"Contribution to Global Education" Award Goes to Enver Yücel

Within the framework of the 5th World Conference on Educational Sciences held at Sapienza University in Rome, the capital of Italy, Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions (BUEK) Chair Enver Yücel received the "Contribution to Global Education" award.

At the 5th World Conference on Educational Sciences, attended by 1,200 academics from 68 countries and held under the main theme of "Lifelong Learning," educational scientists, researchers, experts, administrators, students and members of many civil society organizations came together to assess the latest developments in science, education and teaching.

Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions (BUEK) Chair Enver Yücel received the "Contribution to Global Education" award for his investments and breakthroughs in education in Türkiye and around the world. Receiving his award from Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to the Holy See Kenan Gürsoy, Yücel said: "This education conference, held despite the crisis in Europe, is very important. Türkiye is a country used to economic crises. But we have never cut back on education in this crisis environment. On the contrary, we have invested more, because the solution to economic crisis also comes through education." Stating that a world citizenship curriculum should therefore be developed, Enver Yücel said, "Otherwise, a country will have closed both itself and its people off to the world."

A NEW CENTER OPENING IN ROME

Stating that they want not only to end the tradition of education delivered only in classrooms and lecture halls, but also for students sent to many different countries around the world to gain new experiences where they go, Enver Yücel said: "We are opening new centers or campuses in many countries around the world. After Berlin, we are now opening a new center in Rome. Having a center in this city, which is of great importance in terms of design, is a very important step in education."

Stating that they want students to spend at least one academic semester in Rome, Enver Yücel said: "As a result of our cooperation with a university we are currently in talks with, we are opening a Bahçeşehir University center here. Here we will have departments especially in design, communication, economics and business administration. We are trying to create a campus with faculty members from Türkiye and faculty members from other universities in Rome." Underlining that they set out with the "My Campus Is the World" approach, Yücel stated that efforts to open campuses and centers in other countries are continuing, and that there are also initiatives to establish an institute in Tunisia.