Unisocietat’s academic year 2016-2017 starts in October. Registration period is now open in all the headquarters and it is now the turn for presentations to get future students to know this academic programme offer.

Today, Unisocietat counts on the participation of two hundred professors from the UV and more than 1.300 students signed up in the academic year 2015-2016. The academic programme consists of a multidisciplinary syllabus composed of three courses with duration of 120 hours each. It includes varied subjects which are always taught by professors from the UV.

In addition to the compulsory subjects, Unisocietat complements the course offering monthly talks of free entry for the community, as well as trips and complementary activities that will allow them to get to know some areas of the Valencian territory.

The only requirement for being Unisocietat student is the motivation to learn. Places are limited and applications will be filled in strict order of registration. The tuition for the whole academic year (compulsory subjects and lectures) amounts to 180 euros, including university card dispatch and maintenance, and the creation of UV’s academic file.

Jorge Hermosilla, Vice-Principal for Territorial Projection and Participation, has explained how, during the last years, UV has established “a network of stable headquarters around the Valencian territory relying on UV’s specific strategy and the councils’ implication”.

Unisocietat is the result of collaboration between the Universitat de València, through the Office of the Vice-Principal for Territorial Projection and Participation and the ten councils hosting the programme. Unisocietat is sponsored by Caixa Popular (in Cullera, L’Eliana, Quart de Poblet, Paterna, Requena, Alzira, Benetússer y Massamagrell), Caixa Ontinyent (capital city of Vall d’Albaida) and Banco Santander (in Gandia).

 Gandia

Presentations started on 1 June in Gandia, where the programme UNIMAJORS was presented with a lecture by Rafael Tabares (Department of Medicine) titled “What does it mean to talk about mental illnesses?”. Pre-registration for Universitat dels Majors will be open until 29 July, and it can be submitted in the Gandia International Centre of UV. The access requirements are: being 50 years old or older, having interest in learning and motivation for culture.

Alzira

The Alzira Council and UV authorities explained the details of the programme ‘Universitat i Societat’, starting for the first time in Ribera Alta, at a press conference on the 9th June. On 23rd of June, interested candidates will be able to attend an open talk about the importance of information on prevention and health promotion given by Julio Fernández (Dean of the Faculty of Nursing). Anyone interested can complete registration until the 23rd of June in Archivo Municipal of Alzira.

Paterna

The date of the presentation in Paterna is the 9th of June. Professor Yolanda Picó (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Sciences, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine) will give a talk titled “The problem of emerging pollutants”. Those who wish to be students of Unisocietat in Paterna can go to Paterna´s city council and pre-register.

L'Eliana

Next Wednesday, 15th of June, Unisocietat 2016/2017 will give a presentation at Centro de Formación para Personas Adultas de l’Eliana (The centre of adult education at L’Eliana´). Mª Paz Vigue will give the introductory talk at this academic event. The talk will analyse developmental stages from childhood to old age. People over 30 who wish to register can do so until the 27th of June.

Massamagrell

Next Tuesday on the 14th of June, at 7 p.m. , the new academic year of Unisocietat 2016/2017 will be presented at the Cultural Centre of Massamagrell. The attendees will be able to hear the opening lecture titled “Local Entities and the European Union: multi-level democracy” given by professor Luis Jimena Quesada (Department of Constitutional Law, Political and Administrative Sciences). The pre-registration is open from the 6th of June until the 8th of July in Massamagrell´s Cultural Centre

Cullera

Next Wednesday, the 15th of June, at 6.30 p.m. , the new academic year of Unisocietat 2016/2017 will be presented at the Town Auditorium in Cullera.  At this event, there will be an opening talk called “Moors on the coast. The Age of Pirats in the Mediterranean” given by professor Paula Jardón Giner (Department of Teaching and Scholastic Organisation). The registration period will end on the 23rd of June. 

Ontinyent

Next Thursday, the 16th of June, professor Jorge Ramos (Department of Contemporary History) will give a lecture titled “The eternal Israel-Palestine conflict” The only requirments that need to be fulfilled to become a student of Unisocietat is being over 30 and having the motivation to learn. Those who are interested can complete the registration process by the 27th of June in Aulari del Campus d’Ontinyent.

Quart de Poblet

The presentation event of Unisocietat at Quart de Poblet will take place on Thursday, the 16th of June. Amparo Oliver (Department of Behavioural Sciences Methodology) will give an opening lecture about aging in a healthy way. Authorities from Universitat de València and the city council of Quart de Poblet will also be present at the event. They will offer more detailed information about the Unisocietat programme.  The pre-registration period ends on the 15th of June.

Benetússer

The academic year of Unisocietat will open for the first time in Benetússer. The academic programme will be presented on next Wednesday, the 22nd of June, in salón de plenos, at Benetússer´s city council.  Apart from this, the attendees will hear a talk called “Neither crisis nor refugees” given by professor Javier de Lucas (Department of Moral and Political Legal Philosophy). Those who are interested can complete the registration process by the 27th of June at the Department of Education at Benetússer´s city council.

Requena

Next Thursday, the 23rd of June, there will be the opening of the academic year 2016/2017 of Unisocietat in Requena. At this event there will be an opening lecture by professor Enric Marco (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics) which will discuss the existence or non-existence of extra-solar planets as seen by cinematographic optics. Those interested in registration at UNISOCIETAT can pre-register between the 24th of June and the 28th of July at Servicio de Atención y Tramitación (SAT) at Requena´s city council.