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Freedom of speech is a key way in which sexual and gender politics are contested. Heteroactivism names the ways that these discourses seek to open up space to push back against sexual and gender equalities,We focus on three different countries where distinctive framings about freedom of speech are deployed in diverse ways. Taking a transnational approach that explores interlinkages in discourses that touch down differently in each context, this paper looks at how freedom of speech claims are operative on university campuses in Canada, Australia and Great Britain. In Canada, Professor Jordan Peterson's freedom of speech claims arguably enable transphobic, anti-feminist and anti-LGBT speech. In Australia, university academic Roz Ward's ability to express controversial opinions was attacked because she runs an innovative Safe Schools programme seeking to protect LGBT students. In Great Britain, contesting 'No Platforming' through freedom of speech saw arguments that crossed left/right, progressive/conservative, eventually seeing Peter Tatchell defend discrimination against ideas, but not people. Heteroactivism offers an important frame to understand the pushbacks against sexual and gender rights which are integral to liberal democracies such as those in the UK, Canada and Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study introduces the issue of campus planning and the architecture implanted in it. The main aim of this research is to record and interpret the project of campus of Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), in Paraná, and assess your current situation. To achieve this aim, this research it is divided into three stages, based on the documentary research, bibliographic research and primary data collection. The results indicate that the campus analyzed shows several problems, which are confirmed by user evaluation. This study contributes to discussion of urban planning and architectural planning on the campus scale for the review process and update of UEL´s masterplan, as well as in the design of new campuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article advocates the potential space for promoting public democratic environments. In recent decades, public university policies in Brazil have provided an expressive shift towards more inclusive campuses. On the other hand, the growing urban commercialization has significantly reduced diversity within the city's public areas. This study aims to highlight the relevant role that university campuses can play in providing civic areas for the city and to evaluate the spatial characteristics that facilitate democratic gatherings. In 2019, the Federal University of Santa Catarina's main campus was the stage of several events to protest against the government's reduction of the education budget. The study starts from the recognition of the university areas that house students from more diverse areas of study. Subsequently, university community assemblies have been registered within this area and their spatial attributes have been analyzed. More flexible and permeable spaces on the buildings' ground floor influenced these choices to gather and confront ideas. These findings point to solutions that go against current practices, aimed towards more protected entrances. Furthermore, they suggest directions so the university reduces its boundaries, inviting the city into its open areas through buildings that offer free services to its citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of an analysis of geographic accessibility to the Institutions of Higher Education of the conurbation area Manizales-Villamaría is presented. Local administration seeks to strengthen its vision of University City, to transforming it as one of the most important higher studies areas in Colombia. Geostatistical analysis techniques are applied as an urban planning instrument, which allow concluding that there exists inequitable geographical accessibility. It was found that comparing the transit mode with the private mode, the first one have unfavorable operating conditions, and an additional average travel time of up to 80% must be invested in comparison with the private transport mode. The analysis shows that more than 50% of the population moves to some of the educational centers in a travel time of less than 20 minutes. This indicates that, despite the inequality, there is a moderate coverage of transportation to the higher education institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to evaluate the occurring distresses on flexible pavements subjected to the traffic of public transportation by bus in a university campus located in the north of Parana. Thus, objective surveys based on evaluations of the distresses in roads submitted to this type of traffic were carried out, according to the FHWA distress identification manual and the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) method. The surveys were carried out in two stages, the first one occurred in 2015, and the second one in 2017. The distresses surveyed in both steps were compared to each other to analyze their progressions. It was concluded from the research that the deteriorations that showed a remarkable increase in the evolution were fatigue cracking, ravelling and weathering, the latter being a highlight in the results of the surveys in 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present the bird diversity of the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico-El Cerrillo campus in Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico State. Bird inventory was realized through transects with point counts inside the campus and surroundings. A total of 141 bird species were recorded, the greatest species richness were terrestrial birds (107), and the rest were species with aquatic