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
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More than 120 doctoral students who have registered at the URV attended the welcome ceremony organised by the Postgraduate and Doctoral School on 9 February at the URV’s Auditorium. The future doctors were introduced to the University, the research carried out here, and their curriculum and research plan for the next three years
Researchers at the URV have developed a pioneering method that will allow city authorities to levy fairer charges on vehicles that enter their city centres. The method analyses data in real time in order to identify congestion hot-spots at any given moment so that only drivers who pass through these hot-spots have to pay a charge rather than all drivers who take their vehicles into the city centre
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
We interview Ana Montemayor, a student at the Terres de l’Ebre Campus and member of the Mentors URV programme, which aims to help international students to integrate quickly on their arrival at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Like many other mentors, Ana recommends the experience to others
Spain continues to be the top destination chosen by the young university students to carry out a mobility through this European programme. This was exposed on 19 and 20 December in Madrid at the Annual Seminar for the promotion of Erasmus+
The Chinese New Year began on 27 January and every year the URV joins in the festivities thanks to the large number of Chinese students who study here. This year the activities on the Catalunya Campus are extended into the afternoon and are also spread to other parts of the city from 26 January to 3 February
The Erasmus+ and MOU mobility programmes bring some 200 students from around the world to the URV during the second semester 2016-17
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Training course to work with families
The course was an opportunity to know a tool that may be valuable to improve social work with families
The International Center of the URV will coordinate a three-year European project to promote internationalisation among the administrative staff of the participating institutions. Representatives of the URV and all the other project members met at the University on 16 and 17 January, in an initial meeting aimed at laying the groundwork for future collaboration