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About the UOC
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Resources for journalists

Department of Communication - Press
Av. Tibidabo 39-43
08035 Barcelona
gpremsa(@)uoc.edu

Phone: 93 253 23 00
Fax: 93 417 51 29
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Director of Communications

Eric Hauck
ehauck(a)uoc.edu

Press Office

Ester Medico (Press Office Manager)
emedico(a)uoc.edu

Anna Torres Garrote
atorresgar(a)uoc.edu

Jose Manuel Medina Casquet
josemedina(a)uoc.edu

Open resources

UOC press pack

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General information on the University, its origins, and educational and research model, as well as much on how the University works.

RSS
Channels that can be added to news aggregators to get information in real time:


UOC Flickr account
All the photographs made openly available by the University.

YouTube channel
Interviews with the figures who visit the UOC or reports on institutional and academic events organised by the University.

Other web 2.0 resources
The University is present on Twitter, Facebook and Del.icio.us, among others.

Academic publications and websites
The University’s channels for knowledge dissemination.

Requests for resources

The Press Service from the UOC’s Communications Department can respond to journalists’ and communications professionals’ requests with a range of resources:

  • Specific information and data on the UOC’s activities, such as institutional and academic events, student profiles, etc.;
  • Personalised press release service and calls to press conferences by subject matter and location;
  • Contact with members of the Governing Council and faculty, researchers and experts working at the University, for interviews, reports, articles, talks, etc.;
  • Photographs and images from specific events or other areas that are not openly available from the Flickr account;
  • Video and audio recordings from the different events organised by the University.
Experts in information and communication technologies
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The UOC has researchers and managers able to advise and respond to journalists on subjects and areas of research such as:

  • Wireless network security and cryptography, software engineering, collaborative learning systems;
  • Digital culture and literature;
  • Internet rights, data protection, intellectual property;
  • Democracy and e-administration;
  • Distance learning for universities and schools, virtual learning environments, introduction of ICTs in the education system;
  • Economic and business transformations linked to ICTs;
  • Health psychology in the information society.
UOC faculty from different knowledge areas
See also Other research at the UOC >>

The University also has faculty who are experts in a range of subject areas, reflecting the training on offer:

 

  • Information and Communication Sciences (Audiovisual Communication, Information and Communication Sciences, Advertising and Public Relations);
  • Law and Political Science;
  • Languages and Cultures (Catalan Language and Literature, Languages, East Asian Studies);
  • Multilingualism and Minority Languages;
  • Humanities;
  • Psychology and Educational Sciences (Psychology, Educational Psychology, Education and ICTs);
  • Economics and Business Studies (Business Sciences, Business Administration and Management, Labour Sciences, Tourism, Market Research and Techniques);
  • IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications (Free Software, Systems and Management IT, Telecommunications, Multimedia Studies, Multimedia and Communication);
  • City Management and Urban Planning;
  • Health Sciences (Telemedicine);
  • Global Business Management;
  • Cooperation;
  • Food Systems and Society;
  • The Arab and Islamic World.