Àngels Fitó and María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles are appointed president and vice president of the UOC

Dr. Àngels Fitó Bertran and Dr. María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, members of the Management & eLearning (MeL) research group, have been appointed as President and Vice President for Governance and Academic Policy, respectively.

Àngels Fitó, new president

Àngels Fitó was appointed President of the UOC on Thursday 13 April at a ceremony held in the auditorium of the Can Jaumandreu headquarters. Fitó pointed out that the horizon of the project she envisions at the head of the institution can be summarized in three axioms.

1. The first is to evolve what we do well, to revolutionize what we can do better, such as open and shared itineraries, personalized, pedagogical and professional support, open transdisciplinary and translational research and innovation as a driver of change among the most important values that the institution champions.
2. Secondly, he stressed that to do it in the company of others is to do it better, and that at the UOC, like people, we are strengthened by alliances.
3. Finally, he noted the importance of social impact, which is non-negotiable.

Àngels Fitó holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona, is a senior lecturer at the UOC and, as of 2019, Vice President for Competitiveness and Employability, at the university.

From October 2010 until February 2019, she was the director of the UOC’s Economics and Business Studies Department.

His areas of research are financial harmonization processes, management control systems and the transformative impact of higher education on employability, taking into account the complexity of labor dynamics. In this field, he leads various local and international initiatives to reconfigure a higher education space that responds to the challenges of lifelong learning posed by the current transition context.

María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, new vice president

On Friday, April 14, the day after taking office, the new president appointed her governing team at an event held on the UOC campus. Dr. María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, a member of the Management eLearning (MeL) research group, was appointed as the UOC’s new Vice President for Governance and Academic Policy.

María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Barcelona. She holds a master’s degree in industrial quality from the UNED and a master’s degree in Science in Economics from the Pompeu Fabra University.

Her research activity is mainly focused on the study of the reconciliation of work, family and personal life and the role played by ICT.

She has been the director of the Faculty of Economics and Business since 2019. Previously, she was a professor of the same studies (2000-2019) and attaché of the field of business organization (2008-2019), and deputy director of teaching of the studies (2016 to 2019).

To conclude

From the MeL research group, we would like to congratulate and wish the best of luck and success to our colleagues Àngels Fitó and María Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, who start a new path that they will surely carry out in the best way so that our institution can continue to grow.

Below, you can watch the video of Dr. Àngels Fitó’s inauguration ceremony as the UOC’s new President.