UNESCO estimates that over 1.5 billion students in 165 countries are out of school due to COVID-19. The pandemic has forced the global academic community to explore new ways of teaching and learning, including distance and online education. This has proven challenging for both students and educators, who have to deal with the emotional, physical and economic difficulties posed by the illness while doing their part to help curb the spread of the virus. The future is uncertain for everyone, particularly for millions of students scheduled to graduate this year who will face a world crippled economically by the pandemic.
In the COVID-19 and higher education series, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) talks to students, educators and researchers in different parts of the world to find out how COVID-19 has affected them and how they are coping with the changes. The series also highlights lessons learned and potential positive outcomes of the global lockdown for higher education. Below is the list of articles in the series:
- Interview with Bowen Xu, Shanghai International Studies University (China)
- Interview with Talitha Dias, Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
- Interview with Hana Ibrahim, University of Paris (France)
- Interview with Madalitso Kamenya, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
- Interview with Marina Romanova, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia)
- Interview with Heba Hany, Helwan University (Egypt)
- Interview with Dr. Pablo de Castro, University of Chile (Chile)
- Interview with Dr. Michael Krüger, Ludwigsburg University of Education (Germany)
- Interview with Dr. Michael Moore, Adelphi University (United States)
- Interview with Dr. Bushra Naeem, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (Pakistan)
- Andrés Bello Catholic University (Venezuela): Venezuelan University Works to Protect First Responders
- Ahfad University for Women (Sudan): Mobilizing a Campus to Support a Community
- University of Pretoria (South Africa): Addressing Food Insecurity through Community Engagement, Policy Support and Research
- Chandigarh University (India) and HEC Paris in Qatar (Qatar): Learning to Unlearn to Create Education for the Future
- United Nations Academic Impact Webinar: Education and Science as a Vaccine for the Pandemic
- United Nations Academic Impact Webinar: A Conversation on Rethinking Health