Social commitment

This chapter emphasises the need for further institutional and social responsibility of universities as it is considered a mission of high importance. The proposal is to strengthen this role in different aspects. Firstly, it will be strengthened by forming values and fostering critical thinking through the development of a code of ethics that includes the rights and duties of students. Moreover, the commitment to the Catalan language and culture will be stressed while simultaneously strengthening specific actions to facilitate the entry of additional languages in classrooms, on campuses and in research. The promotion of a joint university cooperation programme for development which will concentrate on academics is also encouraged.