Who can access the programme?

Retired members of the teaching and research staff (PDI) and technical management and administration and services staff (PTGAS).

How long does it last?

Four years. 

What activities can you carry out under the programme?

• Mentoring activities (person to person)
• Advisory activities (in the service, department, research institute, research group etc.)
• Activities that strengthen the UdG's social and solidarity commitment
• Activities for spreading and publicising the activity at the UdG
• Giving a talk or seminar
• Being part of a project’s work team (but not of a project’s research team)
• Being a member, as a collaborator, in an UdG research group, in the case of teaching and research staff, as “honorary teaching staff”
• Supervising doctoral theses (in the case of PhD teaching and research staff), although a tutor will be required (on the administrative part) who is an active member of the teaching and research staff at the UdG

Anyone joining this programme is expected to devote no more than a few hours a week to it.

On the other hand, you should be aware that you will not able to run academic or university-management activities, give classes as a member of the teaching staff, carry out experiments in a laboratory or occupy a physical workspace at the UdG.

Which are your rights?

• To be accredited as a Voluntary Senior Staff member.
• Membership of CASFU.
• Access to the UdG's Libraries service.
• Access to the Sports Service.
• UdG email.
• Access to e-resources.
• Access to UdG activities
• Access to the UdG's facilities.

1.Submitting one application through the e-register, which will include:

• Brief explanation of your interests
• Description of the activities you wish to take part in
• A favourable report from one or more people responsible for the unit the activity is carried out at

2. The application will be forwarded to the University Community Committee of the UdG's Board of Trustees.The Commission will meet up in March, May, September and November to assess and approve applications.

3. The rector will decide on who is admitted.

The procedure will have to be repeated for the programme's continuity to be renewed.

• COMPUTER GRAPHICS

• UDG Library: 
  • Consultation of reference material in the free-access bibliographical collection
  • Loan of documents under the same conditions as active administrative, service, teaching and research staff*
  • Access to the Digital Library from the Library computers
  • Service for obtaining documents from other institutions (subjected to fees)
  • Printing and reprographics service
  • Personalised advice on the use of the resources and services
  • Reservation of individual work spaces

*Documents that form part of the recommended bibliography are excluded from this loan service.

• CASFU (Board of Friends - Seguim fent UdG):
  • Attend and take part in any of the activities organised free of charge: training courses, conferences, cultural and/or scientific visits, sporting activities, etc.
  • Those taking part in the senior volunteer programme will be automatically registered with the CASFU.

Information on the different activities is available on the CASFU website.

• Sports Service:
  • Join the Sports Service at a university community price.
  •  Whether or not you join, you will be able to access facilities and activities at the university community price.

• Computer Service: 
  • Availability of the Office 365 and Google workspace tools.

• Approval of the Senior Staff Volunteer Programme