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The UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University – Management of Language Diversity in the Classroom, Under Debate with Expert John Edwards

Professor of psychology at St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada, John Edwards is to talk about Management of Language Diversity in the Classroom: What Teachers (and Others) Should Know on Monday, 19 October. The lecture, organised by the Linguamón-UOC Chair in Multilingualism, is to take place at the headquarters of the Catalan College of Doctors and Graduates of Philosophy and Letters (Rambla Catalunya 8) at 6pm. - October 18, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

The UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University - Research Seminar on Online Learning Conversations

Expert in learning interaction and Research Fellow at the UOC's IN3 research institute, Jakko van der Pol, offered a research seminar entitled Facilitating Online Learning Conversations. The seminar, organised by the UOC, took place on 8 October at the IN3 building (Av. del Canal Olímpic s/n, Castelldefels), from 10.30am to 12.30pm. - October 17, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

Crowdsourcing in Europe: 12designer.com Steps Forward

12designer, the online design crowdsourcing portal, is online for 8 months with an unstoppable growth that attracts public interest from mass-media. - October 15, 2009 - 12designer

Prestigious Speakers Champions to Run at the Area Level

You are warmly invited to join the Toastmasters Area Contest at the beautiful AMIC Horizonte Hotel in Mallorca, Spain. The contest will be between all the best speakers in the Area- the top 2 winners from each club are invited to compete, so a very high level of speakers will be there. - October 13, 2009 - Prestigious Speakers Toastmasters BCN

Prestigious Speakers Found Its Champions of Fun

This year again Prestigious Speakers held its Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest on Tuesday, September 29th 2009. Short, entertaining and free, a number of speakers tested their excellence in a contest to give the funniest five- to seven-minute speech or one- to two-minute impromptu... - October 13, 2009 - Prestigious Speakers Toastmasters BCN

arsys.es Offers Hybrid Exchange Email Platform

Companies can now reduce electronic communications costs without sacrificing mobility and collaboration features of Exchange. - October 08, 2009 - Arsys

Manuel Castells Receives the National Sociology and Political Science Award

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University research professor and director of the IN3, Manual Castells has received the 2008 National Sociology and Political Science Award at the Cervantes Institute. The Culture Minister, Ángeles González-Sinde, presented this award in recognition of a career of professional and academic excellence in the field of Sociology and Political Science. The jury highlighted his international projection and capacity for innovation. - October 08, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

The UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University Joins the YouTube EDU Educational Platform

The UOC has joined the YouTube EDU educational platform (http://www.youtube.com/edu), a teaching platform which provides users with content from higher education institutions. As of today, the YouTube channels of universities in seven European and Middle Eastern countries, including Spain, France, Italy and Great Britain, will be centralised and accessible on Google?s video platform. - October 08, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

A Scientific Study by a UOC Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University’s Professor Awarded the Honour Prize by the European Council for Agricultural Law

Professor in the UOC's Law and Political Science Department, Aura Esther Vilalta, has received the Honour Prize from the European Council for Agricultural Law (CEDR) for the book El Derecho de superfície: la superfície rústica [Land Law: Rustic Land]. The prize-giving ceremony took place at Queen's College, Cambridge, on 26 September. - October 08, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University's New Master's Degree in Healthcare Technology Takes Part in a Conference on the Environment in Madrid

The UOC is co-organizing the 1st Conference on the Environment and Healthcare Technology taking place on 7 October at Madrid's Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Among the different speakers taking part, there are faculty members from the UOC's Health Sciences Area, including its director, José Esteban. The UOC's new master's degree in Healthcare Technology Planning and Management is to be presented during the event. - October 08, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

The UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University - Hosted the Inauguration of the Academic Year 2009-2010 for the Catalan University System

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University hosted the inauguration ceremony for the academic year 2009-2010 for the Catalan university system on Friday, 18 September. - September 25, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

Prestigious Speakers Toastmasters to Find Funniest Speech

Listening to a bunch of speeches hardly sounds like fun, unless it's at their Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest going on Tuesday September 29th 2009 at Prestigious Speakers. - September 25, 2009 - Prestigious Speakers Toastmasters BCN

The UOC - Open University of Catalonia’s eLearn Center Welcomes the First International Researchers

