The University of Barcelona approves of the Code of Ethics
The Governing Council of the University of Barcelona, gathered yesterday in an ordinary session, and approved a draft for the Code of Ethics on Integrity and Best Practices. The aim of the Code of Ethics, according to the president of the Ethics Committee, Norbert Bilbeny, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, is to guide and support the rights and responsibilities of the collectives in the University. The regulation sets several principles and rules on ethical behaviour for all members of the UB.
The new Code of Ethics regards the best practices as the set of rules, recommendations and commitment that the UB collectives have to take into account to favour the excellence in several fields of the University and prevent integrity problems from happening in their activities. The area of application of the code covers the fields of research, teaching, learning, publications, communication and management, among others.
Academic freedom, professional responsibility, scientific and academic integrity, honesty, equality of rights, respect, privacy and confidentiality, sustainability and solidarity, and potential risk behaviours are the blocs that create the Code of Ethics, which have to be interpreted by the Ethics Committee of the UB. After having been approved in the Governing Council, in comes a review process to proceed to work on a definite version of this document.
The Governing Council of the University of Barcelona, gathered yesterday in an ordinary session, and approved a draft for the Code of Ethics on Integrity and Best Practices. The aim of the Code of Ethics, according to the president of the Ethics Committee, Norbert Bilbeny, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, is to guide and support the rights and responsibilities of the collectives in the University. The regulation sets several principles and rules on ethical behaviour for all members of the UB.
The new Code of Ethics regards the best practices as the set of rules, recommendations and commitment that the UB collectives have to take into account to favour the excellence in several fields of the University and prevent integrity problems from happening in their activities. The area of application of the code covers the fields of research, teaching, learning, publications, communication and management, among others.
Academic freedom, professional responsibility, scientific and academic integrity, honesty, equality of rights, respect, privacy and confidentiality, sustainability and solidarity, and potential risk behaviours are the blocs that create the Code of Ethics, which have to be interpreted by the Ethics Committee of the UB. After having been approved in the Governing Council, in comes a review process to proceed to work on a definite version of this document.
Approval of the public employment offer
The Governing Council of the University of Barcelona ratified the public offering of the teaching and research staff (PDI) for the year 2018. A total of 143 non-working shift permanent staff (PDI) positions and 54 promotion-shift PDI positions were approved.
Also, members of the body approved the decision to award the honorary doctorate to professors Luigi Ferrajoli, from University of Rome III, and Luciano Vandelli, from the University of Bologna -both proposed by the Faculty of Law-, and David Gozal, lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics in the University of Chicago, suggested by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The UB receives the highest amount of applications in the university system once more
The vice-rector for Students and Language Policy, Mercè Puig, presented the most outstanding data regarding the applications and allocation of bachelor degrees in July. Puig highlighted that the UB is once more, the university with more applications in the system. It has experienced a rise by 7,7 % regarding the applications for studentsʼ first option compared to last year.
Six of the most demanded bachelor degrees are taught at the UB, among which are Medicine, Business and Administration Management, and Psychology. The vice-rector highlighted the improvement in Catalan Philology, which goes from 17 to 50 students, and Information and Documentation, which goes from having 19 to 47 students. Puig noted that the amount of entering students at the UB with a score over 13 reaches 293, 65 % of them being women.