To educate students in an ever more complex world, it is vital to ensure they have a variety of learning opportunities in context that allow them to develop essential skills.The University of Girona has to provide experiences that stimulate critical thinking, social engagement and sustainability, inclusion and teamwork, while bearing in mind the gender perspective and the diverse backgrounds and opportunities of the students.This process cannot be based on a standard student educational model but on personalised development through rich life experiences, while adapting and periodically revising skills in line with the evolution of the world and society.

The most notable action of this objective was defining the scope of transferable skills in UdG bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and in ongoing education and training.

• Approval of the “Scope of transferable skills in bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and in ongoing education and training at the university of Girona” by the Governing Council in session 4/2025, of 24 April 2025.

The UdG XXI Model must provide students with a meaningful learning experience, promoting rigour and depth, as well as offering inclusive proposals that encourage cross-disciplinary and personalised learning, establishing a link with the area and social engagement.The working groups that took part in drawing up the UdG XXI Model, as well as projects like SHEFCE (Steering Higher Education for Community Engagement), have already made some proposals along those lines.Some of them should be included in the studies’ reports and be part of regulated learning.

The stand-out actions of this objective are to:

• Identify activities and actions that single out learning based on the UdG XXI Model
• Define plans for working with public administrations and third-sector organisations on bachelor's and master’s theses based on real challenges
• Define a plan of actions that will ensure all students can have an internationalisation experience
• Define a plan of actions that will ensure all students can have a community and social engagement experience
• Analyse needs and possibilities for including dual education and training in bachelor’s and master's degree studies

In a constantly evolving world, learning has to be a flexible process, capable of being adapted to the needs and interests of each student, while obeying the social, technological and environmental demands of our time.As a key objective, the UdG XXI Model considers letting students define educational pathways that fit their needs and life plans.To achieve this objective, the University of Girona will have to explore different strategies, which would include analysing possible synergies between current studies. That will allow us to put forward some proposals for an open bachelor's degree.In addition, the specific activities identified under Objective 2, may include some that could be part of a general educational programme for all students, promoting personalisation of learning.

The stand-out actions of this objective are to:

• Analyse possible synergies between current studies which might enable us to define an open bachelor's degree and put forward a proposal
• Draw up a complementary education plan with campus subjects

Today’s society, characterised by volatility and uncertainty, calls for a new educational paradigm.We are faced with a reality where traditional trades are vanishing and stable employment is no longer guaranteed.Given this situation, we will have to constantly adapt, learning more and keeping up to date all our lives.Moreover, and highlighting the unprecedented changes of the 21st century with respect to population ageing, the silver generation, or the one known as the baby boomers, are now reaching retirement age in good health, and keen to continue developing and learning new knowledge and skills.The University of Girona can play a key role in changing the outlook on ageing that these facts generate, by offering quality education for this generation, which has the good fortune of being able to learn for pleasure.The benefits of these changes will not just be limited to the older population, they can also help to transform current conceptions of learning, reconsidering it as a form of personal enrichment, rather than the purely instrumental approaches that can impoverish education and question its meaning.

The stand-out actions of this objective are to:

• Draw up a development plan and guidelines for educational initiatives with micro-credentials
• Increase the options for continuous, specialised and specific education and training in response to local and regional needs
• Develop an education plan for the over-50s