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The EU’s fishing industry produces 2.5 million tonnes of waste per year that could be converted into biofertilizers
Every year the global fisheries industry generates more than 20 million tonnes of by-products, most of which are squandered. This means that after the catches have been processed, 25% of the total ends up being discarded as waste, which especially includes fish species which they...
The Crossroads project, from the UVic-UCC’s CEIG, now has a draft guide to best practices
The four partners in the European Crossroads project, led by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (CEIG) at the UVic-UCC, held their third working meeting on 21 January of this year. The session enabled the participants to further their exchange of social and educational...
A UVic-UCC study highlights gender-based violence behaviours in youth sport
The acceptance and levels of tolerance of gender-based violence among adolescents and young people have increased in recent years, and although social media is the forum where these behaviours are gaining the most momentum, they are also overcoming digital barriers, and taking place in everyday...
The European CO3 project is developing modulable open-source software to apply in citizen participation processes
Three pilot tests in Paris, Athens and Turin are getting underway in the first few months of 2021 to get citizens involved in defining policies and taking public decisions which are usually taken by administrations, institutions and entities. They will be doing so within the...
A study examines prostitution in Central Catalonia and highlights its exclusion and lack of visibility
Prostitution and how to address it has been a subject of constant political, social and academic debate in recent years. A new study entitled "Diagnosi de la Prostitució a la Catalunya Central" [Diagnosis of Prostitution in Central Catalonia], focusing on the situation in the regions...
UVic-UCC once again tops the transparency ranking for private universities
The University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia once again tops the transparency ranking of Spanish private universities for the fourth consecutive - this year, tied with Nebrija University. This is the result of the 2019 Transparency Examination, which is organised by the Fundación Compromiso...
Paola Galbany, a lecturer at the FHSW, takes part in a study on breastfeeding in mothers who have not given birth
The lecturer and researcher of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare Paola Galbany has co-authored the scientific article Understanding the Challenges of Induction of Lactation and Relactation for Non-Gestating Spanish Mothers. The study, which has been published in the nursing, paediatrics, obstetrics and...
Good conservation and management of lakes and ponds can contribute to slowing climate change
Fresh water on planet Earth is scarce, as it accounts for only about 2.5% of the total. Between 30% and 50% of this total fresh water area is in pools and ponds, a resource that despite being exceptional is home to 70% of Europe's aquatic...
A collaboration between Blanquerna-URL and UVic-UCC culminates in the patent for an innovative device for improving sports performance and people's health
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...
New entrance registrations at UVic-UCC increase by 12% for bachelor's degree programmes and 8% for all studies in an unusual academic year
The number of new entrance registrations for official study programmes at the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) has increased by 8% in the 2020-2021 academic year, to a total of 3,216 students. The overall registration figures, which include new and continuing...
A BETA Technology Centre project will evaluate solid and liquid waste from the meat industry
According to the Catalonia Waste Agency (ARC), 911,480 tonnes of waste was generated by the food industry in Catalonia in 2018. One of the challenges facing the sector is how to optimise the management of the waste it generates and lower the economic and...
A European project will use creative writing and digital narrative resources in primary schools to foster inclusion among children
A school must be a place where children live naturally with diversity, and where all children have the same opportunities for growth and learning, without any distinction on the grounds of disability, gender, religion or race, or any other reason. Conflicts that hinder inclusion may...