The UOC's eLearn Center, the first e-learning research and innovation centre in Spain and one of the few in Europe, is already welcoming its first international researchers. Inaugurated last February, the centre now has around one hundred members, including university faculty, researchers and management personnel. Seven research groups also form part of the centre: Net2learn, Capacitació digital (Digital Literacy), EDUS, EduL@b, Laboratori del Nou Turisme (New Tourism Lab), LabTM and Museia. - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University’s New Academic Year Begins with 38,000 Students and New Look Virtual Campus

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University starts new semester with 38,904 students. - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University Promotes a Project to Offer Contents to Everyone Without Restrictions

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University offers content to everyone - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University Receives an Award in California from the World’s Leading Learning Technologies Organizations

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University receives the Center of Excellence Award. - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

The UOC - Universitat Oberta De Catalunya - the Global Online University - Presents the Master’s Degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies in Paris

UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - the Global Online University presents new international master’s degree. - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - the Global Online University Pilot Course on Facebook to Assess Its Potential for Teaching

UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University pilot course on Facebook will begin in October - September 24, 2009 - UOC - Open University of Catalonia

The Ten Best European Hotels for Wine Lovers Selected by Users & ExperienciasyMas Travel Experts

ExperienciasyMas has announced winners of the 2009 Wine Hotel Awards, given to the ten best wine hotels and wine cellar hotels in southern Europe. Hotels nestled among vineyards and offering wine tastings, visits to cellars, winetheraphy treatments.... - September 21, 2009 - ExperienciasyMas

La Vuelta Sponsors williamhill.com, Fear €1 Million Valverde Payout

Europe's leading on-line gaming and sportsbook website williamhill.com fear that Alejandro Valverde could cost them a €1 million payout. The local rider is now the odds on favourite to win the Vuelta A Espana cycling race. The event finishes on Sunday in Madrid and the Spanish rider currently leads the race by 31 seconds from the Dutch rider Robert Gesink. - September 16, 2009 - williamhill.com

It's "Out with the Old, in with the New" with the Recently Renovated CitySiesta Website

CitySiesta apartment rentals offers new treats for travelers and a fresh new image. - September 13, 2009 - CitySiesta

Free Lanzarote Guidebook Out Now

Visitors to the popular holiday island of Lanzarote can now get their hands on a comprehensive Guidebook to the island - entirely free of charge. - September 12, 2009 - Lanzarote Guidebook

CEOWORLD Magazine Launched 1st September 2009 Its Digital Monthly Edition on Business and Technology

CEOWORLD magazine one of the popular, most trusted information resources for the world’s business leaders announces the launch of digital monthly version of its magazine. The inaugural edition available in September and will have an initial readership of 65,000 subscribers, a unique... - September 04, 2009 - CEOWORLD Magazine

travel CAR HIRE: Car Hire in Madrid and Barcelona, in Times of Crisis

The summer season will be flowing smoothly, this is what all signs have indicated. Instead, the consequences of the crisis do not seem to affect the sector of car hire in Madrid, Barcelona or other touristic places in Spain . - August 27, 2009 - travel CAR HIRE

Stockholm, Granada & Edinburgh Are the New Cities on Budgetplaces.com

The Barcelona based on-line booking portal for budget accommodation reaches 24 destination cities – Budgetplaces.com offers hotels, hostels, apartments and b&bs from €30 pppn in Stockholm, Granada and Edinburgh – Budgetplaces.com is featured in Spanish business paper “El Economista.” - August 15, 2009 - budgetplaces.com - EnGrande S.L.

Arsys Opens New Data Center in Spain

Air conditioning's energy consumption will be reduced by 40% - July 30, 2009 - Arsys

Latest Web Technology Available at the Auction Market

phpAuction launches its new software: enuuk Auction platform. Now offering its customers an opportunity to evolve to a high quality web development with latest IT trends with in an affordable price for the online auction market. With 10 years of experience in the auction market, phpAuction has... - July 24, 2009 - phpAuction

As Property Related Businesses Struggle on the Costa del Sol? – This New Business is Optimistic

What may appear to be a somewhat foolhardy time to set up a new building company in a region of Spain seriously feeling the impact of the global economic downturn on its property market may not be as crazy as it sounds. With property related businesses struggling to survive and nearly half a million coastal new build holiday homes sitting on the market, according to Spanish financial daily Expansion, why do Blueray think they make sense? - July 23, 2009 - Blueray Design & Build S.L.

FXstreet.com Launches Its Technical Forex News Feed to the Global Forex Community

The 100% Forex News of FXstreet.com, the leading Forex website, can now be integrated in any information website or broker's currencies platform. On launch, the yearly contract is offered at the special discount rate of 450€/month. - July 23, 2009 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.

Enjoy a Spanish Course with Chocolate and Churros

Enjoy churros with chocolate while you practice your Spanish with other Institute Hemingway students. - July 18, 2009 - Instituto Hemingway

Destination Tenerife Releases Latest Tenerife Offer

DestinationTenerife.com, a long time tourist information site, recently released details of their latest holiday offer. - July 09, 2009 - Destination Tenerife

IBYS Technologies Becomes ETSI “Full Member”

Ibys Technologies, a Spanish independent provider of End-to-end “Quality of Service” (QoS) Testing, Performance and Monitoring Solutions, announces its success in the application to become an ETSI “Full Member,” effective 7 April 2009. - July 04, 2009 - Ibys Technologies

Fluendo Launches the Long Awaited DVD Player for Linux, a Global Solution Built on GStreamer Multimedia Framework

Fluendo S.A. is pleased to announce the release of its new DVD Player, a global solution specially suited for GStreamer framework and Linux platforms. - July 03, 2009 - Fluendo S.A.

A New Parking Area for Hotel Balneario De Archena

Balneario de Archena has opened a new parking space, this “new clients parking” offers space for 414 cars. - July 01, 2009 - Balneario De Archena

FXstreet.com International Traders Conference to be Held in Barcelona - October 14-16, 2009

FXstreet.com, the leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, presents its third conference, the International Traders Conference (ITC), which will be held on October 14-16, 2009 in Barcelona (Spain). - July 01, 2009 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.

Lanzarote Guidebook - Free Summer Edition Out Now

Anyone planning a holiday in Lanzarote this summer can download a comprehensive 96 page guide to the island - entirely free of charge. - June 24, 2009 - Lanzarote Guidebook

New Website Launches to Help Reduce Fatalities at the Running of the Bulls in Spain

Technology Joins Tradition: Spanish media group launches the first website in English to facilitate multimedia communication (utilizing social networks like Facebook and Twitter) between experienced bull runners and novices about running with the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. - June 20, 2009 - BullRunning.com

Car Hire Murcia – VictoriaCars Announces Shortage for It’s Car Hire Murcia Airport Branch

Car rental company VictoriaCars from Spain foresees shortage on rental cars at it’s main Mediterranean airports for summer 2009. - June 18, 2009 - VictoriaCars

Solid Quality Mentors Says ‘Namaste, India’ as It Opens Operations in Mumbai

Solid Quality India Pvt Ltd—providing specialized services and training in database architecture, development, management, and business intelligence (BI) on the Microsoft Data Platform—will initially serve the needs of markets in India and Sri Lanka and will collaborate with different subsidiaries to serve other regions, in particular Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. - June 14, 2009 - Solid Quality Mentors

Car Hire Madrid – the New Car Rental Branch of VictoriaCars in Spain

VictoriaCars announces the opening of its new airport office at Madrid airport Barajas. The opening coincides with the company’s philosophy of national expansion defying the current economic climate in Spain. - June 11, 2009 - VictoriaCars

Work Placements with European Internships (in Association with Instituto Hemingway)

European Internships and Instituto Hemingway are working together to bring you the best work placements availble. - June 06, 2009 - Instituto Hemingway

Instituto Hemingway Offers Internship for German Law Students

Why not boost your CV with an internship in Spain? - June 06, 2009 - Instituto Hemingway

Art After Dark - Instituto Hemingway Encourages Students Experience the Guggenheim in a Different Way; When the Lights Go Out

The Guggenheim museum will open its doors from 10pm until 1am on the first Friday every month to give people the chance to visit the exhibitions whilst enjoying music from some of the best known international DJs. This event aims to attract younger people to the museum and give them the chance to... - June 05, 2009 - Instituto Hemingway