08/03/2024
The URV consolidates its international leadership in service learning, the professionalisation of doctoral studies and internationalisation at home
Staff from 30 universities around the world are being trained at the URV, a benchmark in these areas of teaching, management and university research
07/03/2024
Research staff will be able to publish free of charge in the majority of Cambridge University Press journals.
This transformative new agreement, valid until 2026, will allow publishing without a cap on APCs, which is the fee paid to make articles available in open access.
04/03/2024
A blood test will diagnose fibromyalgia more reliably
A pioneering technique that a Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the Ohio State University and University of Texas researcher team has helped to develop enables this chronic disease to be identified more quickly and precisely
29/02/2024
The doctoral student Fatemeh Behfar, awarded a prize by the University of Rome for a project revitalising the rooftops of a city in Iran.
She suggests creating social, cultural and musical spaces on the rooftops of the city of Bushehr to revive the tradition of the Iranian city.
22/02/2024
New species of fungi potentially harmful to humans have been identified in freshwater ecosystems
Part of a project that studies fungi as indicators of environmental quality, the URV research finds that in periods of drought some species could be more exposed and constitute a risk to human and animal health
19/02/2024
The URV receives the Innovative Excellence in Internationalization Award
The Association of International Education Administrators recognises the outcomes of the staff training at the University and its contribution to internationalisation and opening the institution up to the world.
16/02/2024
Nearly thirty students of the Aurora Student Council meet at the URV
They have discussed the initiatives of the universities of the alliance in terms of inclusion and diversity
16/02/2024
“You have to be curious, try things out, and change your habits, because now is the time and it soon goes.”
A total of 13% of URV students are international. Some are on a mobility programme from another university, an experience that they live intensely.
15/02/2024
Over 1,200 Chinese students have studied Spanish at the URV
The University, which has taught a ground-breaking educational programme for Chinese-speaking students, celebrates the Chinese New Year with workshops and performances.
09/02/2024
The URV community helps campus planning by detecting unsafe spots
Changes in lighting and vegetation, and restricted access are some of the gender-perspective measures proposed.
07/02/2024
The URV’s Group of Trainers for the Professionalisation of Doctoral Studies updates the definition of doctoral thesis supervisor
A total of 47 languages were analysed and 18 functions identified before a definition of doctoral supervisor was put forward that is applicable to all universities and research centers
06/02/2024
A European consortium promotes collaboration between academia and industry to detect new market niches
The BEAGLE project kick-off at the URV, pioneering the Blue Oceans Strategy for Value Creation
02/02/2024
The URV is part of a European initiative to produce microalgae-based fuel for air and sea transport
The COCPIT project covers all the stages in the production process in a circular and innovative value chain and will help to achieve the European Union’s decarbonisation goals.
29/01/2024
A digital platform will address the problem of obstetric violence
The URV is taking part in this European project, which for four years will engage in a variety of projects to achieve systemic change in maternity care.
26/01/2024
The infection ability of viruses has been reduced by 96% using mechanical methods
An international research project in which the URV has taken part has designed and manufactured a surface that has virucidal properties but does not use any chemicals
25/01/2024
An unconventional yeast increases the quality of carbonic maceration wine, rosé wine and orange wine
A URV study finds that this yeast speeds up the winemaking process and improves the organoleptic properties of wines
17/01/2024
Technology developed to generate hydrogen from wastewater with solar radiation
Using URV research findings, the HACDOS project has validated an experimental pilot plant and is now preparing an industrial-scale plant to consolidate a viable and profitable circular energy model
11/01/2024
Artificial intelligence fails in grammar
A research project led by the URV in conjunction with the UAB shows that human beings recognize grammatical errors in a sentence while AI does not