and semiaquatic habits (34). Of the total species, four are listed under some risk status in NOM-059-Semarnat-2010. Bird diversity recorded on campus suggests that this area represents an important source of food resources, as nesting area by resident species and well as passage site by migratory species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work aims to report the results of the process of transformation and self - transformation of the agents involved who participated in extensionist actions. In order to do so, we present here three cases that were selected among the extension actions that took place in a University Campus of the Uberlândia Federal University of eminently technological character (engineering and biotechnology) and the actions manage to involve approximately 70 students distributed in three different cases: Casa Lar Meninas dos Olhos de Deus, Lar de Idosas Euripides Barsanulfo and Lar Vicentino Padre Alaor; all located in the Municipality of Patos de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais / Brazil. The results pointed to the identification of three types of transformations. The first transformation was related to the results identified in the target audience and organizations participating in the cases. The second transformation is related to the students "self-transformation process, which was initially verified by the students" understanding of the difference between care and extension, followed by the need for involvement, commitment and learning about dialogicity present in the planning and design process of an extension project. The third and final transformation is related to the beginning of the debate about the need for the Campus to create and implement an extension agenda that meets the most important and relevant social demands of the community that surrounds it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sustainability of the planet requires a significant change in the way we relate to the environment. In this context, the great challenge is to move from discourse to practice. Universities, which are responsible for educating future professionals and researchers, should take a leadership position in this process. However, the fragmentation of knowledge into isolated areas or departments does not contribute to the implementation of these relevant changes. The process of developing a regenerative project for the main campus of Santa Catarina University in Brazil relates directly to the debate on the role of the physical space of universities as a pedagogical instrument for the resilience of ecosystems. The design concept arose from the analyses and propositions of graduate students from different disciplines. They aim to develop clear proposals in which nature's dynamics and cycles positively contribute to the quality of learning and vice versa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the characteristics of free spaces that encourage copresence, interaction and diversity of user profiles, in eight selected locations at the main campus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The research adopted quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the potential of configuration and spatial organization in creating educational areas that produce informal encounters. Data were collected through systematic observation, which generated behavioral maps, and through the application of questionnaires, which gathered information about diversity and the reasons for using each location. The study shows that the areas with the highest intensity of copresence and interaction are the spaces close to the academic services. They are well-configured spatially and have high values in both the local syntactic measures of "integration" and "choice". Regarding the variable "diversity", the measure of "global choice" was able to capture the diversity in spaces located between academic centers, while the diversity among courses was best obtained through the measures of "local choice", "global integration" and "local integration", in that order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A cognitive or mental map corresponds to the mental image of a certain space used by people on their daily life. It is a basic component of human adaptation to the environment and determining the spatial behaviour. The purpose of this research was to study the mental representations of Gambelas Campus (University of Algarve) and its spatial perception. The participants, 108 regular users of Gambelas Campus (students, teachers and staff) were asked to draw the Campus and answer a questionnaire concerning the environmental perception. Mental maps were analysed according to the spatial typologies represented. As expected, results showed that constructed elements of the landscape are the main elements structuring the space. However, for half of the Campus users, vegetation appeared as a spatial element in their mental representation of this space. In fact, the Campus is located in an area of high ecological importance, with green natural areas and vegetation surrounding every building and road. Therefore, the sample has been divided into two groups - mental maps with vegetation and mental maps without vegetation - in order to explore differences between groups in spatial perception, i.e. visual perceived attributes, perceived mobility, place identity and anthropomorphism. Results should be useful for promoting the quality of this humanized environment in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to further our knowledge of the university campus by focusing on one particular aspect of most UK campuses: the students’ union. UK students’ unions have rarely been the subject of scholarly attention, despite them now occupying an important place within the higher education landscape. Nevertheless, in this paper we draw