elButlletí

A quarterly publication of AQU Catalunya

Number 120 . January 2026

Segueix-nos al nostre canal de twitter
Segueix-nos al nostre canal de YouTube

Editorial

The importance of a preposition. Why the staff model at Catalan universities must be preserved

Francesc Xavier Grau, president of AQU Catalunya

The data show that the SUC is a strong university system within the overall Spanish system: it attracts students, researchers and teaching staff, it is open by nature and it is the most internationally competitive of all Spanish university systems.

Article

Assessment of tenure-eligible lecturers: a key step for academic careers

Esteve Arboix Codina, head of the Assessment of Teaching Staff and Research Department with AQU Catalunya

This initiative aims to guide and recognise the academic development of teaching staff who are in an intermediate stage of their professional career, and provides important information about their educational activities, research, and knowledge transfer.

Article

Teaching assessment manuals: A new era

Esteve Arboix Codina, head of the Assessment of Teaching Staff and Research Department with AQU Catalunya

The approval of the Organic Law on the University System (LOSU, 2023) has involved a substantial change in the model for teaching staff accreditation. In the new regulatory framework, the teaching dimension must be present in the evaluation and, therefore, must be incorporated into the accreditations of all teaching staff figures.

Opinion

Formative assessment: The key to prepared, stable teaching staff

Miquel Soriano Ibáñez, Miquel Soriano, Director General of Universities of the Generalitat de Catalunya

The General Directorate of Universities (DGU) sees this reform as an opportunity to boost academic careers and expand universities’ capacity to attract new profiles.

Most outstanding news

AQU Catalunya guarantees equality and work–life balance in the evaluation of teaching and research staff

Coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it has been one year since the agreement of the Research Assessment Commission to guarantee equal evaluation for the men and women who make up the teaching and research staff of Catalan universities.

Around thirty students participate in AQU Catalunya’s course on university quality assurance

The workshop, organized in collaboration with CEUCAT, aimed to train students to participate in the internal quality assurance processes of universities and in AQU Catalunya’s external evaluation processes.

AQU Catalunya Launches Large-Scale Survey to Assess Graduate Employment in Catalonia

Nearly 100,000 individuals who completed their university and higher arts studies three years ago will receive the survey, which will help improve bachelor’s and master’s programmes in the Catalan university system and allow future students to make study choices based on publicly available data.

Over 400 People Register for the REMOTE Project Webinar on the Challenges of Online Assessment

The session, conducted entirely in English, focused on presenting the guidelines developed within the project and offered recommendations for improving online and hybrid degree programmes.

AQU Catalunya Introduces the New Version of the EUC Informes Portal

The page, now integrated into EUC Estudis, simplifies the search for quality evaluation reports through a search tool with advanced filtering capabilities.

See all

AQU recommendations

Adopting AI that serves the needs and values of universities · European University Association
Declaració conjunta UE–Regne Unit sobre la reincorporarà a Erasmus+ · European Commission

Legal notice
Accessibility statement
Contact us
e-newsletter
Unsubscribe

Legal notice
Accessibility statement
Contact us
e-newsletter
Unsubscribe