A webinar addressed to the UB teaching staff calls for their participation in the CHARM-EU alliance
A webinar to present the CHARM European University (CHARM-EU) alliance to the UB teaching staff interested in taking part in the pilot phase of the project took place on Monday May 18. During the first phase, knowledge creating teams (KCT) formed by groups of experts from all knowledge areas will be created in order to work on a 90-credit pilot masterʼs degree. The KCTs will be structured in the following areas: research of Health and life, Water, Food, and Energy, related to the UN Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG). About sixty participants among teachers and representatives from different UB centers had the opportunity to get to know the project better and how they can actively participate.
A webinar to present the CHARM European University (CHARM-EU) alliance to the UB teaching staff interested in taking part in the pilot phase of the project took place on Monday May 18. During the first phase, knowledge creating teams (KCT) formed by groups of experts from all knowledge areas will be created in order to work on a 90-credit pilot masterʼs degree. The KCTs will be structured in the following areas: research of Health and life, Water, Food, and Energy, related to the UN Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG). About sixty participants among teachers and representatives from different UB centers had the opportunity to get to know the project better and how they can actively participate.
The rector Joan Elias acknowledged the attendees for their participation in this webinar, particularly given the current situation in which teachers are making an extra effort to conduct their activities. The rector also highlighted the importance of takingpart in the design of an international project such as CHARM-EU which will help to make the European university system of the future possible.
Participants also had the opportunity to know more about a new European Union call addressed to the alliances that were selected last year for their innovative proposals, which also includes CHARM-EU. This new call for research coordinators has a budget of 2 million euros for each European universitiesʼ alliance and will be soon open. During the session, Núria Cassamitjana, rectorʼs commissioner for this alliance, also presented a general overview of CHARM-EU, by explaining its innovative character, its main objectives, the different work lines and the current state of play of the project. Then, Glòria Rubert, rectorʼs delegate for the teaching innovation and coordination of the Faculty of Economics and Business and the UB RIMDA program, introduced the knowledge creating teams and how they are formed, including its purposes and objectives, as well as the basic architecture of the pilot master.
During the seminar, attendees were able to ask questions, which were mainly focused on how the topics of the transdisciplinary approach of the pilot master project were selected (Health and life, Water, Food and perhaps a part of Energy); how the process of participant selection for the KCT would be, how students would be able to choose their challenges; whether CHARM-EU considered to use UB modules from existing masterʼs degrees, and whether existing courses from other programs would be applied in this new project. To conclude the session, different comments and suggestions were taken to bring to the CHARM-EU initiative, including the idea of collecting good practices and the results of previous experiences on European joint masters.
The teaching and research staff interested in the new project can send questions and suggestions to the CHARM-EU Office (charm-euoffice@ub.edu). For academic issues, please contact the rectorʼs commissioner, Núria Casamitjana (ncasamitjana@ub.edu).
To watch the full webinar (in Catalan), please click here.