James Gregory Payne, an expert in public diplomacy and director of Communication Studies at Emerson College (Boston, USA), has been awarded this friday, november 15th, an honorary doctorate from the Ramon Llull University (URL) on a proposal by the Faculty of Communication and International Relations (FCRI) Blanquerna-URL.

Last Thursday, October 24, the first meeting of the Media Councils in the Digital Age project was held in Brussels, of which the Digilab research group forms a part of. Professors Pere Masip and Jaume Suau attended the meeting, where the different project partners met: the European Federation of Journalists, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the press councils of Finland, Ireland, Austria, Germany and Belgium.

This year Blanquerna-URL has advanced preenrolment date in order to better satisfy all demands coming from future students interested in Blanquerna bachelor’s degrees.

Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations is recruiting European media professionals to cover European Union's activity in Liberia.

The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) is an initiative by the European Comission to encourage and support institutions in the implementation of the Charter and Code principles in their practices and policies.

The Ramon Llull University has been positioned in the 76-100 range of the best universities in Europe in teaching, according to the Europe Teaching Ranking produced by Times Higher Education. It is situated, therefore, among the top 5 Catalan universities in the Top 100.

The Alumna of the 3rd graduating year of the Degree in International Relations, Clara Calderó, has been one of the 120 awarded, among 1,226 Spanish students, with the scholarship of 'la Caixa' to study abroad.

The headquarters of Havas Village in Barcelona has hosted the presentation of a master's degree that includes a module of internships in companies of the Havas Group Spain and that allows students to specialize in strategies and management of the digital transformation of marketing and communication in any area: institutions, organizations, advertising, public relations, digital media, consultancies.

The team of researchers and professors of the School have enjoyed an update session with Dr. Marc Argemí, director of Sibilare and specialist in data, communication, rumors and credibility.

Big Data consolidates itself as the main source of innovation in the communication sector in Catalonia. This is one of the conclusions of the Outlook Blanquerna 2019 study, that was presented at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona.