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Laura López Blanco is a speech therapist, Blanquerna alumni and technical director of the Kinderapia psychology, speech therapy and early care centre. She is responsible for coordinating the team and carrying out reception, diagnostic and treatment visits to families, as well as managing social networks. She also works at the Saint Nicholas School to help students with language, speech and learning difficulties.

Jordi Roca (1978, Girona) began to suffer problems with his voice in 2016. He stated on his social networks that "for more than 7 months I have been suffering from a severe aphonia that prevents me from speaking normally, it is related to a cervical dystonia that I have suffered from for years". Now he has been able to announce his good progress of recovery.

The seminar on Journalism of Society (4th year), taught by Professor Jaume Risquete, covered on February 28 the event on the occasion of the World Day of Minority Diseases, which was held in Barcelona, in the auditorium of La Pedrera, hosted by the Platform for Rare Diseases (comprising patient associations, the Catalan Federation of Rare Diseases and the Spanish Delegation of Rare Diseases).

As part of the subject Seminar VI: Communication Strategy of the bachelor's degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing, last week, the students of Professor Núria Escalona received a visit from Sergi Cutillas, a sound technician at Catalunya Ràdio and sound mastermind of the successful podcast 'Crims (Crime)', by Carles Porta.

The bachelor's degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing of the School of Communication and International Relations and the IRES Foundation have joined forces once again this year in a charitable initiative for Sant Jordi.

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This Monday, the School signed a sponsorship and collaboration agreement with the Catalan Film Academy to give voice to the Academy's Scriptwriting Residency, a scriptwriting incubator for fiction feature films directed by filmmaker Carla Simón.

Helena Roca, alumni of the School of Communication and International Relations (Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing, class of 2022) and senior specialist in Corporate Communication of the Bimbo Group, visited the 3rd-year seminar of the Journalism and Corporate Communication degree led by professor Marçal Sintes on Wednesday 22nd.

The u22 Youth Film Festival in Barcelona is holding its fifth edition between 12 and 17 September at the Fundació Joan Miró, and is looking for young people to start working on the Festival team between five months and one month prior to the event.

Last week, as part of the New Media course of the bachelor's degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing, the students of professor Marc Alegre received a visit from Xavier Robles, founder of the influencer agency Vizz, the e-sports club Dux and podcast production company Splendid, among other projects.

Blanquerna-URL welcomed more than 350 future students, most of whom were accompanied by their families, to the Open Day held in the three schools last Saturday. Visitors were given a detailed explanation by the management teams and information about the bachelor degrees that are taught, followed by a guided tour of the schools' facilities and an opportunity to deal with any queries over breakfast.

This March 26 is World Climate Day, a date intended to raise awareness among society about the importance of taking measures to protect the environment and combat climate change.

On March 25, Blanquerna-URL will host the second Open Day of the three scheduled for this 2022-2023 academic year. Attendees will be welcomed at 10 am by the three respective schools.

The QS World University Ranking by Subject 2023 has once again listed Ramon Llull University (URL) among the best universities in the world in the areas of Business & Management, Hospitality & Leisure Management, and Psychology.

International Water Day takes place every year on March 22, reminding us of the importance of this natural resource for our lives and for the planet. Water is essential for the survival of all living beings and for the economic and social development of societies.

Blanquerna-URL attended the “Estudiar en España” held in Panama City on 21st March.

Journalism and Corporate Communication student Ethan López Bierge has started appearing in the TV3 program "Tot es mou" every Friday, giving a preview of the program "Eufòria", accompanied by Helena Garcia and Mireia Mallol, also alumni of the bachelor degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication.

Last Tuesday, former student Santi Ovalle, who works as a sports journalist for SER Catalunya and is a member of the team producing the football program "Què t'hi jugues", talked to students in Dr Jaume Risquete's second-year Journalism seminar.

On Monday, March 6, Ms Cristina Alberti, International Director of Natura Bissé, spoke to students in the morning and afternoon shifts of Dr Judith Mata's International Marketing course.

Soft skills have become -in recent years- the most important and in-demand skills in the international communication sector, according to Judith Calzada Duaigües, Director of International Business Development at GdC Beauty Group.