The distinction awarded by the European Commission recognises the URV’s commitment to the recommendations of the European Charter for Researchers
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University teams test their analytical and creative skills at the KPMG International Case Competition
The researchers are part of the Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowship Programme which is jointly funded by the European Union. The call for applications is open from 20 March to 20 May 2018
by Francesc Xavier Grau Vidal
His appointments strengthen the Housing Chair’s position as one of the leading institutions in the world in this area
The aim of this project is to explain scientific concepts quickly and understandably through short cartoon videos. The topics chosen supplement the series Talent URV
The CEDAT of the URV hosts the 1st Catalan Conference on Environmental Law with the theme “Climate Change: a view from Catalonia”, from 17 to 19 January at the Catalunya campus
Researchers have until 26 January 2018 to present their applications
The institutions are working on a Study Abroad programme involving innovation in cultural tourism, and mobility stays in the framework of the master’s degree in Management of Tourism Destinations
The conference “Tourism shaping places. Mobilities and tourism destination evolution” took place at Vila-seca and featured 31 scientific presentations
Students from the first edition are on internships in various European countries where they are learning to make wine
Students from the College of Engineering at the American university completed an intensive programme from 23 May to 2 June
The researchers are part of the Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowship Programme which is jointly funded by the European Union as part of its Horizon 2020 programme. This new programme at the URV will recruit 25 predoctoral researchers this year and another 25 next year, all on three-year contracts. The call for applications is open from 15 February to 15 April 2017
In 2016 the Universitat Rovira i Virgili’s Unit of Scientific Communication developed a new educational and communication tool: a series of 12 videos which, with the support of animated illustrations and in little more than 60 seconds, give explanations for common scientific doubts. Researchers from the University have advised on the content of these short audiovisuals, which have been posted on YouTube and are useful for explaining science to students
This autumn has provided plenty of opportunities for the Centre for Hispanic Studies to make contact with some Chinese institutions and to develop existing projects. In October, the URV agents for Asia, Antoni Nomdedeu and Ángel Urquizu, visited four Chinese universities
Another delegation from this university came to Tarragona to meet URV academics and students from their own university who are studying at the URV and to visit the URV’s Centre for Hispanic Studies
“Times Higher Education” (THE) has published its ranking of the best universities in the world. As in the previous ranking, the URV has been placed between the positions 401 and 500 out of the 980 universities that are included in the ranking. It is the same position that the URV achieved in the Shanghai ranking, in which it has been included for the first time this year
The professors Antoni Nomdedeu and Àngel Urquizu have established relations with many Asian institutions and have a comprehensive knowledge of different cultures from the continent. They have been appointed by the rector as the URV’s Asian Envoys to assist in the work carried out by the Office of the vice-Rector for Internationalisation
The European Commission has awarded four million euros to the Universitat Rovira i Virgili’s Martí Franquès COFUND project, which will allow it to contract 50 predoctoral researchers. The recruitment process will take place in 2017 and 2018 and the successful candidates will have be awarded three-year contracts. The University will contribute a further four million euros to the project which will conclude in 2021
IBER, the URV spin-off, will offer guided and dramatized tours of the Jewish quarter and other important areas of the medieval city. The aim is for these two tours to become a regular part of the city’s cultural calendar. Furthermore, the members of IBER, who are all researchers at the URV, have applied their knowledge of history and archaeology to the production of a craft beer using the brewing techniques of the ancient Iberians, with the aim of bringing ancient cuisine to the general public