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European University (eUniv) is taking part in the 2025 European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), held at Corvinus University in Budapest (Hungary) from 12 to 14 November, through the participation of its Quality Director, Mr Aleu Miret.

As highlighted by the Andorran Quality Agency (AQUA), the forum is a key platform for debate and the exchange of good practices among agencies, universities, associations and other international stakeholders involved in quality assurance in higher education. This year’s main theme is “Quality assurance in times of crisis: ensuring stability, autonomy and international cooperation in higher education.”

Through Mr Miret’s participation in this event, eUniv strengthens its commitment to quality, institutional resilience and international cooperation, actively contributing to the discussions on how to safeguard academic values and reinforce quality assurance systems even in times of uncertainty.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming higher education, opening new opportunities but also presenting major challenges for faculty. Effective implementation requires in-depth analysis of educators’ concerns—particularly regarding job security, evolving roles, and the need to acquire new skills.

This forum, titled “Challenges of AI in Higher Education: Addressing Faculty Concerns”, aims to provide a space for reflection and dialogue on how institutions can proactively address these challenges. Discussions will focus on investing in targeted training programs for educators and integrating AI into teaching without compromising pedagogical value or the vital role of faculty.

Among the key concerns facing faculty and academic institutions are the following: 

• Job security and redefinition of the teaching role: The integration of AI into education may create uncertainty about the future of teaching staff, particularly regarding their traditional roles and the need to acquire new technological competencies. It is essential to examine how AI can complement the work of faculty without dehumanizing the educational process.
• Faculty training and adaptation: Many instructors lack adequate training to effectively use AI in their teaching. A lack of digital skills and resistance to change may hinder the adoption of these technologies. Specific training programs are needed to enable faculty to integrate AI with confidence and sound pedagogical judgment.
• Ethics and responsible use of AI: The increasing availability of AI tools raises concerns about academic plagiarism, transparency in assessment, and the potential overreliance on such technologies by students. Clear regulations must be established to govern AI use and promote a culture of responsible implementation.
• Digital divide and unequal access: Not all students and faculty have equal access to the necessary technology and training to utilize AI. This can lead to inequalities in the educational experience and make large-scale implementation more difficult.
• Data protection and privacy: The use of AI tools involves collecting and analyzing large volumes of student data, raising concerns about privacy and security. Mechanisms must be established to ensure the ethical and legal use of personal information.
• Impact on learning quality: While AI can support education, there is a risk of losing human interaction and hindering the development of essential skills such as critical thinking and creativity. It is crucial to strike a balance between AI use and the active presence of teachers in the educational process.

For those interested in this forum, all information can be found by clicking the following link.

Dr. Marc Escolà, Academic Protonotary at European University-IMF, took part on Wednesday, October 29, in the roundtable “How Digital Solutions Are Incorporated in Educational Institutions,” together with experts from Andorra, Spain, and Latin America, as part of the 2nd Andorra Forum: Public-Private Alliances for the Digital Transition, organized by the Government of Andorra and the Ibero-American General Secretariat.

Dr. Escolà delved into topics such as innovation in academic management and educational innovation—areas that European University-IMF has been advancing and leading for years.

The 2nd Andorra Forum is an international meeting space that seeks to drive digital transformation through collaboration between the public and private sectors. It forms part of Andorra’s commitment within the framework of the Ibero-American Summits to build an inclusive, secure, equitable, and transparent digital society.

The event aims to continue the work begun in the first edition and to consolidate Andorra as a benchmark in promoting sustainable, collaborative digital policies. Over two days, the forum brought together institutional leaders, technology companies, international experts, and civil society organizations to share knowledge, experiences, and innovative solutions to the main digital challenges.

On October 15, 2025, the First Armand de Fluvià Symposium on Genealogy and Heraldry was held at the headquarters of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans in Barcelona, organized by the Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics and the Institució Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa de Genealogia i Heràldica. The symposium marked the first anniversary of the passing of Armand de Fluvià, a distinguished scholar in the field and, among many other initiatives, the driving force behind Armoria, a journal specializing in the subject.

Dr. Josep Serrano, director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair in Legal History at eUniv, took part in the symposium by presenting a paper on Armand de Fluvià’s thesis, published in 1994, which refuted the application of the Aragonese legal institution Casamiento en casa to the marriage between Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and the heiress to the Aragonese realm in 1137. As he had already done in an earlier 1997 publication, Dr. Serrano argued the case in the same legal vein as Fluvià.

On Sunday, 28 September 2025, events were held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Pere M. Sans Jordà, a native of Ascó and a Dominican ordained in the Diocese of Urgell, who served as Vicar Apostolic of Fujian in eighteenth-century China, where he died a martyr. The day was coordinated by the Fiter i Rossell Chair of eUniv and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of Barcelona, with the support of the Chinese Catholic Community of Catalonia.

