UOC Rural Network

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The UOC's contribution to the current challenges facing rural areas

A path to walk together

The UOC Rural Network is focused on co-creation and knowledge transfer, working to facilitate processes of positive change, redress regional imbalances, promote unity and empower rural areas.

17% of our community lives in rural areas.

Women represent 62% of the UOC community in rural areas.

Research and knowledge transfer UOC Rural Network

Grants for people living in rural areas of the Tarragona region

10 partial grants of €1,000 are hereby announced for any Bachelor's or Master's degree programme at the UOC during the first and second semesters of the 2024-2025 academic year, in accordance with the following rules.

UOC involved in creating smart routes to ensure all rural areas have access to healthcare

The researchers used routing algorithms to increase the efficiency of healthcare professionals' journeys in areas located more than 45 minutes from a primary medical care centre on foot or by bicycle

The UOC doubles rural grants

Call for 200 rural grants is now open, double the number of the previous call, due to high demand

UOC Rural grants

These grants are awarded to people living in municipalities with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants in order to facilitate their access to higher education. This helps to reduce regional inequalities and makes it easier for people to develop their personal and professional projects in rural areas.

UOC Rural Best Final Project Awards

These awards recognize outstanding bachelor's and master's degree final projects that highlight the importance of the rural world and confront the challenges it faces today.

Internships in rural areas

The Odisseu internship grants are designed to promote paid internships in companies located in rural municipalities. The aim is to increase the competitiveness of businesses and at the same time encourage people to return to and settle in rural communities.

Impact of UOC education on rural areas

We want to know to what extent and in what ways UOC education and research are responding to the challenges of today's rural realities, bridging the regional divide and redressing the socioeconomic and environmental inequalities that this entails.

ConectArt-e

ConectArt-e aims to promote a symbiosis between contemporary cultural and artistic creation and regenerative tourism as social, economic and cultural activities committed to sustainability and regional development.

Exploratory study on housing in rural areas

This exploratory study draws on evidence from specific municipalities to characterize housing in the rural world. It also examines the influence of the socioeconomic environment, assesses the effectiveness of the regulatory framework, and identifies private action and activism initiatives in the area of rural housing.

UOC Rural Research Network

La práctica artística en el contexto rural: retos y oportunidades

Artistic practice in the rural context: challenges and opportunities

Amparo Moroño and Sira Pizà, lecturers on the Bachelor of Arts at the UOC, reflect on the creative process and artistic projects in rural areas.

Rural entrepreneurship, an alternative with a future

Xavier Ferré and Albert Pujol are two entrepreneurs who don't want to give up living in a rural environment. With their projects, in addition to fulfilling their dream, they contribute to transforming their environment and creating opportunities thanks to technology.

At the UOC we are very committed to creating

a strong network capable of promoting processes of positive transformation in the rural world.

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