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29/09/2026
What causes evictions?
The Spanish Government is negotiating a housing decree to be approved by the Council of Ministers following protests over recent evictions. Sergio Nasarre explains the legal grounds for evictions and the effects of housing policy in recent years
The international conference, organised by the Department of Catalan Studies, takes several balls parlats to the streets, where they reinterpret and modernise the role that patriarchy has traditionally assigned to women
Jorba, who teaches in the URV’s Department of Medicine and Surgery and is clinical director of General and Digestive Surgery at Joan XXIII Hospital, is the ninth person from Spain to be honoured by the world’s largest association of surgeons
35 female professors have taken advantage of a programme designed to reduce the impact of motherhood on their academic careers. It grants them a semester without teaching duties so they can devote themselves exclusively to research after the birth of a child
Architecture students create furniture to improve comfort at the School during a workshop that involves students from all years and brings together knowledge from different project subjects
New students can now check the dates and times of the information sessions
The thesis has been recognized by the European Commission and defines the competencies needed by students for careers in industry and entrepreneurship
The international programme has received €4.6 million to fund students to undertake placements at three European universities
The excavations by the URV and IPHES-CERCA have also found the remains, seemingly intact, of other animals such as a horse, a woolly mammoth and at least three bears
Researchers from the URV answer key questions about the consequences and challenges of the increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves for ecosystems, infrastructure, health, public activities, tourism and agriculture
He balances his studies with managing the family winery and his role as president of UPA Joven at a decisive time for the agricultural sector
10/07/2026
Under the shadow of the Moon
The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 will be a once in a lifetime event, and the URV has turned it into a scientific outreach opportunity by organising events that explore the phenomenon in a way that cuts across disciplines and highlights different ways of understanding the world
It hasn’t happened in over a century. The last total eclipse visible from Catalonia was in 1905, and it will happen again on 12 August 2026. From 19.35,
The ceremony brought together graduates from the Faculty’s official master’s programmes in a cohort distinguished by its high proportion of international students from a wide range of countries
A URV study finds that tourists who move around by car are also happy to use public transport in certain circumstances, thus presenting an opportunity for policies that boost destinations’ competitiveness and reduce the sector’s environmental impact
30/06/2026
Technology in the classroom
The URV, through its the interdisciplinary ARGET research group, seeks to harness technological advances and digital tools to enhance teaching
Since its creation, the ARGET research group at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has specialised in education and technology and in keeping up to date with the technological innovations that can improve and support teaching and learning processes. The researchers’ aim is to find ways of applying these innovations, but only once they have been scientifically proven to be appropriate and
The facility offers a comfortable and private space for carrying out academic and professional activities that require virtual connections.
The exhibition highlights the power of music in defending peace and social justice.
The technique combines near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and chemometric tools to differentiate historic and modern specimens samples of red squirrel skulls and mandibles without damaging the specimens
29/05/2026
Ready for real patients
The URV possesses simulated classrooms and laboratories for practical training in health-related degree programmes, and two leading centres in training, innovation and research: the CFIS and the CISTE
The best way to prepare students on health-related degree programmes, which at the URV are Nursing, Medicine, Physiotherapy and Human Nutrition and Dietetics, is by placing them in situations that are as similar as possible to those they will have to deal with when they work as professionals. And, to be able to