Professor Manuel Frutos-Perez to speak at the WASD conference 2020

Fri 17 Jul 2020

The aim of the conference is to explore the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global efforts to achieve the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Professor Manuel Frutos-Perez to speak at the WASD conference 2020

The World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) conference brings together researchers, policy makers, educators, consultants and employers from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current challenges in both theory and practice. 

The aim of this year's conference is to explore the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global efforts to achieve the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SD). 

CEG Digital's Business Development Director Professor Manuel Frutos-Perez will present a paper on Monday 20th July with the title 'High Quality Online Education: The Next Sustainable Development Frontier'. He discusses how high quality online education can act as a multi-faceted solution for sustainable development, institutional resilience, widening participation and de-colonisation of the curriculum.

You can view the full paper here

About Professor Manuel Frutos-Perez

In his role at CEG Digital Manuel develops partnerships with universities across the UK to enable them to expand their reach to global markets through the provision of high-quality online education.

He has over 20 years teaching, research and management experience as an academic, and has worked and collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams at universities across Europe.

About CEG Digital

Leveraging decades of global higher education experience, CEG Digital provides a unique combination of financial resources, teaching expertise, and global market knowledge and insights to unlock the online learning market for both students and universities.

We were delighted to be chosen as Online Education Experts of the Year by Corporate Vision Magazine.

Our Managing Director Geoff Webster recently spoke to The PIE Review about the growth of online education partnerships in the light of COVID-19.

Find out more about CEG Digital on our what we do page.

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