The European Research Council has awarded the grants to Caterina Calsamiglia (Department of Economics and Economic History - MOVE), Iñaki Permanyer (Centre for Demographic Studies) and Albert Quintana, (Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology and the Institute of Neuroscience).
All UAB centres will be closed from 22 December 2014 to 6 January 2015 although some services will be available.
According to the QS Best Student Cities 2015, Barcelona is the 19th top city in the world for university students. Among other factors, the ranking takes into account that the city is home to the two most prestigious universities in Spain: the UAB and the UB.
The UAB has created a programme which helps disabled students and graduates find jobs. The university offers support and assessment in looking for work and acts as a liaison between candidates and job vacancies.
The UAB is one of the 15 universities and research centres which - through the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) - has saved up to 1.73 million euros in 2014, a 13% of the total electricity bill.
At less than a month, the Cursa de la UAB in support of the Marató de TV3 (on 14 December), devoted to heart diseases, already includes 500 registrations.
On 19 November, Emma Webb, head of Coursera in Europe, visited the UAB and shared opinions on the platform with professors who had offered MOOCs or were interested in participating.
Santander Universidades offers 225 research grants for lecturing and research staff and PhD students interested in working in research centres or universities of Latin America.