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Blanquerna FPCEE and the Barcelona City Council sign a partnership agreement to combat the digital divide among the elderly
On February 26th, Dr. Jordi Riera, Dean of the Blanquerna School of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sport, signed with the second deputy mayor, Ms. M. Eugenia Gay, an agreement to support and advise the City Council of Barcelona on educational policies to assist and support learning for the elderly, and to reduce the number of students with disabilities.

ACOASMAS with Xavier Carbonell
The new episode of "ACOASMAS", the podcast run by our FPCEE that we broadcast live on Twitch, is out now.
This episode features our guest Dr. Xavier Carbonell, professor of psychology at the School, to talk about addictions, drugs and how they affect people psychologically.
Blanquerna-URL will feature at the 2024 Education Fair
Blanquerna-URL will be at the Education Fair, one of the leading events on the educational calendar in Catalonia, which will be held from 13 to 17 March in Barcelona. We will have a 100 m² stand, immersed in a spacious area shared with other institutions of the Ramon Llull University (URL).

Palestinian-Israeli journalists for peace & JUNTS - Palestinian-Israeli activist organization winners of the Blanquerna 2022 Awards!
The Blanquerna community has chosen to award the Communication Prize to Palestinian and Israeli Journalists for Peace.

We're now on Twitch!
We are excited to announce that we have started our own channel on Twitch

Students of the Master's Degree in Fashion Communication attended Mercedes Fashion Week
The students of the Master's Degree in Fashion Communication went to Madrid to cover the Mercedes Fashion Week, a prestigious fashion event that was held at the IFEMA fair site.

Insight into the marketing of Wallapop by alumni Alèxia Vila
On February 20, alumna Alèxia Vila (Journalism and Corporate Communication, 2020; Advertising, PR and Marketing, 2022) visited the Marketing Fundamentals class of professors Alba Ramírez and Josep Maria Picola.

Gerard Romero brings streaming and the Kings League to the School
Gerard Romero, sports journalist and promoter of the Kings League, gave a masterclass in the Master's Degree in Sports Communication, accompanied by the alumni of the Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication, Víctor Navarro.

ACOASMAS with Ignasi Cifre
The new episode of "ACOASMAS", the podcast run by our FPCEE that we broadcast live on Twitch, is out now.
This episode features Ignasi Cifre, vice dean of quality, students and employability of the school, to talk about the brain, its mapping, different technologies and phenomena such as fibromyalgia.

ApS Juguem Juntes (Let's Play Together Service-Learning): an inclusive school event for students of the Education degree
On Monday we received a visit from Cristina Gutiérrez, head of La Granja Barcelona. Ability Training Center and specialist in applied emotional skills. This presentation launched a day of joint work in which dynamics were proposed to raise awareness around the inclusive paradigm in education.

New agreement with the Vatican, internships at the Pontifical Academy for Life
The school has signed an agreement with the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), an agency of the Holy See that runs several projects such as AI, Global Ethics, Conscience, Neuroscience and Ethics, Roboethics and Human Genome.

Barcelona Barber Shop, Brownie, Càritas Barcelona, GOT2B (Henkel), Knorr (Unilever) and PandaGo, the leading brands in the Advertising, PR and Marketing quarter seminars' roleplay
Another semester is already underway, the second of 2023-24, and with it another role-playing session between the fourth-year seminar groups.

"A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew" talk about human fraternity
The Blanquerna Observatory of Communication, Religion and Culture travels to Porto, Portugal, to attend the conference “Um muçulmano, um cristão e um judeu entram numa porta”, on interreligious dialogue in Portugal.

The Blanquerna Observatory welcomes Rabbi David Rose
The Blanquerna Observatory of Communication, Religion and Culture was visited by Rabbi David Rose on Monday, February 19.

Miquel Àngel Prats: "We are missing a great opportunity to educate"
The coordinator of the University Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Innovation explains why he believes it is wrong to ban mobile devices from school premises.

BlanQuè? Ep. 2 [Daniel Esparza] "Fate or chance?"
The second episode of "BlanQuè?", the new video podcast of our FCRI, is out now. Our guest speaker is Daniel Esparza, professor of ethics, writer, researcher and the list goes on…

BlanQuè? Ep. 1 [Uri Garcia] Director of the series "Jo mai mai"
In this podcast we will talk about everything going on around the School: the different degrees, professors, students and so forth. Today we will focus on the world of Audiovisual Communication. Yes, that degree that is leading Netflix to envy us. And who better than in-house professor Uri Garcia to explain what it is through his new series Jo Mai Mai?

COMSAL research group: Do you want to enhance your well-being in three months by joining an intensive training, Txikung or Mindfulness experience?
We are seeking university students from 18 to 25 years old to take part in the YoungFitT research project: Active Young, Healthy Mind: Strategies for brain health and psychological well-being in young adults: A randomized mixed-method study with and without virtual reality, coordinated by the University of Barcelona and involving researchers from the Communication and Health Research Group of the School.

Hey! Alumni Week is coming to FPCEE!
Were you looking forward to a new Green Week at the School? Well, it's here! From Monday, February 12 until Friday, February 16, Alumni Week is coming to Blanquerna FPCEE. You will be treated to the experience of listening to a hundred alumni from all the School's degrees who have outstanding professional careers. You will be able to do so in the School's Provoli, in a "Coffee with alumni" and in other activities, such as exhibitions or in the School's Twitch.

Dr. Marc Polo is the new Dean of the Blanquerna-URL School of Communication and International Relations
Dr. Marc Polo is from today the new dean of the Blanquerna-URL School of Communication and International Relations. The appointment comes after the resignation, for personal reasons, of Dr. Josep Lluís Micó.