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GASTROEDUCATION The second annual Gastroeducation: International Conference on Education in Gastronomy will be held on November 9 2021·11·02
The conference, whose main theme will be What is the chef of the future like?, will begin at 4:00 p.m. and will be held online
JOB OFFERING The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences seeks to hire a person to work in Techno-Pedagogical Consultancy 2021·10·28
The successful candidate will be responsible in particular for managing the academic platform Moodle: content management, computer assistance, consultancy, etc. CVs must be submitted by November 8.
SOLIDARITY The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences will collect food for the NGO Zaporeak under the slogan “A meal for refugees, a book for you!” 2021·10·27
To celebrate International Library Day on October 24, the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University and the NGO Zaporeak will promote a solidarity project: A meal for refugees, a book for you! The food collected will be distributed to refugees arriving in Europe. The NGO Zaporeak is currently working in two major areas: offering decent food to refugees arriving in Europe and cooking in refugee camps in Greece to improve the living conditions of the people trapped there. Every day Zaporeak feeds more than 2,000 people. Food to be collected in this campaign: Penne pasta. Long-grain rice. Tea. Beans. Chickpeas. Oil. Spices: cumin, curry, white pepper, black pepper, turmeric and cinnamon. Photo, from left to right: Alex Arellano, Zaporeak technician; Helena Ruiz de Azua, head of communication at Zaporeak and Amaia Torrealday, head of the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences.
Education ‘Conexão Mundo’ training program opens; the program is aimed at education professionals from Brazil 2021·10·25
60 professionals in education will participate in three expert degree programs in Gastronomy and Hospitality Management, the Environment and Energy, and Cooperative Education.
LIT MASTER’S DEGREE Graphic designer Lara Larrañaga will teach a webinar on “Graphic Facilitation” on November 11 2021·10·25
The webinar will start at 6:00 p.m. The talk is presented as one of the events organized by the Master’s Degree program in Learning Facilitation and Innovation.
DISTRIBUTION OF GRADUATION PHOTOGRAPHS The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences has distributed graduation photographs to the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 graduating classes 2021·10·25
The distribution ceremony, which had been delayed due to the pandemic, took place in the Amaia Theater in Arrasate; approximately 400 people were present for each event.
NEW SERVICE The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences has launched its new Psychological Care Service 2021·10·21
The new service is free and is aimed at Faculty students and staff. The service will be preventive and will be managed by chartered professionals in psychology and psychotherapy.
Koopfabrika Plans presented for the sixth year of the KoopFabrika project 2021·10·20
The program promotes a transformative social economy and social entrepreneurship. The presentation ceremony took place at Teila Fabrika in Donostia.
AGREEMENT Mondragon University, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Deusto and Arantzazulab come together to jointly develop an innovative laboratory research space 2021·10·15
Through a collaboration agreement signed between Arantzazulab and the three universities, these institutions will jointly undertake research work and other activities in order to become an exemplary center in strategic laboratory areas.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences seeks someone to work in Academic Services 2021·10·13
Resumés will be accepted until October 22.
AGREEMENT Arantzazulab and Mondragon University will sign a collaboration agreement on October 15 2021·10·09
The event will be held at the Gandiaga de Arantzazu conference center, where representatives from three Basque universities will meet. Nagore Ipiña, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, will represent Mondragon University at the event.
CLO Online information meeting about the Specialist Diploma in Chief Learning Officer (CLO) on October 19 2021·10·06
The presentation will be given by professor Agurtzane Martinez. Registration for the event is now open.
INTERVIEW Itziar Garcia: “As we properly select and use knowledge previously acquired to respond effectively to different situations in life, we become more and more competent.” 2021·10·06
Itziar García, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences researcher, defended her international dissertation on July 22 on the Eskoriatza campus. The work, entitled “Students’ Digital Competence: Basque Secondary School Students’ Digital Competence Development Through Eki Educational Resource” earned the designation of Very Good. We spoke with the researcher about her dissertation.
COOPERATION Colombian representatives visit the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences as part of their training experience in the Basque Country 2021·10·05
The representatives are participants in a training program created by the LANKI Institute of Cooperative Research and the Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies of the University of the Basque Country as a result of the peace process initiated in Colombia in 2017. The program seeks to help former guerrilla combatants to reincorporate.
