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World Radio Day was celebrated on 13 February and students from the Faculty of Communication Sciences organised a livestream featuring news, entertainment and music programmes, with contributions from well-known voices such as Julia Otero and Andreu Juanola.

Audiovisual Communication student Nicolau Huistra Puig travelled to Brussels to take part in the seventh training seminar on employment and work placement opportunities in European institutions, organised for students in the UNICAT Ambassadors programme.

Isadora García Avis, lecturer in the Faculty of Communication Sciences, has examined how cinematic narratives can generate a profound emotional impact, using the case of the film The Voice of Hind Rajab, in an article published in The Conversation

Dr Maria Fitó Carreras, lecturer in the Faculty of Communication Sciences, was recently appointed member of the Academy of Arts, Sciences and the Audio Industry in Spanish, an association founded to provide visibility and support for podcasts, audiobooks, audio fiction and other educational content within the sector

Fourth-year journalism student Érica Roura is one of only 12 students in Spain selected to receive the EFE Agency and “la Caixa” Foundation Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious communication scholarships.

The event acknowledged the effort and academic commitment of students receiving grants, supported by partner companies and institutions

Dr Isabel Villanueva Benito has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences at UIC Barcelona, following her previous role as vice-dean and her leadership in driving the Faculty’s growth within the cultural and creative industries sector

The biannual magazine Panorama de Tendencias published its second issue last quarter under the title “Barcelona, Capital of the Mediterranean”, offering a reflection on the historic link between the Catalan capital and the Mediterranean Sea. The edition opens with an article by Xavier Baró, historian at UIC Barcelona.

The vice-dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Núria Roca-Trenchs, recently inaugurated the 5th Journalistic Ethics Conference organised by the Society of Journalists of Catalonia, on behalf of the Catalan universities offering degrees in journalism and communication, a meeting point for professionals and students that addressed the challenges of journalistic ethics