25 years - UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

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As digital natives, at the UOC we have always known that transformation means different ways of educating, researching and thinking; that it means being, in every sense, a university without distances.

As a unique institution and a node in a global system, we want to play a part in this future digital transformation: to put ourselves in the shoes of people who are studying, refreshing their skills, and creating tomorrow's world.

Because the future won't wait – it's being created every day.

Josep A. Planell

President of the UOC

Learning. Transforming

Summary of the key milestones from the first 25 years of our university

Our history

Take a look back at milestones in the UOC's history and the evolution of technology over the last 25 years.

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News

Entrevista al rector Josep A. Planell a <i>ARA</i>

UOC President Josep A. Planell interviewed in ARA

The ARA newspaper published an interview with UOC President Josep A. Planell – "Hi ha el mateix frau en els exàmens presencials que en els online" ("There's the same level of cheating with in-person exams as online ones") – on Thursday 12 August 2021. [CA]

The UOC and the IAU take a joint look at the impact of COVID-19 on the future of higher education in a series of talks

Agenda

Retos series of talks. Digitize competitive organizations

Sanjay Sarma: "You were visionary"

Vice President for Open Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who gave the inaugural lecture of the UOC's 2020/2021 academic year, "The future of education".

Cristina Gallach: "I applaud the fact that the UOC's vision includes teaching entrepreneurship to young people in its mission."

The Spanish Government's High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda, who gave the inaugural lecture "Universities must spearhead the 2030 Agenda".

Martin Carnoy: "The UOC represents the greatest change in the definition of a university."

Professor of Education and Economics (Stanford University) who gave the inaugural lecture of the UOC's 2004/2005 academic year, "ICT in Education: Possibilities and Challenges."

Tim Berners-Lee: "The UOC honorary doctorate will remind me to keep working in a very interdisciplinary way, regarding the web as humanity rather than just a technological thing."

Recipient of an honorary doctorate from the UOC in 2008.

Playing our part

«We need to reconnect it to society and the economy through new paradigms, such as open science and open access. Open science lets us forge links with citizens and get them involved, and open access means research can be shared and multiplied, as seen during the Zika virus epidemic and again today. Likewise, manipulative, misleading and anti-scientific positions must be challenged head on.»

«key factor will be guaranteeing net neutrality and accessibility, which are currently under threat from spurious ideological, economic and political interests.»

Josep A. Planell, President of the UOC

Huffington Post (29/05/2020)

Sharing knowledge and leaving no one behind

Pastora Martínez, Vice President for Globalization and Cooperation at the UOC

ctxt (20/06/2020)

Empowering critical, responsible and employed citizens

Àngels Fitó, Vice President for Competitiveness and Employability at the UOC

elDiario.es (05/07/2020)

Towards a new research culture

Marta Aymerich, Vice President for Strategic Planning and Research at the UOC

elEconomista.es (28/07/2020)

The evolution of higher education cannot be halted

Carles Sigalés, Vice President for Teaching and Learning at the UOC

ctxt (27/07/2020)

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Participatory activities

Co-creative participatory process

Institutional and academic activities

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