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Jodar signs an agreement with the University of Murcia for the maintenance of the Hall Senior Lorca (24/07/2012)

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has this morning signed an agreement with the University of Murcia for the maintenance of Senior Hall, also known as Senior University, in the municipality Lorca.

This new agreement, signed in the presence of the Vice Chancellor for Strategic Development at the University of Murcia, Fernando Martin, is a new example of its efforts in the City to maintain this service by providing a grant of 30,000 €.

The financial contribution of the Consistory is intended to keep this university education for people over 50 who, for various reasons could not enter university at the time, or want to go back to school again and reconnect with the university academic .

In this sense, Jódar congratulated the University of Murcia "to maintain its commitment to the highest Lorca in a time of difficulty like the present and stressed that in this way we walk hand in hand both institutions."

Among the subjects that have been teaching in Lorca during the four years that takes this training include 'Anthropology: Evolution and culture', 'Literary texts discussed', 'basics right', 'Spanish literature' and 'the protection of consumers and users'.

The Senior Hall is an offer interdisciplinary university whose purpose is to encourage personal development skills and values ​​from the perspective of learning throughout life, which is divided into four academic years.

Councillor of Education, Francisco Montiel, explained that "fruit of the cooperation of the City with the University of Murcia, interested persons may obtain the proper title of Senior Studies program at the University of Murcia or advanced program."

Students can enroll in this program may choose to attend one, several or all subjects of one of these two programs, forming in general knowledge or additional knowledge such as computer and English.

The overall objective is Senior Classroom improve the quality of life for people over 50 years through knowledge.

This purpose is achieved taking into account specific objectives and provide students with a university education to provide the knowledge, procedures and methodology necessary for the proper development of autonomous learning.

It also promotes a better understanding of the environment to get more out of leisure (cultural, physical, intellectual, ...) offered by society.

It also is intended to contribute to continued adaptation to the rapid changes that characterize our time, and provide the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences in the interaction of various working groups, to get new experiences that reinforce the usefulness of each participant in own society and educational system feedback through already trained and skilled.

To meet these objectives, each of the subjects has a faculty coordinator, although their classrooms taught specialized classes about 50 professors from the University of Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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