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UCJC’S COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Overview
The University Camilo José Cela (UCJC) is a private academic institution founded in 2000. It belongs to the SEK Educational Institution, which includes six international schools in Spain along with three more schools in France, Ireland and Qatar.
Our educational model is based on three main axes: interdisciplinarity, innovation, and internationalization. With the student as a central reference, we conceive their education in a transversal, multidisciplinary way while keeping in mind that our responsibility is not only to feed their intellect but also to enable them to be active individuals, supportive and committed to shaping the world. Therefore, under this premise, the University created a foundation (see video here) to manage and promote the social impact of its educational model for the development of social innovation experiences.
From the Foundation, the University promotes discussion on service-learning and research applied to the needs of society. To this end, the Foundation established a Framework of Action to guide the interaction of UCJC with society, seeking to promote humane and sustainable development. This framework of action is based on three dimensions:
The social-educational innovation based on social commitment, has materialized in the following actions: