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Josep Eladi Baños will be rector of UVic-UCC for a second term of four years
The Board of Trustees of the Balmes University Foundation ratified the renewal of Josep Eladi Baños as rector of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) at its plenary meeting on Wednesday afternoon. This will be the second term of office for...
Òscar Camps: "How is it possible that the need to save a life is still a subject for debate in the twenty-first century?"
Òscar Camps Gausachs (born Barcelona, 1963), a human rights advocate, social activist and founder of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, was granted a doctorate honoris causa by the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) in the University's Aula Magna this afternoon, in...
Training, mobile apps and a virtual community - new resources to improve the quality of life of caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and dementia
According to the latest estimates, 153 million adults worldwide by 2050 - three times as many as today - will be living with dementia, which suggests that the world is facing a major health, social and economic problem. Caregivers of relatives who have Alzheimer's and...
A CT BETA pilot plant at the company Mafrica enables progress towards "zero waste" strategies in the meat industry
56% of the world's consumption of fresh water for industrial uses takes place in the food and beverage industry. In the meat sector, pig slaughterhouses can use between 250 and 550 litres for each slaughtered animal, with the cleaning of carcasses and equipment and sanitisation...
New 'Study Abroad' programmes begin, exceeding pre-pandemic figures
After more than two years of being affected by Covid-19, the Study Abroad international programmes begin this September with numbers that far exceed pre-pandemic enrolments.
The programme will involve a total of 98 students this autumn, who are mostly from the United States, France, Germany...
UVic-UCC is visited from a delegation of representatives of foreign universities during the EAIE's annual conference
As part of the 32nd annual conference of the EAIE (European Association for International Education) that is taking place in Barcelona until 16 September, UVic-UCC was today visited by a delegation of 58 representatives from various foreign universities, many of which are partners of the...
UVic-UCC researchers will develop tools and resources to encourage digital literary reading in classrooms
Digital literature, which has been created to be read on an electronic device, is an appealing and interactive form of narrative that encompasses the language of books, films, websites and radio, among other media. Scientific research addressing the impact of digital literature on students' reading...
A digital platform developed at UVic-UCC will help students to carry out a degree final project that solves real needs in the health field
The EHECADI (European Health Care Final Dissertation) project, led by the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), has been launched in order to help university students prepare their degree final project (DFP) starting in the first year, giving them a more pragmatic...
UVic will be offering two new university master's degrees next academic year - one on food and sustainability, and the other on accessible artistic practices
UVic will be offering two new university master's degrees in the coming 2022-2023 academic year, which will be added to its range of second cycle studies. These are the master's degree in Food and Sustainability, within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare, and the...
UVic-UCC is the third ranked young university in Catalonia and Spain, and 131st in the world according to the Times Higher Education ranking
UVic-UCC has been ranked 131st in the world in the Times Higher Education Young University Ranking, which focuses on 790 universities that are under 50 years old. This means that it also ranks third in Catalonia, behind Pompeu Fabra University and Ramon Llull University, and...