COOPERATIVISM Expert Course in Cooperative Development: 14 years revitalizing cooperativism 2021·10·04
This exemplary course begins on October 8. It is run by the LANKI Institute of Cooperative Research of Mondragon University’s Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences in conjunction with Mondragon’s Otalora Center for Management and Cooperative Development.
Education Beginning in January, two new specializations will be available for Education graduates: Psychomotricity, and Hearing and Language 2021·10·03
These specializations will be offered in the hybrid format, with both online classes and in-person meetings on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. The classes will run from January to June.
STEMotiv project STEMotiv: a project to promote motivation in STEM subjects among Compulsory Secondary Education students 2021·09·29
For this project, Ikaslan Gipuzkoa and Vicomtech joined together with researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University.
READING GUIDE A new reading guide of recommended books in Basque for children and young people has been published 2021·09·29
The 2019-2020 guide analyzes and classifies 343 works written in Basque.
CLO Registration open for the innovative diploma in Chief Learning Officer (CLO) 2021·09·28
Several webinars and information events will take place in October. The course will begin on November 15.
LIT MASTER’S DEGREE The Master’s Degree program in Learning Facilitation and Innovation (Lit) opened at Azala with its third graduating class 2021·09·27
The Master’s degree program opened with a workshop held in the Azala creation space in Alava. The entering class will be the third graduating class in this program.
COVID More than 80% of Mondragon University undergraduates and Master’s students have started the academic year with 100% in-person classes, and the remaining 20% will join them beginning on 2021·09·24
The Department of Education has decided to return to in-person classes in the Basque university system.
Presentation “Young people move!” contest, promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, presented on the Aretxabaleta campus 2021·09·23
Provincial Deputy of Mobility and Territorial Planning Rafaela Romero, Director of the Territorial Transport Authority of Gipuzkoa Eluska Renedo-Illarregi, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University Nagore Ipiña took part in the presentation ceremony.
Ranking Mondragon University among the 10 best universities in Spain at U-Multirank 2021·09·23
U-Multirank is considered the largest and most detailed university ranking in the world
MCOOP MASTER’S DEGREE The Master’s Degree program in Cooperative Enterprise and Social Business Management will offer the possibility of a paid internship 2021·09·20
The person selected for the internship must have officially registered for the first year of the Master’s degree program.
INTERVIEW Eider Salegi: “The person who has developed the sensitive view believes in the capabilities of the child” 2021·09·15
The dissertation “Irakaslearen begirada sentikorraren eraikuntza” (“Creating the teacher’s sensitive view”), defended by Eider Salegi on the Eskoriatza campus last July, earned the cum laude designation. We spoke with the author about her research.
OPENING OF THE 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR This year the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences will have 373 new degree students 2021·09·13
Beginning this year, a new specialization will be taught as part of the degree program in Primary Education: Digital Innovation. Courses for this specialization will be taught at Bilbao AS Fabrik.
Oferta de empleo El grado de Comunicación Audiovisual necesita contratar una persona del campo de la animación 3D 2021·09·10
La Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación necesita contratar un docente para el área de animación y 3D para trabajar en noviembre. Se recogerán curriculums hasta el 20 de septiembre.
OFERTAS DE TRABAJO La Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación necesita contratar dos personas para el curso 2021-2022 2021·09·08
La Facultad necesita contratar dos personas del ámbito de la didáctica de las ciencias y las matemáticas y de la tecnología. Se recogerán curriculums hasta el 17 de septiembre.
PRIMARY EDUCATION Inauguration of the new Digital Innovation specialization at Bilbao AS Fabrik on September 14 2021·09·07
The event, entitled “Digitalization in education: drawing the path of the future” will be held at Bilbao AS Fabrik and the round table will be streamed.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Paula Alvarez: “The first step in developing an innovative mentality is to understand that we are able to generate new ideas” 2021·09·06
The international dissertation “Exploring student perceptions towards innovation in relation to the academic and social context,” defended by Paula Avarez on the Eskoriatza campus last July, earned the cum laude designation. We spoke with the author about her research.