Universidad Europea de Madrid

Nelson Mandela, named Honoris Causa by Universidad Europea de Madrid

Last Friday Nelson Mandela was named Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Europea de Madrid, and other five Universities, which are part of the Laureate International network:  University Andrés Bello (Chile), Walden University in Baltimore (USA), University of Applied Sciences (Peru), Bilgi University (Istanbul) and  University of the Americas (Ecuador).

All we have clear that the role of Nelson Mandela in history is indisputable. He became the first democratically elected president in his country, South Africa, and before that he spent 27 years in prison. This years in Robben Island  made him one of the most representative person in the war against the apartheid. He was the person who convinced his people to lay down the arms and fight for their beliefs peacefully. I like to think that with this designation a small part of that history, will also be part of UEM.

Mandela could not attend in person to be named Honoris Causa. In his representation the event was attended by South African Ambassador to Spain, Vusi Koloane Bruce, accompanied by Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj, minister and political activist who was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island. The words of the British journalist and writer, John Carlin, described Mandela as an accesible man, compassionate, a great strategist, with great leadership skills. Carlin spoke about Mandela, who tries to put himself to the same level of his interlocutor, even if he is sepaking with a President or a person who works for him.

After the event I asked myself what Mandela would have told students if he had been there. Surely, he would have spoken of the importance of education, not only in terms of training, pass exams and pass courses. Education as a synonymous principles like equality, respect and democracy. I also thought that he would appreciate the international character of Universidad Euopea de Madrid, knowing that it is a fundamental value in our current society.

It is always important to have people who guide us, and I think that students, teachers and members of the Universidad Europea de Madrid will be inspired by this appointment and especially the life of this great politician and statesman.

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European Professional Translation Classroom

At UEM we take very seriously that languages bring the world together and especially professionals. Faculty of Arts and Communication has started  various initiatives for professionals and senior students in degrees related to the field of Translation and Interpreting.

Last summer, we launched China for professionals. A tool divide in two parts: a glossary of 60 basic phrases and a brief introduction to Chinese culture which try  to help people whose for working reason are closer to this country.

Journalists can also participate in the European Journalism Classroom. New technologies and emerging media make necceesary  continuous training  for professionals in this field.

Communication College  also currently offers a course in Introduction to Spanish teaching (also called ELE). In collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes, the course is for people who have good knowledge of the Spanish language, but do not have a specific training in teaching ELE.

Finally we should  distinguish European Professional Translation Classroom. Under this name they organized periodically focused workshops to professionals who are interested in updating or expanding their knowledge. Since last September there have been workshops about audiovisual translation or targeted to the field of finance and economics. This Friday (February 12) will be a new edition on audiovisual translation of Japanese animation. This workshop will be taught by Alessandra Moura (translator of some of the most important animes of recent years). To attend this course need to fill out the registration form and make the payment of fees (30 € which includes course materials and lunch at noon). You can consult here the program.

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Do you have TALENTUM?

This week you have an appointment with the V Human Resources Seminar “TALENTUM”. This edition will be focus on Innovative Trends in Managing People.

Every week you have at UEM a lot of activities to choose but not too much time (at least in these days) Sometimes it's hard to decide to attend one event or another (or none).

I could give you several reasons to attend this seminar, but I think it best to give you one clear and strong: this type of knowledge will help you when you attend your first work interview.

Many of you'll be thinking that Human Resources has nothing to do with what you are studying, but soon you'll be immersed in different selection processes in companies, and maybe later it would be you the person in charge to decide l who is part of your team. You can learn about the experience of prestigious professionals from important companies as Campofrío, Cadena Ser, Renault, or Metro de Madrid.

You can view the schedule here

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Awards for Young Social Entrepreneurs

Yesterday we met the 10 projects awarded by the jury of the Second Edition of the Young Social Entrepreneurs Awards.

I had the opportunity to speak with them and to know about the projects for which they have won. I have to say that all ideas are imaginative small contributions, full of  good intentions and lots of enthusiasm and work.

After attending some interviews and potos, they had the opportunity to greet each other and exchange ideas about every projects. The Universidad Europea de Madrid, in colaboration with the International Youth Foundation will help these young people to grow their ideas through an endowment and two training courses.

Next, you can see a small summary with the winning ideas. Soon you can watch the interviews on the web and on our YouTube channel.

Milhistorias, integration enterprise (Juan Gabriel Dance Alcolea) Milhistorias has as goal the insertion of excluded people by creating an organic vegetable garden and selling their products.

