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On International Women’s Day, which is celebrated on 8 March every year, we spoke to women in academia with positions of responsibility at UIC Barcelona and asked them to share some thoughts on the importance of female leadership at the University and the future of our students, the leaders of tomorrow.

Some 200 students from 14 Catalan schools have taken the tests to certify B1 and B2 English levels at UIC Barcelona. The exam, promoted by the Department of Applied Linguistics, led by Santillana - Richmond Publishing, took place this Friday in the University’s Aula Magna

Once again, the Department of Applied Linguistics, in a collaboration with Santillana – Richmond Publishing, is offering the B1-B2 English Certificate exam to secondary and upper-secondary school students. Part of the examinations took place this Friday morning at the Barcelona Campus of UIC Barcelona. The exam has been created by a test-writing team and is the only one on the market created specifically for this age group.

Students from the UIC Barcelona Faculty of Education Sciences have created pictorial and oral dictionaries with year-six primary school children from the Àngel Baixeras School.

The UIC Barcelona Faculty of Communication Sciences celebrates the best short stories written by upper-secondary school students in Catalonia

During this month of November, one of our professors from the Faculty of Humanities, Dr Xavier Garí, was asked to coordinate a research project on the recovery of the oral history of Catalan pacifism. This project is coordinated by the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) in the Catalan Government.

The Aula Magna at UIC Barcelona yesterday hosted the Closing Session for this Academic Year. At the event, which was aimed at both teaching and research staff and administration and service staff, an overview of the 2016-2017 academic year was provided and news for next year was announced. The new structure of the Sant Cugat Healthcare Campus was described, as well as some new appointments, such as that of Pilar Fernández Bozal, now the new Dean of the Faculty of Law. Once the event concluded medals were awarded to people who have been working at the university for 10 years.

Twenty three stories written by students, PAS, and PDI staff competed in the 8th UIC Barcelona Christmas Short Story Competition. The jury consisted of professors from the Faculty of Humanities Gaston Gilabert and Maria Victoria Roqué, as well as Laia Rosàs from the Catalan Office. They decided to award the Barcelona campus prize to David Molins Peláez, a 4th year Humanities student for his story entitled "Nacer de nuevo". The Sant Cugat campus prize was awarded to MariaTeresa Jové, a 1st year Medicine student for her story entitled “Cai”.

Some of Bob Dylan’s songs were playing while Xavier Escribano, one of our Professors from the Faculty of Humanities, described Robert Allen Zimmerman’s background, this was Dylan’s real name. Dylan is a US singer-songwriter who started to write songs in 1962. More than 50 years on the impact he has made is clear, particularly since he was recently awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.