The Ombuds Officer and the Vice-Officers will attend on 6 and 7 July the 10th Meeting of university ombuds officers, defendants and mediators within the Xarxa Vives, which will take place in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona.

On Thursday evening the welcome ceremony will be held, which will be presented by Antoni González Senmartí and Josep Canicio Querol, Principal’s Delegate for Institutional Relations and Ombuds Officcer, respectively, of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

On Friday 7 July there will be some debates on:

-The independence of university ombuds officers, defendants and mediators
-The regulatory normative of university ombuds officers, defendants and mediators
-The participation of university ombuds officers, defendants and mediators in university life and institutions.
-Management, valuation and harmonization of justified absence of students in class and exams.

After this, the Ombuds Officer of Catalonia, Rafael Ribó i Massó, will give a conference on “Rights and equity in higher education”.

Finally, the Principal of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Josep Anton Ferré Vidal, will present the closing ceremony of the Meeting.

Xarxa Vives: http://www.vives.org