- UAB Microcredential
- Code: 5173/101
- 101th edition
- Modality: Blended
- Credits: 3 ECTS
- Start date: 12/01/2026
- Finish date: 06/03/2026
- Places: 50
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 360 €
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Special price 108 €
Group of application: Amount with the NextGenerationUE Fund discount applied
- Teaching language: Spanish
- Location: Facultat de Traducció i Interpretació (UAB)
Misinformation has become one of the main challenges of our time. It affects the quality of public debate, erodes trust in the media and institutions, and has serious consequences in sensitive areas such as politics, health, the environment, or migration. In a digital ecosystem where anyone can disseminate content and where falsehoods often spread faster than verified facts, learning to verify information is not just a professional tool but a civic responsibility. This course is designed for journalists, communicators, educators, and citizens who want to acquire practical and methodological skills to combat misinformation with journalistic rigor. Taking it with UAB, a leading university in the field of communication, and Verificat, a pioneering fact-checking entity in Catalonia, ensures quality training connected to current challenges.
- Digital verification methodologies and tools
- Data analysis
- Verification in the political sphere
- Environmental data verification
- Disinformation and hate speech
- Newsrooms (especially in sections of politics, society, or the environment)
- Verification and fact-checking teams in media outlets
- Institutional communication and reputation management projects
- Communication areas in NGOs and social entities
- Media literacy and digital education programs
- Consultancies specialized in digital content and misinformation This training also strengthens the profile of professionals who wish to incorporate verification practices in teaching, research, or the production of critical and reliable content.
Contents
- Disinformation and verification journalism: foundations and context- Digital verification methodologies and tools
- Data analysis
- Verification in the political sphere
- Environmental data verification
- Disinformation and hate speech
Career opportunities
Participants will be able to apply the acquired competencies in various professional fields, such as:- Newsrooms (especially in sections of politics, society, or the environment)
- Verification and fact-checking teams in media outlets
- Institutional communication and reputation management projects
- Communication areas in NGOs and social entities
- Media literacy and digital education programs
- Consultancies specialized in digital content and misinformation This training also strengthens the profile of professionals who wish to incorporate verification practices in teaching, research, or the production of critical and reliable content.
Scholarships and financial aid
Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.
Coordinating centres
Escuela de Formación Permanente
Collaborating centres
VERIFICAT
Contact
Santiago Giraldo Luque
Phone: 664349487