on a UK-wide study of students’ unions to explore, firstly, the role played by the buildings of the students’ union and, secondly, the ways in which aspects of the university’s campus influence union activity. We pay particular attention to the expansion of the university campus, in many institutions, from a single site to multiple sites, both within the UK and overseas. We contend that a focus on the materiality of the students’ union and the level of union activity (or inactivity) across various campus spaces can illustrate the values, ideologies and power relations that dominate contemporary British higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The study proposes to evaluate the vulnerability of the fire protection system of the buildings of the University of Quindío following the requirements established in 2010 seen in the titles J "fire protection requirements in buildings" and K "Additional requirements" of Colombia Earthquake Resistant Standards. According to the result of the evaluation, alternative solutions are defined to use. In addition, the evaluation procedures implemented to measure the status and capacity of action of an institution of higher education is presented according to the characteristics of its buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study proposes to evaluate the vulnerability of the fire protection system of the buildings of the University of Quindío following the requirements established in 2010 seen in the titles J "fire protection requirements in buildings" and K "Additional requirements" of Colombia Earthquake Resistant Standards. According to the result of the evaluation, alternative solutions are defined to use. In addition, the evaluation procedures implemented to measure the status and capacity of action of an institution of higher education is presented according to the characteristics of its buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To evaluate changes in body composition of the employee of Politécnico Colombiano JIC participating in the program of promotion and prevention of cardiovascular risk through exercise. Methods: A pre-experimental study in 21 people who participated in a cardiovascular risk program. The weight, height, BMI, skinfolds and muscle girths were measured at the beginning of the program and after three months of controlled exercise. Results: 67% of the samples were women and 33% men. A significant decrease (p <0.05) in the differences, of final minus the initial in the BMI (2.41 ± 3.99) and in the skinfolds: bicipital (-1.47 ± 2.98), suprailiac (-2, 80 ± 5.89), abdominal (-6.85 ± 10.94) and pectoral (-3.23 ± 4.46) were observed. Conclusions: The cardiovascular risk program with exercise led to changes in body composition, mainly in body fat, and weight-length relation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the methodology for making a diagnosis of mobility within university campuses. As a case study is showed the University of Antioquia study. A mobility diagnosis is performed at the University in terms of accessibility to different modes of transportation and parking congestion, a diagnosis that ultimately served as raw material to design a proposed solution for parking congestion and improving the accessibility in the mode used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se presenta la Guía ilustrada de Flora Arbórea y Arbustiva del campus de la Universidad del Quindío, ubicada en el municipio de Armenia, Quindío, Colombia; con el fin de potenciar las áreas verdes del campus, articulando no solo a los estudiantes, sino también a todo aquel que visite los diferentes espacios verdes de la Universidad. Esta guía está articulada a la designación que fue dada al alma mater como "Universidad Jardín", según el proyecto liderado por el Programa de Biología y el Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología (CIBUQ), dirigido a través de la oficina de Planeación y Desarrollo de la Universidad, la cual ha realizado la zonificación de las diferentes áreas del campus basada en especies forestales emblemáticas que se ubican en los diferentes sectores del campus (Zona Guayacán, Guaduales, Cambulos, Guamos, Platanillas y Gualanday). La guía incluye la clasificación por familias botánicas de los árboles y arbustos del campus de la Universidad, así como su nombre científico y común, descripción morfológica, distribución, usos, la importancia ecológica, el grado de amenaza y un registro fotográfico, tanto del ejemplar in situ, como del exicado depositado en el herbario HUQ. La guía reúne 215 individuos, que corresponden a 27 familias botánicas y 48 especies, la mayoría de hábito arbóreo. Esta guía incluye 31 especies de hábito arbóreo, 12 arbustivo y 5 palmas. Las familias más representativas son: Arecaceae, Fabaceae y Bignoniaceae. La especie emblemática del campus es Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O. Grose (Guayacán amarillo), la cual se encuentra distribuida en zonas estratégicas de la Universidad por su importancia ornamental. De igual forma se registran especies como: Juglans neotropica Diels (Cedro negro), Genipa americana L. (Jagua), Anacardium excelsum (Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth) Skeels (Caracolí), las cuales presentan algún grado de amenaza. Algunas especies son introducidas, destacando las familias Pinnaceae y Araucariaceae,revisar esta familia así como algunas palmas. Esta guía se convierte en una herramienta para dar a conocer, conservar y utilizar la diversidad presente en la Universidad y con ello fermentar el sentido de pertenencia por estas zonas verdes. Además, se convierte en una herramienta pedagógica para espacios académicos asociados a las carreras que tienen un componente botánico y se fomenta el sentido de pertenencia por las zonas verdes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]