This yearʼs Els Juliols start on Monday with a registration record
On Monday, July 3, the classrooms in the UB will welcome the students who registered for the first courses offered in this yearʼs Els Juliols. These courses are open to everyone, and have a length of twenty hours in a week, in morning or afternoon shifts. Seventy courses have been organized to be held during the first weeks of July. This yearʼs proposals are outstanding due the prestige brought by the invited speakers who will participate: Ferran Adrià, in a course in collaboration with El Bulli Foundation about the improvement of the efficiency on innovation; Òscar Grau, CEO of FC Barcelona, who participates in the course “transformation of organizations through knowledge management”; Clara Segura, who will reflect on the reality behind the curtains of a theatre play using the example of Bodas de Sangre; Gregori Luri, sharing information in a course that analyses the current socio-economic situation, or Màrius Serra, in the course “Literature and tv series”. So far, there are more than a thousand and two hundred registered students, and registration is still open.
On Monday, July 3, the classrooms in the UB will welcome the students who registered for the first courses offered in this yearʼs Els Juliols. These courses are open to everyone, and have a length of twenty hours in a week, in morning or afternoon shifts. Seventy courses have been organized to be held during the first weeks of July. This yearʼs proposals are outstanding due the prestige brought by the invited speakers who will participate: Ferran Adrià, in a course in collaboration with El Bulli Foundation about the improvement of the efficiency on innovation; Òscar Grau, CEO of FC Barcelona, who participates in the course “transformation of organizations through knowledge management”; Clara Segura, who will reflect on the reality behind the curtains of a theatre play using the example of Bodas de Sangre; Gregori Luri, sharing information in a course that analyses the current socio-economic situation, or Màrius Serra, in the course “Literature and tv series”. So far, there are more than a thousand and two hundred registered students, and registration is still open.
This yearʼs edition is one of the most multi-disciplinary ones, and offers more courses
One of the novelties of this year is the course “Transformation of organizations through knowledge management: case of Barça Innovation Hub”, which aims to highlight that knowledge is a tool to transform organization systems and the influence of entities and companies. The program for the course aims to cover questions such as the FC Barcelona strategic planning, Barça Innovation Hub, the management of internal innovation or the role and social functions of the club.
Ferran Adrià, chef and director in El Bulli Foundation, will be one of the speakers in the course Sapiens, the methodology in El Bulli Foundation, where the team of El Bulli Lab will talk about the Sapiens methodology and the projects in El Bulli Foundation with the aim of showing a profession, company, field, discipline and sector. The Sapiens methodology is applied to improve both the efficiency and the results related to creativity and innovation, and connect knowledge to make innovation more efficient.
Ten years of Summer University for Women in Cornellà
For the tenth year, the city council of Cornellà de Llobregat and the University of Barcelona are jointly organizing the Summer University for Women. To commemorate this ephemerid, on June 27 a special ceremony took place, it had the attendance of the rector of the UB, Joan Elias, as well as the mayor of Cornellà, Antonio Balmón, and the president of Institut Català de les Dones (Catalan Institute for Women), Núria Balada.
In this edition, the Summer University for Women is offering four courses: Women and creativity. From Impressionism to Action Art; My body is a political space; Among women: perceptions and voices of the social conflict in the current world; and History reading works by women: feminizing the past. All of these courses last 20 hours and are taught in Citilab Cornellà from the week of July the 3rd.
More than one thousand two hundredth students have enrolled
The number of registered students in Els Juliols is already over one thousand two hundredth. This year, sixty courses have been programed; they are aimed at all audiences, and will cover current and relevant topics from almost all knowledge areas. With lecturers coming from different fields, from universities and the professional world, public and private sector, the offering is structured into four main areas: Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Resources and strategies, and Natural and Health Sciences.
Most of the courses in Els Juliols take place in the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona. The others, depending on their features, are taught in the cities of Alella, Hopsitalet de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Vilafranca del Penedès, and in particular in Cornellà de Llobregat, where between July 3 and 7 the four courses within the framework of the tenth edition of the Summer University for Women will take place.
Enrolment
Registration can be done until the first day of the chosen course, in two different ways: face-to-face at the secretary office of the Area of Complementary Training of the UB in Barcelona ( casa Jeroni Granell, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 582, and Historical Building, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585), in El Carme Cultural Centre in Badalona (Francesc Layret, 78-82), and in Torre de la Creu in Sant Joan Despí (passeig de Canalies, 14), or online. The information hours are from Monday to Friday from 10 to 14 h and 16 to 20 h.
Els Juliolsʼ website provides you with all the detailed program as well as all information related to the registration and the academic recognition of the activity.