UOC. 1.1 The conversion formula for converting lbs UOC in the form of U3O8 into kg U as UOC is: WUOC = WUL / 2.59978
UOC. Since its creation in 1994 as a state-of-the art technological university with a highly innovative learning model, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC, Open University of Catalonia) is one of the world’s premier online Higher Education universities, now engaging more than 50,000 students. The UOC’s core goal is to be the university of the knowledge society, promoting innovative education, personalized learning, technological leadership, R&D work on the information society and eLearning and the dissemination of knowledge. The UOC promotes R&D activities via 45 groups linked to a study or to one of the university’s two centers: the eLearn Center, which studies eLearning, and the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), specialized in the study of the networked society and the knowledge economy, network technologies and specific software areas. In total, more than 400 people work in R&D at the UOC. Over the last five years, the UOC has participated in more than 260 R&D projects, either national, European or international, including those in 7th Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, COST, ICT-PSP, Lifelong Learning Programme and the actual Eramus+ Programme. The UOC is currently acting as the coordinator of 1 FP7 project and 2 Horizon 2020 projects. What is more, the UOC works to promote knowledge transfer and has, over the last four years, signed more than 1,000 agreements to this end, including the creation of its first spin-off, Open Evidence (www.open- xxxxxxxx.xxx), specialized in consulting on health, welfare, consumption, innovation and public policy. The UOC forms part of more than 35 international networks, including the European University Association (EUA), the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Currently, UNESCO Chair in both a) Education and Technology for Social Change; and, b) Food, Culture and Development, it activates over 170 international agreements for joint research, mobility initiatives and training, including an ever growing number of qualified EHEA Master Degree Programmes. Underpinning the management of all this is UOC’s Research and Knowledge Transfer Support Office. More than 25 specialists cover all project management support areas, including Grant Agreements, Ethics, Gender, fellowship hosting, IPR and legal counsel, reporting and logistics, plus community outreach and support for innovation via its widely consulted Social Media 2.0 communication channels, Virtu...