Debajo del sombrero, association (Amanda Robledo): Association aims to promote the artistic abilities of people with intellectual disabilities.

Velero Diosa Maat, science, outreach, advocacy and action (Jorge Sáez Jiménez): The sailboat now rebuilt, was captured by police in an operation against drug trafficking, became the Diosa Maat and its objetive is the environmental education. This program is supported by Ecologists in Action.

AVINTE, voluntary association for integration (Miguel Palomo). This association, based in Madrid, offers the possibility of leisure for young people with cerebral palsy, and allows the families of these young people can also enjoy its time.

Guía para el inmigrante, solidarity publication (Gabriel Bastardo). This publication comes from the association Tajeitu Spain. They want to create an information tool that allows immigrants resident in Spain to integrated into the host society.

Y después de la guerra ¿qué?, education in schools (Eva Virgili). Foundation Akwaba. This activity aims to raise awareness among Spanish children about the daily reality for children in Ivory Coast.

Psychomotor, education in schools (Marta Rueda). The objective of this project is to make the psychomotor be incorporated as a common learning tool in any school at the Comunidad de Madrid.

EllasDenuncian.com, website (Juan Antonio Merodio). Platform that aims to combat violence against women, allowing women to report cases of abuse and receive free legal advice.

El camino de los encuentros, Camino de Santiago with homeless people (Laura Carrasco). This initiative is that the hiking group accompanied the founding RAIS to 16 homeless people with problems of social exclusion, to the completion of part of Camino de Santiago for two weeks.

Asociación Hechos (Simon Menendez). This association works with various programs, the award has been host to the floors of unaccompanied immigrant children who are under the tutelage of the Spanish authorities (mainly Saharawi)

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Thaksgiving at UEM

Universidad Europea de Madrid is an institution with a high number of international studentes, so it’s normal that our traditions and manners are mixed with those from our classmates and friends. Thanksgiving is a one of the most traditional Holidays in US and Canada. This celebration manages to reunite families and friends the third Thursday of each November. Along with the 4th of July, it's the most popular non-religious festivity.

In Spain, we don’t celebrate this Holiday, but it’s true that eveybody know how is its celebration: the traditional supper with turkey, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and watching American Football games.

To understand how deep-rooted is this Holiday in the american culture, we have to know its origins: the first Thanksgiving Day was in 1621 when the pilgrims, grateful for the good harvest of that year, invited to the American Indians who helped them to survive this difficult year. Thanksgiving was officially proclaimed by President Lincoln in 1863.

UEMLab as in other years, has brought us a little part of this celebration with two activities.

- THANKSGIVING: What's it all about?: a class in which they explained to us what it was and how they live this day in U.S.

- PIE TASTING THANKSGIVING FEAST, a contest in which each participant had to bring their best pie and await the verdict of the guests who taste the pies at the basement of Building A

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Learning with a Premio Planeta

As I said before, my job as Community Manager at the Universidad Europea de Madrid is giving me the opportunity to participate in meetings, talks and conferences with professionals in the field of advertising, medicine, law or journalism who are a reference within and outside the University.

Last week I attended the presentation of the Faculty of Communication of the Carmen Posadas’ Chair in creative writing. What most impressed me about the autor, whose work has been described as one of the best in Latinamerica, was the and simplicity that her manner and his speech made clear in the way she spoke twith the students and the faculty.

Carmen Posadas won the Premio Planeta in 1998 with Pequeñas Infamias, besides since then she has been having success after successl with books like La Bella Otero or a compilation of articles called La hernia de Viriato: Recetario para hipocondríacos. Also she collaborates with UEM as a member of its Advisory Board. Carmen gives now another step in her relationship with the university and students to get involved organazing this new Chair. She and the writer Ramon Buenaventura told us, that this chair is designed for students of the Faculty of Communication and for those with a writting vocation. Ramon asked some questions to Carmen, with hger answers we learned more about her training as a writer and all experiences that have influenced on hers creation. To the eternal question of whether the writer born or made. Against to the opinion of most writers she believes, that althouhg the talent is innate, the authors can be educated and trained not only in their writing skills but also in how they read It is the not same to approach a book as a common reader as a future novelist.

The Chair, for those who are interested (I imagine you will be many) will be divided into two parts. A first in which reading skills will be treated with techniques as the "vampirizing reading" in which the future writers will learn how to identify these structures and elements that will help them to compose their own work. And a second part that will go deeper into the techniques of creative writing with which students will build their own portfolios.

