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UVic has founded the Postgraduate School, which is taking over from the institution's International Centre for Continuing Education, in order to enhance and improve the focus of its lifelong learning courses.

As part of the 32nd annual conference of the EAIE (European Association for International Education) that is taking place in Barcelona until 16 September, UVic-UCC was today visited by a delegation of 58 representatives from various foreign universities, many of which are partners of the university.

UVic will be offering two new university master's degrees in the coming 2022-2023 academic year, which will be added to its range of second cycle studies. These are the master's degree in Food and Sustainability, within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare, and the master's degree in Application of Accessible Artistic Practices, associated with the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology.

UVic-UCC has been ranked 131st in the world in the Times Higher Education Young University Ranking, which focuses on 790 universities that are under 50 years old. This means that it also ranks third in Catalonia, behind Pompeu Fabra University and Ramon Llull University, and is in the same position in Spain, as the top seven ranked of the 32 Spanish universities that were included in the sample are in Catalonia.

Livestock farming is a very important economic activity in the European Union (EU) and the one that makes the most use of land, either directly or indirectly. European livestock farms produce 1,400 tonnes of manure, and only a very small fraction of this amount is processed, while the rest is applied to agricultural soil as fertiliser, leading to a heavy environmental impact. The European Fertimanure project (Fertilizers from animal manure) is being undertaken to help overcome this situation.

82% of UVic bachelor's degree students have found work six months after completing their studies. This figure rises to 100% among graduates in Mechatronics Engineering, Multimedia Engineering, Nursing and Human Nutrition and Dietetics, which are above the Catalan average, and reaches 95% for Business Administration and Management, 92% for Advertising and Public Relations, and 90% for Physiotherapy.

UVic-UCC was involved in various humanitarian activities in 2020, which raised more than 7,000 Euros and collected more than 50 kilos of school supplies, clothes and toys for children in Morocco, according to the report of all the humanitarian initiatives produced by the UHub

There are currently many information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in Europe for people providing care to those living with Alzheimer's disease. These solutions provide tools to help informal caregivers in areas such as reducing their workload, anxiety, stress and its negative consequences, and increasing opportunities for positive interactions and support. Many of these digital solutions involve co-creation methods in their design, which means they have been created with input from end users, who in this case are informal caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease.

UVic-UCC has obtained the "COVID-19 Safe Protocol" certificate after several months of external auditing. The hallmark guarantees that the University has correctly implemented the specific action plan which includes hygienic, health, organisational, safety and health risk prevention measures to reduce the risk of infection.

The doctoral thesis currently being written by the Blanquerna-URL doctoral student Joan Aguilera, jointly supervised by Bernat Buscà, a senior lecturer at the URL, and Javier Peña, the director of the Physical Activity and Sports Studies Centre (CEEAF) at UVic-UCC, has led to an application for a patent for an innovative device to improve the results of strength training, and to prevent sports injuries and other pathologies.