Speeches and presentations

 
Presentation of the new Master's Degree in East Asian Culture and Business (UOC, USAL)
Presentation of the new Master's Degree in East Asian Culture and Business (UOC, USAL) (in Spanish)

29/02/2016

 

Tibidabo centre
 

“If our current university system seeks to be relevant, it must be governed by criteria that include cooperation with other institutions, a commitment to respond to the needs of society and the drive to learn.”

 
Christmas and End-of-Year Celebration
Christmas and End-of-Year Celebration (in Catalan)

15/12/2015

 

Christmas and End-of-Year Celebration with the UOC's employees and tribute to Francesc Noguera and Encarna Silva, who had recently retired, to acknowledge their contribution to the UOC.
 

15, 16 and 18 December 2015, Castelldefels, 22@ and Tibidabo, respectively.
 

"The UOC will have the necessary agility to reinvent itself and contribute to designing the model for the higher education of the future".
 

 
4th Meeting of the UOC's Affiliated Academic Staff
4th Meeting of the UOC's Affiliated Academic Staff (in Spanish)

12/12/2015

 

Palau de Congressos de Barcelona
 

"Being different and complementing the university system, that is our strength".

+ View the presentation (in Catalan)

 
Madrid Graduation Ceremony 2014-2015
Madrid Graduation Ceremony 2014-2015 (in Spanish)

28/11/2015

 

Ceremony emceed by the journalist Glòria Serra.
 

"We are duty bound to break with the inertia of an education system that is still too heavily dependent on the transmission of encyclopaedic knowledge".

+ Video of speech (in Spanish)

 
Meeting of the University Council
Meeting of the University Council (in Catalan)

26/11/2015

 

Tibidabo

 
Vodafone Journalism Award
Vodafone Journalism Award (in Spanish)

20/11/2015

 

The Vodafone Foundation awarded the UOC the Special Prize for the Professional Trajectory as part of the 15th Journalism Awards.
 

Teatro Real, Madrid

"Make no mistake about it, the education and training of the future will not be given in classrooms and laboratories but through networks and screens".
 

 
Barcelona Graduation Ceremony 2014-2015
Barcelona Graduation Ceremony 2014-2015 (in Catalan)

14/11/2015

 

Ceremony emceed by the journalist Albert Om.
 

L'Auditori, Barcelona

"Knowledge is knowing the right answer, intelligence is asking the right question. It is not with known answers that we will progress but with new questions".

+ Video of speech (in Catalan)

 
Celebrating 20 years of the UOC
Celebrating 20 years of the UOC (in Catalan)

20/10/2015

 

Born Centre Cultural
 

"Knowledge and learning are also built collectively, and in multiple contexts and environments".
 

 
Participation in the Higher Education Futures Annual Conference
Participation in the Higher Education Futures Annual Conference

15/10/2015

 

Organized by the OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
 

Singapore

“Teaching & Research: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde or Bonnie & Clyde?”

 

 
Participation in the 2nd International Seminar on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Participation in the 2nd International Seminar on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

17/09/2015

 

Medellín
 

"When ICTs met higher education: Will Bioengineering take advantage of it? The times are a-changing".