See you at the library!

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New UEM Community

The fact that you have arrived to this blog , and be reading this post, make you a part of our community. Now you can also take a look to our new UEM Community and see the new categories and sections that we are happy to show you .

You can find all the blogs organized by faculties, read the last post published, leave your comments on those post that are interesting for you. Besides you'll find all the channels and social networks in which the UEM is present and join them: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, SlideShare, Flickr ...

One of our novelties is the "Correspondents in the world". These are the blogs of students and teachers who are participating this year in some scholarship Erasmus or exchange within the network Laureate International Unviersities. You can follow them and share their experiences.

By the way, if you're reading this from outside of Spain and you want to share with us all that this year you are living abroad (do you want to tell us how are your new friends, classes, your new city, learning a language?) please conctact with Oscar Casanova at: oscar.casanova @uem.es and he will explain you every step to become one of our correspondents.

Join today to our Community and participate. Tell us what you think of its new sections and the changes that we made.

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Bassat and the new generation of publicists

Since I am the Community Manager of UEM, I've been lucky to meet on several occasions with Mr. Luis Bassat.

I doubt that he could be a stranger for you, but just in case I will make a brief introduction: for those who have studied something related to the advertising field, it is clear that all we know about this field is marked with the seal Bassat . Besides being the Honorary President and Founder of Grupo Bassat Ogilvy and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Europea de Madrid, was the creator of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games of Barcelona '92

Among many other things is well recognized within the advertising industry for his books, I recommend one of his them that have helped me to understand better the process of creation within the world of creativity: El libro rojo de la Publicidad.

And while he is not anymore working in an agency, Bassat remains an active element in this scene. For example he has even been selected by a national nerwork to present the Spanish version of "The Apprentice".

Last week Bassat presented his Chair, named "100% Creativity / Creativity 360". Thhe course will have a duration of 9 months, and is designed to students that are currently studying in the School of Communication. The purpose of this course is to demonstrate that creativity can be learned. The student will learn the ways that help make a good idea, the best idea possible to meet the expectations and objectives of the client.

I have the intention to attend to one of these lectures, and I'll tell you everything that happens in there.

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The "know-how" of the Medical students I

Since last year our university has a new degree in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Our academic offer has been increased with a Degree in Medicine. This is not just the answer to the a job market that needs to incorporate more health professionals, but also we want to make a diference with the integral development of our students.

We believe that to be a good Doctor requires more that to have the knowledge to make a correct diagnosis and to practice a successful surgery. We believe that future M.Ds must improve their communication skills with patients and their enviroment, besides the research has to became a key part of his career. They have to integrated new technologies into their methodology of work and study and be more aware of the economic expensives related with their medical decisions.

Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Universidad Europea de Madrid, Dr. Carlos Lumbreras, believes that a well-trained doctor is one who, in addition to having the skills and knowledge necessary to understand that his/her profession is healing and relieve human beings, can never lose the curiosity to know more, and cultivate a critical spirit that characterizes the best science.

Since its beggining the degree is fully integrated into the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It means that our students can develop their careers at international level, their degree will be fully recognized. But also the will study new subjects, such as Bioethics and Primary Care, that have been neglected for a long time in formal education. Alumns who decide to study with us, will have the opportunity to practice, whether in our Simulated Hospital, in PHC centers and University Hospitals.

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Get ready for new course

It’s not long till the start of October. During this month most of the lessons will start again. For many of you, this will be your first year at College but for some of you it will be your last one. Both are very decisive steps for a university student. That is why we want to encourage you in these tough moments. In addition, we want to remind you that we’re here to help you!

If you are coming from a different city than Madrid, you will need to find a place to stay. Have you looked for in Alojamientos UEM ? Here you will find detailed information about flats, houses or studios near the campus.

We want you to know all the University’s services too. If this is not your first year here, you will know most of them. In any case, we invite you to surf our website, especially the Academics and Current students sections, as well as the UEM Community.

We have already talked about the importance of studying part of the degree abroad. UEM students can benefit from our International Programs. Doubtless, this is one of the most important services of the University, but we have many more. For these ones who are in their final stage contact our Career and Placement Office where they will help you about job offers and internships.

If you have any doubt, don’t hesitate to contact us. You will be more than ready for the new course. ¡Good luck and enjoy these summer days left!

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