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360upf, 10 issues of the Pompeu Fabra University magazine
The first issue of 360upf, Pompeu Fabra University’s new institutional magazine, hit the digital newsstands in October 2017, to report on the latest developments in UPF’s activity. It abandoned the hard-copy format of its predecessor, the magazine UPF.EDU, in favour of a more innovative one with the aim of becoming a tool for disseminating the university’s knowledge.
In the first issue, the one marking the change in format, we explained the five main reasons for the new magazine thusly:
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Because the multimedia format allows us to enrich the content with videos, audio archives, photo galleries and interactive features, amongst other things.
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Because abandoning the paper format helps reduce the university’s environmental footprint, associated with the production and distribution costs, and, thus, contributes to environmental sustainability.
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Because doing the magazine online eliminates borders and allows for a more personalized distribution, making it easier to reach more people all over the world and to cater to each reader’s interests.
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Because the new dynamics of content consumption, especially amongst young people, show that people are increasingly getting their news from native digital media. UPF will thus bridge the gap with its audiences.
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Because the university wants to play an important role in society and lead innovation in communication in the field of higher education.
Ten issues later, we have covered such varied subjects as the transdisciplinary model of responsible research and innovation, the Planetary Wellbeing concept, gender equality, Covid, culture, EDvolution or artificial intelligence.
We still have far to go and many topics to explore. The journal’s entire team is working issue after issue to narrow the gap between the university and society as much as possible, incorporating internal and, also, external viewpoints.
It is in this line of continuous improvement that we routinely ask readers for suggestions and proposals to make the publication as enjoyable as possible. You can send them to [email protected].
If you have missed any of the previous issues published to date, you can follow the links below to retrieve and read them.
The issues one to ten
Committed to society
Number 1 - October 2017Research and innovation are essential drivers of progress and social welfare, but they are not exempt from creating new risks and ethical dilemmas that affect us all...
Barcelona and UPF: a Symbiotic Relationship that Feeds on Progress
Number 2 - May 2018Pompeu Fabra is a public and modern university with three campuses, all located in the centre of the city of Barcelona. The strong drive of the first rector, Enric Argullol, to create an urban institution implied returning to a more traditional university model, in line with that of continental Europe, and locating the university in the middle of the city...
UPF looks to become a world leader in defence of the concept of Planetary Wellbeing
Number 3 - October 2018UPF is launching an ambitious international programme to generate and transmit new knowledge related to the notion of Planetary Wellbeing...
University and gender equality: commitment to social transformation
Number 4 - May 2019The #MeToo movement, started in the United States to denounce situations of sexual assault or abuse of women, or the #onsónlesdones (#wherearethewomen) campaign, launched in Catalonia to denounce women’s invisibility in public opinion forums such as the media, are two of the most recent phenomena to underscore current gender problems...
Society evolves, and so do universities
Number 5 - Setember 2019UPF is working to define its own education model to respond to these new knowledge and learning challenges, a model that reflects its singularity as an educational institution and addresses the needs of tomorrow’s professionals, companies and social agents...
An unexpected shock
Number 6 - May 2020Nobody predicted the magnitude of everything that has happened. Less than 90 days went by from the detection of the first case of Covid-19 in the world, in mid-December, to the closure of the campuses at UPF and the other Catalan universities on 13 March. Less than three months for a virus initially viewed as not particularly aggressive to spread unchecked around the planet, forcing billions into lockdown...
The internationalization of higher education, under debate
Number 7 - October 2020For some time now, since well before the emergence of Covid-19, universities and international organizations have been reflecting on how the internationalization of higher education should evolve. At the 2017 Gothenburg Summit, the European Council noted that the education landscape was rapidly changing and laid the groundwork for the creation of future ‘European Universities’...
The University as a focus of culture
Number 8 - June 2021One of UPF’s founding characteristics is its respect for and devotion to cultural values and humanism. This distinctive trait, which has been nurtured and strengthened by each new governing team, has naturally given rise to the ambitious UPF Culture Programme, which includes the impressive historical heritage accumulated to date and adds a new twist to further promote it amongst the university community...
Firmly committed to artificial intelligence (AI)
Number 9 - October 2021Although the goal of endowing machines with human-like intelligence has been around for more than half a century, it was not until the last decade that we have witnessed a real boom in applications, due to improvements in neural networks, advances in supercomputing, and the availability of big data...
Knowledge transfer: a key strategic line for the coming years
Pompeu Fabra University is a public university. One of its main missions – in addition to promoting quality teaching and top-level research – is for the knowledge it generates to directly benefit society in order to boost our country’s competitiveness and enhance the population’s wellbeing.
To this end, through the creation of the brand new Office of the Vice-rector for Knowledge Transfer, the university is promoting a specific plan of measures to strengthen knowledge transfer to society. The measures are grouped into four main areas: valorizing research transfer; fostering entrepreneurship; connecting private- and public-sector players with the university; and promoting knowledge dissemination.