The event took place in the Aula Magna of the Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona, under the chairmanship of Mn. Josep Chisvert, Vice-Chancellor of eUniv and Delegate for Education of the Diocese of Urgell, who conveyed the support for the event from the Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra, Mn. Josep L. Serrano Pentinat.

The historical figure of the martyred bishop was first presented by Dr. Josep Serrano Daura, director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair, and his spiritual dimension was later addressed by speakers from China, as well as by representatives of the Order of Preachers and the Community of Sant’Egidio.

The day concluded with a solemn Eucharist in the Seminary’s church, presided over by Mn. Javier Vilanova, Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, and concelebrated by seven priests. The ceremony, which was followed in Chinese, Catalan and Spanish, was attended by about 300 people, including descendants of the Saint’s family, who travelled from Ascó to present a relic of his to the Chinese community of Barcelona.

eUniv plans to publish this year a study by Dr. Serrano Daura on the historical episode of the persecutions of Christians in mid-eighteenth-century China.

Dr. Daniel Alvàrez, Professor of Classical Languages at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of eUniv (Universitat Europea-IMF), has in recent months authored several contributions that bring into dialogue philology, legal history, and the humanistic tradition. His publications combine the analysis of Latin and Romance sources with a contextual reading of legal and intellectual debates that have shaped European culture.

In Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho (30), he analyzes a late-medieval legal opinion on Peace and Truce—“El Consilium sobre ruptura de Pau i Treva de Jaume de Montjuïc, entre d’altres”—and reconstructs the legal and institutional arguments that governed conflict in Catalonia during the period (DOI: 10.5209/cuhd.91647). In parallel, in Linguistica e Filologia (44) he proposes “Two key influences on the Hamiltonian System,” a study that traces two key influences of philological and conceptual origin within an analytical system that converses with the classical tradition (DOI: 10.13122/LeF_44_p9).

The public projection of this research has taken shape in several talks and chapters. On 5 July 2024, at the University of Salamanca, he presented “Bertran de Peus en el caso del Gobernador Requesens (1421) y su dictamen sobre la doble lugartenencia,” a reading on governance and the delegation of power in the fifteenth century (within the framework of project PID2020-117702GA-I00/MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033). And on 17 July 2025, at the 19th International Congress of the IANLS (Aix-Marseille University), he examined the humanist reception of Gorgias with “Gorgiae Helenae Encomium a Vincentio Marinerio translatum (1639).” This trajectory is completed by three contributions to collective volumes: a critical profile of Francesco Filelfo in Roma Latina, Roma aeterna (2023); the edition and commentary of Latin documentation on “Defenestratio ex Deputatione…” (1425–1428) in Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Lovaniensis (with mention of the same PID project); and the essay “La Dignidad en los juristas catalanes bajomedievales” in Estudios Luso-Hispanos de Historia del Derecho (vol. III, 2024), where he explores the legal and doctrinal meaning of the concept of dignity in the Catalan tradition. Taken together, it underscores eUniv’s role in research that connects classical texts, legal culture, and intellectual history.

Congratulations to Dr. Alvàrez on these contributions, which strengthen research in classical philology and legal history at eUniv.

1. Published articles:

•  “El Consilium sobre ruptura de Pau i Treva de Jaume de Montjuïc, entre d’altres”, Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho 30, pp. 75-101. ISSN: 1133-7613. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cuhd.91647.
•  “Two key influences on the Hamiltonian System”, Linguistica e Filologia 44, pp. 9-26. ISSN: 1594-6517. DOI: 10.13122/LeF_44_p9.

2. Conferences done:

•  “Bertran de Peus en el caso del Gobernador Requesens (1421) y su dictamen sobre la doble lugartenencia”. V Encuentro Hispano-Luso de Historiadores/as del Derecho. Universitat de Salamanca. Facultat de Dret. Salamanca. 31 – 5 de juliol (5 de juliol) de 2024. [Presentat dins del marc del projecte PID2020-117702GA-I00/MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033]
•  “Gorgiae Helenae Encomium a Vincentio Marinerio translatum (1639)”. 19th International Congress of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS). Universitat d’Aix Marseille. Aix en Provence. 15 de juliol – 19 de juliol (17 de juliol) de 2025.

