The UOC’s educational model focuses on the student and their learning process. One of the fundamental aspects is the design of the activities that students have to carry out throughout this process. Three essential elements need to be highlighted in these activities: the learning resources, collaboration and accompaniment.
Key aspects to students’ time at the UOC are the personalisation, constant accompaniment, and advice given throughout their studies, asynchronously and virtually. Thus, the figure of the counsellor becomes a vital element in the University’s teaching model.
In the university context of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the UOC looks to adapt the counselling to a new, open and flexible teaching space, focusing on students’ needs and expectations, in order to improve the advice and guidance they receive.
