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 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.

The day of Sant Tomàs, which was celebrated on the 26th, began with the speeches of Dr. Josep Maria Carbonell, president of Blanquerna, and Dr. Giorgia Miotto, general director. The last part of the day featured a lecture-talk by Professor Javier Solana, president of EsadeGeo (Esade's center for global economics and geopolitics) and former secretary general of NATO (see section of the report).

On the institutional balance and future projection, Dr. Giorgia Miotto reviewed the five aspects of the strategic framework: teaching, research, management, external relations and internationalization. With regard to teaching, she highlighted the success of the Blanquerna proposal in relation to the PAPs in Education, which has made it possible to recover the number of enrollments of a few years ago; she also expressed pride in having the first class of the University Specialization Diploma in Social and Labor Inclusion at the FPCEE, which graduated last June. And finally, she highlighted the importance of the bachelor degree in Journalism and Corporate Communication being positioned as number one in Spain in the CYD ranking, compiled by the Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (Knowledge and Development Foundation).

The second part of the Sant Tomàs event was attended by Professor Javier Solana, president of EsadeGeo (Esade's center for global economy and geopolitics) and former secretary general of NATO, who delivered the conference “Testigo de un tiempo incierto” , the title of his latest book. It was presented by Dr. Xavier Mendoza, Director General of Esade, and the talk was led by Blanquerna professor Onno Seroo, Director of the Bachelor Degree in International Relations.

Last Friday, January 19, Pope Francis received in audience a representation of Blanquerna-URL as part of the celebration of the centenary of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU).

Dr. Cristina Manjón, head of Research and Innovation at Blanquerna-URL, has been selected by the European Commission-EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) as the national representative of the thematic area of ​​Research Management for strategic initiatives, in the context of the European Research Management Ambassadors project

As it does every year, the School organizes the Sant Jordi Literary Awards, which are held during the Sant Jordi Cultural Week.

Last Friday, January 19, we ended the week with the conference "Media life in adolescence", which addressed the dynamic and complex relationship between young people and social media.

On January 18, the 8th edition of the SOCIAL ACTION LAB (University Teaching Diploma in Communication and Marketing for Social Action) kicked off with the visit of Nerea Plaza, head of Social Action of the Agbar Group and Aigües de Barcelona.