and developed and that must be discovered,” highlighted Rojas-Méndez, who emphasized the need to know the basic aspects to write optimally.

The purpose of the course is to know the rules of academic publications to be able to publish, feel confident to carry out writing and writing work in a way that is acceptable in recognized journals, and learn to review and improve macro and micro aspects of the writing a manuscript.

For the Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, this type of activities reaffirms the students' confidence, through real support to develop their soft skills, which "are of vital importance when facing such challenges." important things like writing a paper, where we must make other people understand what we wanted to discover.”

The course, which will run until June 13, takes place in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom