INTERNATIONAL STAFF AND TEACHING WEEK. Promoting Internationalization at Home. 17-21 APRIL 2023.

In joint training sessions (teachers + IRO staff) you will be familiarized with the concept of I@H, learn different instruments and activities to enhance international and intercultural skills at home and discuss best practices to establish I@H at your home university. Additionally, you will take part in the following activities. 

If you are a teacher: You will deliver academic sessions to UPSA students and teachers and have the opportunity to connect with international teachers of the same research area.

If you are IRO staff: You will participate in a workshop dealing with the latest developments in international higher education. 

All participants are welcome to join the social and cultural activities organized specially for this event. 

English language proficiency is required to participate in the training sessions on I@H.

Brochure International Staff and Teaching Week UPSA
 

Preliminary programme

Registration fee: 50 EUR
 

Optional:
Joint dinner on Wednesday: 30 EUR per participant
Trip to Ávila: 50 EUR per participant

Application deadline: 28 February 2023
Communication of acceptance: 17 March 2023

To cover the costs of transportation, accommodation and meals, you can request funding from your home university. Teachers and staff whose home institution is located in a programme country of the Erasmus+ programme can apply for an Erasmus+ mobility funding at their home institution.

Application for TEACHERS. Apply here
Academic sessions should focus thematically on the study programmes of our participating faculties:
- Education and Sport training
- Communication and Marketing
- Technology and Computer Sciences
- Philosophy

Study programmes at UPSA

You can find an overview of all study programmes offered at UPSA here.

Teaching format: Conference or workshop format. Each lecturer is expected to teach 4 hours during the week and to take part in the training activity to meet the Erasmus+ funding requirements

Language of instruction: English or Spanish

Application documents: Lecture proposal, research profile (max. 500 words). 

Please also include your ideas and interests regarding future cooperation projects in the application form.

Application for IRO STAFF. Apply here
The main objective of the workshop dedicated to IRO staff is to discuss the latest developments in international education and to offer participants the opportunity to exchange best practices.
Please propose one to three topics that you would like to discuss during the workshop in the application form and indicate your ideas and interests regarding future cooperation projects.
Working language: English

The Pontifical University of Salamanca has its roots in the 13th century, when the collaboration between the Pope and the King gave rise to an institution capable of bringing together knowledge about man, society, nature, history and God. The UPSA was founded in 1940 to restore the faculties of Theology and Canons, excluded from Spanish university classrooms in
1852. Today it is one of the best universities in Spain in terms of academic performance and job placement and has been ranked among the TOP 3 Spanish universities in Teaching and Learning in the CYD ranking. 

The educational system of the UPSA is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical classes, and student attendance is mandatory for all of them. The average number of class hours is around 20 hours per week. We have 10 Faculties spread over the Headquarters in the city center, Campus Champagnat located in Salamanca and Campus Madrid. More than 70,000 students have passed through our classrooms.

Please make your own accommodation arrangements as we do not provide any on-campus
accommodation. There is a wide range of accommodation options in Salamanca. Please find a
list of some options below:
 

Hotel Silken Rona Dalba ***
C/ Plaza de San Juan Bautista, 12
37002 – Salamanca
Tel. 923 263 232
http://www.hotelronadalba.com
 

Microtel Placentinos **
C/ Placentinos, 9
37008 – Salamanca
Tel.: 923 281 531
http://www.microtelplacentinos.com
 

Sercotel Las Torres *** plus
C/ Plaza Mayor, 26 (entrada por C/ Concejo, 4)
37002 – Salamanca
Tel. 923 261 563
https://www.hotelsercotellastorres.com/
 

Hotel Catalonia Plaza Mayor Salamanca ****
C/ Espoz y Mina, 23-25
37002 – Salamanca
Tel. 923 281 717
https://www.cataloniahotels.com/es/hoteles-en-salamanca
 

Hotel Abba Fonseca ****
Plaza de San Blas, 2. 37007 – Salamanca
Tel. 923 011 010
http://www.abbahoteles.com

Salamanca is a city located 200 kilometres Northwest of Madrid. It is one of the most beautifulcities in Spain and recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its impressive old city shell with numerous Renaissance buildings. The population consists of 180.000 inhabitants and its 35.000 university students provide an extra spark of live and colour. https://salamanca.es/es/

From the airport (Madrid-Barajas) you can reach Salamanca by bus or by train.
1. There is a bus line Madrid-Salamanca with frequent departures directly from the airport (from Terminal 1 arriving at Terminal 1, 2, 3 and from Terminal 4). You can find further information here: https://www.avanzabus.com/
2. If you prefer to travel by train you should go to the Chamartín station in Madrid (if you take the AVE) or to the station Principe Pío (if you take a regular train). You can find further information here: https://www.renfe.com/es/en Once in Salamanca, the best way to reach your final destination is by taxi. You can find a taxi in front of the bus/train station.