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Call for the Serra Húnter Programme 2020 now open
The UAB opens its selection process for tenure-eligible lecturer and researcher positions under a new call for the Serra Húnter Programme which will be open until 10 September.
On campus services available during August
During the month of August, UAB campus services will have special opening hours and some will close for a short period. All work that can be done remotely or online will be given priority in all those areas in which presence is not mandatory.
The UAB top fifth university in veterinary medicine according to Shanghai world ranking
The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020, the ARWU's classification per subjects, places the UAB in 5th position worldwide in the subject of veterinary madecine, three positions ahead of last year's score.
Second semester evaluation questionnaires
The 2019/20 second semester evaluation questionnaires corresponding to the evaluation of distance teaching and of the tools and facilitites used during the covid-19 crisis are now available. Both questionnaires can be answered until 17 July.
Interview to the winner of the UAB Jocs Florals!
Santo Astorino is the winner of the UAB Jocs Florals. He won with the poem “El mundo enfermo” (The Sick World), inspired by the lockdown we are experiencing. In his second Erasmus in Barcelona, he gave an interview to talk about how he is living this situation and the price he has been recently awarded as the winner of the contest.
First database on the Imjin War now available
ICREA researcher at the UAB Rebekah Clements has coordinated the launch of the first online database of the Imjin War, the largest war fought in the 16th century. This resource aims to be of great value to researchers specialising in the history of East Asia.
The UAB celebrates a new edition of the “Four Minute Thesis” competition
The competition will begin on 4 June at 10 a.m. at the UAB YouTube. The event will be streamed live and will consist in ten PhD students who will have a maximum of four minutes to defend their thesis. At the end of the competition the jury will select the two best thesis and all those attending will be able to vote for the thesis they liked best.
Age and family structure affect vulnerability to COVID-19
According to a study by the UAB Centre for Demographic Studies, vulnerability to COVID-19 in Spanish provinces is due to the larger or smaller proportion of younger and older people, and to cohabitation patterns. Although only 14% of the population under 65 lives with the elderly, these could transmit more than half of the contagions occuring within the home.