Panellists, Moderators, and Speakers
Tessy Antony de Nassau Opening Speaker Tessy is co-Founder and President of PROWIBO. In this capacity, she launched the ‘Women in Higher Education Initiative’ at PROWIBO’s Women’s Breakfast in September 2018. Tessy is the founder and partner of the Global consultancy ‘Finding Butterflies.’ She is also an appointed associate at LSEideas at the London School […]
Announcing Our New Conference: Women in Higher Education Initiative: ‘Improving Women’s Retention in Higher Education’
Read the conference report here. Women’s retention in higher education institutions (HEIs) has improved drastically in the last century; however, many issues still plague women faculty and students in HEIs. Women’s retention is a multi-pronged issue, involving a different approach for female students and faculty. Both students and faculty face multiple issues to succeeding in academia. […]
Announcing New Conference: Improving Access in Higher Education: How to Dismantle Barriers Faced By Black Talent in Academia
In the UK, fewer than 1% of university professors are Black. In the United States, about 10% of academics are Black, with the numbers thinning up the academic ladder. The numerical minority of Black academics has led to consistent exclusion, marginalisation, and a signal that their ideas are not equally valuable in academia. Such pervasive […]
Virtual Conference: Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities of Online Teaching
As Coronavirus spread around the globe in early 2020, universities retreated behind the screens. Higher education literally moved online, providing an opportunity to discover the joys of technology for some, a gruelling and impersonal experience for others, and something in between for most of us. This event brought lecturers and students from around the world […]
PROWIBO and LSE Ideas Host Partnership Launch in London
On June 18th 2019 Professors Without Borders and LSE IDEAS hosted the official launch of their partnership at the London School Economics. The event began with a welcome speech from PROWIBO co-founder Tessy de Nassau, where she spoke about PROWIBO’s core mission and co-founders and discussed why a partnership with LSE IDEAS is effective and […]
Higher Education In the Age of Transformation
Professors Without Borders in partnership with the Gulf Futures Center is hosting Higher Education In the Age of Transformation, a two day workshop that seeks to examine the intersection of higher education, business, politics, and international development. According to the World Economic Forum, “Technology and globalization are significantly transforming work. However, education and training systems, […]
Higher Education in the Age of Transformation Panelists
With the September workshop approaching very quickly, we wanted to formally announce all of that panelists that we have confirmed! Wael Aburida Panel 5: Building Bridges Wael Aburida has over twenty years of experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and executive management. Wael is the Chairman of Halo Investment Management and serves […]
Announcing: Partnership with Alhambra-U.S. Chamber
We are excited to announce our newest partnership with the Alhambra-U.S. Chamber. As our implementation partner, the Chamber facilitated our agreement with the Karamat Husain Muslim Girls P. G. College for our latest summer school program in Lucknow, India. Professors Without Borders and the Alhambra-U.S. Chamber are both committed to improving the quality of education […]
Panelist Spotlight
With such an exciting agenda coming up for the workshop in September, we wanted to take the time to spotlight some of our very impressive panelists, with more to be featured in the future! James Monckton Panel 4: Higher Education and Entrepreneurship After completing his degree in philosophy and theology, Jamie travelled to Syria and Jordan for […]
Announcing: Partnership with the Gulf Futures Center
We are delighted to share that we have signed an MoU with Gulf Futures Center setting out our future agenda for research and conferences. Both organisations share an interest in further development through education and we are looking forward to pooling our experiences and resources to create the best learning opportunities for people around the […]