24/04/2024

The Experience Campus, a pioneer in Catalonia with an Erasmus+ programme

Ten students of the Senior Programme of the Experience Campus of UIC Barcelona have travelled to Udine (Italy), within the framework of an Erasmus+ mobility programme, financed with European funds. From 8 to 12 April they were hosted by the Università della Terza Età Paolo Naliato, in northern Italy.

The Università della Terza Età in Udine has been active for 40 years and already has 1,200 students. Five students came from the Barcelona centre of the Experience Campus and five from the Penedès centre, and were accompanied by lecturers Salvador Vidal and Consuelo León. They had the opportunity to exchange experiences with fifteen Italian students about cultural, historical, literary and tourist themes. 

This first Erasmus mobility programme was based on a methodology of cultural and social exchange between students of different nationalities and cultures. The different activities ranged from classes in art, history, cooking and board games were carried out with students from the two universities with the aim of working with several languages such as Italian, Friulan (a language of that area of Italy), Spanish and Catalan. There were also cultural outings to museums and walks in the area. 

The Erasmus+ agency of the European Union granted UIC Barcelona the first accreditation for Adult Education in the period 2021-2027 in 2022. This accreditation enabled the Experience Campus to request two Erasmus mobility programmes. In addition to the Italian city of Udine, the 36 students of the 3rd year of the international mobility programme will be able to travel to Dublin and Breslau.

In only seven years since its beginnings, the Experience Campus already has 400 students spread across its different centres: Barcelona, ​​Calonge, Penedés and Andorra. This year it was the first university in Catalonia to carry out a mobility programme with Senior Students and the second in Spain.