La Universidad de Alicante participa en el proyecto Europeo "Erradicación del uso del castigo físico sobre los niños en las familias y las instituciones", cuyo objetivo es contribuir a la erradicación del castigo físico en menores mediante la elaboración de programas, materiales de sensibilización y materiales formativos dirigidos a padres y profesionales del sector social y escolar, relacionados con métodos alternativos al castigo físico.
Saturday 4th February is World Cancer Day. This disease is a major cause of mortality worldwide. At the University of Alicante, we want to remember this day with the spot recorded by our female football team, which shows a true story of overcoming the disease.
Once UNESCO's Director-General, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, opens the the lecture series on Capitalism and Alternatives at the University of Alicante. It is a forum for reflection where outstanding experts such as Miren Etxezerreta, Monica Frassoni, Josep Fontana and Salvador Giner will participate and analyze the possible solutions for the capitalist system and asses their consequences in both the political and social scope.
The University of Alicante's Governing Council has unanimously approved today the award of the Gold Medal posthumously to Balbino Mancheño, who was the Director of the Science Park and Dean of the Faculty of Science for eight years.
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Linda Darling-Hammond and Gloria Ladson-Billings have been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Alicante to mark Saint Thomas Aquinas Festival
The black foxes appeared recently in the Sierra de Mariola have arisen from a mutation, as a study at the University of Alicante has shown. However, it rules out that they constitute a distinct sub-species of the common red fox, or even another species.
The University of Alicante's Auditorium hosted the 2012 Graduation Events of the Faculty of Economics and Business, on Thursday, 19th and Friday. 20th January with a total of 1,027 students who have completed their studies in the graduate programmes taught at this centre.
The Higher Polytecnic College of the University of Alicante has celebrated the graduation ceremony of the academic year 2011/2012, in which the Director-General for Universities, José Miguel Saval, gave the keynote speech.
The Spanish Olympic Beach Volleyball Team has selected the University of Alicante as the place of preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games for two reasons: the facilities with which it is gifted and the scientific work being done by the UA Faculty of Education's team of Physical Activities and Sports Sciences along with the Sports Office.
