Primary and secondary school teachers

The URV arranges visits to secondary schools to present the university, the degrees it offers, and the other services and elements that go to make the URV a quality teaching and research institution. We also answer any questions that students may have in relation to university studies.

Last year, the URV's careers guidance officers and students gave more than 160 presentations at schools in the areas of Tarragona, Lleida, Barcelona, Castelló and the Balearic Islands.

Who makes these presentations?

Careers guidance officers from the Student Office and students from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

How can we get the URV to visit us?

• Complete this application form with your suggestions for four or five dates for the presentation and send it to us at orientacio@urv.cat.
• Groups should not exceed 40 students. This makes it easier for all present to concentrate and be able to talk comfortably about their future. You can ask for more than one presentation; for example, you can ask for presentations for two, three or however many groups you think necessary.
• We will confirm one of the proposed dates in an email to the address from where you sent us your proposal.
• One or two weeks before the date, we will send you a link so that your students can answer a short survey about their interests (degrees and university services). On the day of the presentation, we will comment on the results.
• On the day of the presentation, we will need a computer connected to the internet, a projector and an audio system.

URVocació is the URV's response to secondary schools' requests for collaboration in tutoring the research or course work carried out by students at upper secondary school or vocational training level.

URVocació offers two complementary lines of collaboration for secondary schools:

• Consultation of the CRAI's bibliographic collection
• Co-tutoring of research/course work
• Co-tutoring of assignments related to human tower building

Consultation of the CRAI's bibliographic collection

In order to carry out their research/course work, high school students can consult the documentary collection of the URV's Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI). To do so, the secondary school must fill out an application form and send it by email to orientacio@urv.cat

Once the application has been processed, students will receive an email with instructions on how to register individually.

The student, once registered, will have to:

• Check which CRAI they need to go to (according to the subject of the research assignment they are doing).
• Contact the CRAI
• Identify themselves at the user point
• Access and consult the CRAI's resources

Secondary school and higher education students who access the URV's CRAI will be considered temporary users. The lecturer in charge will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the conditions of use that are established in the Regulations for the organisation and operation of the CRAI (Catalan).

Application for access to the CRAI (Catalan)

Remember that you can consult the tutorial Look for (and find) information for your research assignment (Catalan)

Co-tutoring of research/course work

• Collaboration in tutoring must be carried out under the auspices of a collaboration agreement (Catalan) in which the URV faculty/school and the secondary school define the aspects of their relationship and can initiate/maintain a legally guaranteed working relationship. This agreement is processed by the University Guidance Office.
• The Faculty/School is not obliged to give a positive response to all the requests that arrive from secondary schools, but it will make every effort to do so and to find the resources required.

Observations:

• School of Chemical Engineering
  • The School of Chemical Engineering offers its advice and facilities to help students with their upper secondary education research assignments, provided that they meet the following conditions:
    • In order for a research assignment to be assessed, it must include a plan with objectives and justification at the time of application, which must be sent to Cristina Urbina (cristina.urbina@urv.cat) who, if appropriate, will designate the most suitable lecturer to carry out the assessment.
    • The School of Chemical Engineering teacher will NOT act as a tutor of the assignment, only as an advisor.
    • Any costs generated by the research assignment (laboratory material, etc.) will NOT be covered by the School of Chemical Engineering or its departments.
    • The student must always be accompanied by their teacher during their visits to the School of Chemical Engineering.
    • The student's secondary school must sign an agreement with the School of Chemical Engineering in order to have access to the facilities and advice of its students and teachers.
• School of Architecture
  • The School of Architecture will only support research assignment/s directly related to architecture.
  • The School of Architecture does not guarantee that secondary school students can use its laboratories.
  • Evaluation is offered only to the secondary school tutor. Pupils receive any evaluation from the School of Architecture through their secondary school tutor.

Co-tutoring of research or course work related to human tower building

The URV Chair for the study of human tower building offers to collaborate in the co-tutoring of research work by students in the 2nd year of upper secondary education or in vocational training if their work is related to any social, scientific, technological or health aspect of human tower building. It will do so by:

• Setting research assignment topics
• Advising students on how to plan the research assignment they have chosen.
• Providing spaces, materials, etc.
• Co-tutoring the student's progress with the research assignment

If you are interested, you can contact the Chair at: catedra.fetcasteller@urv.cat

• Scientific conferences and research workshops that you can request free of charge.
• Geography Olympics
• Awards for bachelor's degree research assignments in the field of Tourism or Geography
• Guided visits for secondary school teachers to get to know the Faculty's laboratories, CRAI, degree courses, etc.
• Let's get to know each other. Visit our website (Catalan).