ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
Ester Oliveras
Society
Students
Faculty
Results from a 2011 survey to university
graduates in Business and Economics
with several years of work experience
VALUE IN THE WORKPLACE
Solució problemes
8,02
Informàtica
7,97
Gestió
7,85
Presa de decisions
7,85
Treball en equip
7,65
Lideratge
7,30
Comunicació escrita
7,25
Comunicació Oral
7,23
Pensament critic
7,22
Documentació
6,48
Creativitat
6,13
Formació teòrica
6,08
Idiomes
Formació pràctica
5,98
5,92
VALUE THE TRAINING RECEIVED
Formació teòrica
7,03
Treball en equip
6,62
Pensament critic
6,25
Gestió
6,17
Solució problemes
6,15
Comunicació escrita
6,13
Presa de decisions
5,78
Comunicació Oral
5,58
Documentació
5,43
Formació pràctica
5,28
Lideratge
5,27
Informàtica
5,03
Creativitat
Idiomes
4,78
3,70
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Basic Facts (2013)

Total students enrolled: 2.449

Newly admitted students: 548

Students graduated:
Degree in Economics: 101
 Degree in Business and Management Administration: 112
 Degree in Management: 104
 Degree in International Business Economics: 72

WHO LECTURES ON OUR STUDENTS?

Our faculty is recruited and appointed by the
Departament of Economics and Business
AN EXAMPLE IN ACCOUNTING
Number of Students Taught in English
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Faculty recruiting policy
Faculty recruiting
+ new degrees
THE PRESENCE OF ENGLISH IN THE NEW
DEGREES
Group
Year
1st
Degree in Economics/
Business
Administration
1
2
3
4
Degree in Management
Degree in Int’l Business Econom.
2nd
3rd-4th
THE ENGLISH DEMAND
Group 1 (more English)
Would you
like to have
some courses
taught in
English
during the
first year?
61%
39%
Group 2 (less English)
Group 3
Group 4
1st year students
queing to enroll
Academic year 2012-13: 61% students requested Group 1
EVOLUTION: NUMBER OF GROUPS TAUGHT
IN ENGLISH
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
LANGUAGE DISTRIBUTION
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-14
English
44%
Catalan or
Spanish
56%
MY TRAINING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1995-98: PhD at University
of Central Lancashire
1994-95: Research Assistant at
Ashridge Business School (UK)
1993-94 : Erasmus at
Portsmouth University
MY TRAINING AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER
Centre for Teaching Quality and Innovation (CQUID, UPF)
Teaching of Content in English
Teaching of Content in English
for accounting
MY EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN ENGLISH
First years: 2000 and 2001
Since 2002
MY EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN ENGLISH
MY EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN ENGLISH
Student IMMEDIATE
satisfaction after a class
taught in CATALAN
Student IMMEDIATE
satisfaction after class
taught in ENGLISH
Student LONG-TERM
satisfaction
Student LONG-TERM
satisfaction
THANK YOU