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For the first time, the Faculty of Education Sciences of UIC Barcelona was host of the Conference “Fostering Dialogue: Teaching Children’s Literature and Reading For Fun at University”, an international event that brought together more than 100 teachers, educators, researchers and students from all over the world.

Once again, the University consolidates its position in the international ranking of the best universities in the world, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (THE-WUR)

The University hosted the exclusive premiere of the documentary to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day, with the aim of highlighting this cause and helping to raise social awareness

Accompanied by academics, family members and friends, a total of thirty-one new doctors have received their doctoral tams, a symbol of “highest degree that a university can grant” according to  Alfonso Méndiz, rector of UIC Barcelona. The event took place on 19 July in the Aula Magna of the University

The Faculty of Education Sciences of UIC Barcelona hosted the eighth edition of the Service Learning Conference. The event took place at the Sant Cugat Campus and this year the focus was on the visibility of interdisciplinary service learning projects between subjects or degrees. Representatives from different Catalan universities participated

The new Institute for Culture and Thought (CIP) is a unique space in which personal transformation and critical reflection go hand in hand. Inspired by the concept of liberal education and the values of Christian humanism, the CIP seeks to provide a solid humanistic education to all students of the University

The president of the NGO OIDEL, International Organisation for the Right to Education and Freedom of Teaching, Teresa Martínez, was the patron of the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Educational Sciences. The next generation of teachers from UIC Barcelona graduated on 19 June in the Aula Magna of the University

The lecturer at the Faculty of Education Sciences of UIC Barcelona Maria Pujol Valls has participated in the elaboration of the book Amb ulls ben nets de por i polseguera (With eyes free of fear and dust), about the contribution of Josep Vallverdú to Catalan literature and culture. The book is a tribute to Vallverdú on the centenary of his birth, 9 July 2023

The presentation took place during the seminar ‘Is Freedom of Education a Human Right?’ organised by the Faculty of Education Sciences of UIC Barcelona. The NGO OIDEL, which specialises in the right to education and freedom of education, has produced the report analysing educational pluralism worldwide since 2002