3. Published records:

•  “De Philelpho, «homine profecto maioris æstimationis quam doctrinæ»”. N. De Mico, F. Deraedt, C. Laes, L. Miraglia, D. Sacré eds.(2023). Roma Latina, Roma aeterna. Acta conventus Academiae Latinitati Fovendae (Romae, 12-15 VI 2022), 2 vol., Marneffe: Melissa, vol. I, pp. 241-266. ISBN: 9782872900329.
• “Defenestratio ex Deputatione iurisperiti Narcissi de Sancto Dionisio et acta pertinentia Latine scripta (1425–1428)”. Schaffenrath, Florian; Sacré, Dirk (ed.). Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Lovaniensis. Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies (Leuven 2022), vol. 18, pp. 143-153. ISBN: 978-90-04-69557-3. [Publicat dins del marc del projecte PID2020-117702GA-I00/MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033]
• “La Dignidad en los juristas catalanes bajomedievales”. Capdeferro, Josep coord. (2024). Estudios Luso-Hispanos de Historia del Derecho, vol. III, Madrid: Ed. Dykinson, pp. 27-50. ISBN: 978-84-1070-400-8. [Publicat dins del marc del projecte PID2020-117702GA-I00/MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033]

On September 16, 2025, the Rector of the European University (eUniv), Dr. Antoni Noguero, and the Director General of the Private Foundation Institute of Financial Studies (IEF), Mr. Ferran Teixes, signed an association agreement between the two institutions. Under this agreement, the Private Foundation Institute of Financial Studies may, together with eUniv, implement non-official university-specific qualifications, in accordance with the current university legal framework.

The Institute of Financial Studies (IEF), headquartered in Barcelona, is a leading financial hub for innovation and knowledge in finance.

With this collaboration, eUniv takes another step toward internationalizing its projects and establishing relationships with entities and institutions around the world.

The journal VESTNIK SOCIAL SCIENCES of the Moscow State Linguistic University publishes in its issue 1 (858) of 2025 the article by Pol Bartolomé entitled The Andorran Political System Revisited (https://journals.rcsi.science/2500-347X/article/view/296854). In this work, Bartolomé, who was the coordinator in the preparation of teaching material on the Andorran Political System for the eUniv’s Bachelor in Political Science program, introduces the unique case of Andorra’s parliamentary Co-principality —unmatched within the framework of contemporary governance— into the political science literature, where it has so far received very limited attention.

The article offers the international academic public a comprehensive analysis of Andorra’s political system, focusing on its institutional structures, historical evolution, and governance dynamics. Using a historical-institutional approach, the study examines the transformation of Andorra’s political system from its medieval Paréages to the adoption of its 1993 Constitution, which formalized its status as a sovereign parliamentary democracy. The research delves into the role of key institutions, including the General Council, the electoral system, and the development of political parties. At the same time, it also examines the influence of external factors, particularly Andorra’s evolving relationship with the European Union. To this end, the paper integrates a comparative politics framework, contrasting Andorra’s governance structure with other European microstates such as Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. This methodological approach makes it possible to assess Andorra’s institutional adaptability, democratic consolidation, and international positioning. Through the analysis of Andorra’s legal, political, and territorial organization, this study contributes to the understanding of small-state governance and the dynamics of sovereignty in contemporary Europe. The findings highlight Andorra’s institutional resilience and its ability to balance historical continuity with modern political transformations, offering valuable insights for scholars of comparative politics, constitutional law, and European integration.

The Director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair at eUniv, Dr. Josep Serrano Daura, is coordinating with the Chinese Catholic Community of Barcelona the commemorative events for the 25th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Pere M. Sans Jordà, Apostolic Vicar of Fujian, China. Dr. Serrano earned his PhD in History with a dissertation dedicated to the figure of this Dominican, a native of Ascó who was martyred in mid-18th-century China, and he is currently preparing the edition of the original text narrating those tragic historical events, which served as the basis for the later beatification and canonization processes of Sans Jordà.

The central act of the commemoration will take place on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at the headquarters of the Conciliar Seminary of Barcelona. The Vice-Chancellor of eUniv, Rev. Josep Chisvert, will preside over the round table, with contributions from various ecclesiastical and lay speakers, including those from the Chinese Archdiocese of Fuzhou, who will travel to Barcelona to take part in the commemoration.

During the first week of August, eUniv organized a pilgrimage to the city of Rome on the occasion of the Jubilee of the year 2025.

The pilgrimage was led by the University Chancellor, Dr. Jesús M. Prujà, and included the presence of several members of the General Board, the Academic Board, and the Academic Senate, among them the representatives of the founding foundations of the university.

The group was able to visit the headquarters of the Pontifical Lateran University, located within the complex of the Archbasilica of St. John, the University of the Holy Cross, near Piazza Navona, as well as the campus of La Sapienza University next to San Pietro in Vincoli.

During their stay in Rome, the eUniv representatives followed an itinerary focused on the historical period from the Council of Nicaea (325) to the Council of Ephesus (431), with the aim of grasping the spiritual and historical significance that, for Christianity, both the adoption of the Nicene Creed, on the one hand, and the dogmatic consolidation of the figure of the Virgin Mary established at Ephesus, had and still have. This latter is represented in Rome by the Archbasilica of St. Mary Major, where they were able to attend the annual ceremony of the Miracle of the Snows, celebrated on Tuesday, August 5.