This week marks one year since TV3 premiered the new set for the Telenotícies and launched the 3CatInfo universe. After a large financial investment and months of self-promotion, the renovation was sold as a turning point for the public television news programs. One year later, the results allow us to call that into question. The technical flourishes that seemed like something special have resulted in the same old inertia. There was talk of much more dynamic sets thanks to robotic cameras. The forty-meter screen was supposed to allow for more organic and natural movements from the presenters. After a few shaky tracking shots, the news programs are as static as they were before. Beyond a tacky zoom in the style of Lazarov to kick off the TN migdia, we see no relevant dynamism. To close the Telenotícies, they have to show us the cameras in a wide shot taken with a crane. It seems they show us those huge contraptions to justify the change and the expense. But, for the viewers, visually it has made no difference.While news programs from the most prestigious networks in Europe tend to create more diaphanous and lighter spaces, the new sets are cluttered. The vertical totems cause distortions in proportions, and the step to access them limits movement. A resource that, instead of facilitating the work, has complicated it. It has forced the recording of fragments of the Telenotícies in the news analysis sections because they do not trust that live dynamics can withstand the section without problems. It is logical: errors and blunders are frequent. It was said that the format would allow graphics to be more exportable to mobile screens. An insignificant aspect that is more of a sales argument than a practical and tangible reality. The graphic design has already become outdated and in the set there is a saturation of semiotics. They want to give so many messages that the set is nonsense. On one hand, the view over Barcelona. Above, planet Earth. On the side, the projection of orange human shadows that simulate a newsroom moving in an unsettling way behind the presenters. What sense does it make to falsify reality in a news program that must convey truth? It was also announced that in the new stage, the editions would be more differentiated. The TN comarques was supposed to have “more practical contribution and experiences that would inspire”. But, for the moment, we see almost the same thing as in the TN migdia. One of the two great stars of the Telenotícies, Raquel Sans, who was taking on a new role giving more weight to the weekend evenings, has disappeared for four months. She has been on sick leave after participating in La travessa VIP, a program with precarious audience. Robbing Peter to pay Paul.3CatInfo, meanwhile, conveys the poverty it was already dragging along. It still looks God-forsaken, with some poorly edited news bulletins and that feeling of a boring, inhospitable, and lonely workspace. A year later, the change does not seem to justify the investment. More smoke and mirrors than television results.

Sunday, the Telenotícies migdia opened, logically, with the Andalusian elections. Thanks to an artificial filigree with rhetoric, it linked to a piece about Isabel Díaz Ayuso's murky trip to Mexico, from which she had already returned six days earlier. But the most surprising thing is that the third news item of the TN (and the second opening headline) was Bulgaria's victory at the Eurovision Festival.After telling us that the song Bangaranga had won, it was framed as an international conflict to explain the influence of the televote in catapulting Israel to second place. The report included a survey of Israeli eurofans. The piece tried hard to give it unjustified geopolitical relevance. It was implied that Telenotícies had predicted a victory for Israel that did not materialize. The problem is not that Eurovision exists within the TN, but the hierarchy and treatment it received. Eurovision took precedence over the war in Ukraine, with Kyiv's biggest attack on Moscow. It also took precedence over the Ebola outbreak and the shooting death of a man in the Port de la Marina neighborhood. As a final touch, they announced the return to prison of a certain Dino Marcelo, and, using the excuse that they had images of him robbing a supermarket, they added statements from his lawyer to justify her client's conduct.The report that followed caused perplexity. It was about catechumens in Catalonia. They explained who they were and the growth of this community, which has gone from 161 adult baptisms in 2022 to 327 in 2026. The information led us to the church of Sant Pere de Reus, where four people were participating in a community baptism. One explained how catechesis had allowed him to complete one half of himself, and a woman spoke to us about the inner strength she felt to live the Church. The piece lacked informational distance: what reasons explain this supposed boom in Catalonia. This must be done because public television must be clear about its criteria for managing religious beliefs. In the Telenotícies certain discourses cannot be disguised as simple human experience. But the most surprising thing is that the catechumens' report was prioritized over the summary of the Pujol case, Salvador Illa's institutional trip to California, and the budget negotiations. Unheard of. Eurovision, the prison for Dino Marcelo, and the 327 catechumens of 2026 ahead of Catalan politics. The news is increasingly being contaminated by digital experience and emotional consumption. Ayuso is the state's Trump, the omnipresent figure who functions as an element of tension in any news report. Eurovision has very exuberant images and an inevitable political background, but it should not be turned into a first-rate international conflict, losing sight of the musical spectacle.Bangaranga, the title of the winning song at Eurovision, in Creole language means chaos or mess. A very fitting word to define the scale of priorities of Telenotícies. A bangaranga criterion that reflects the journalistic crisis of our days.

Since last September, Júlia López (Barcelona, ​​1994) has been one of the voices accompanying family meals on weekends. After stints at Betevé, La 2, and Canal 3/24, the journalist has joined the show as a presenter, airing Saturdays and Sundays. Midday news of 3Cat.

On Wednesdays, at ten o'clock at night, La 2 broadcasts again First look, a documentary series in which Lara Siscar interviews journalists to discuss their careers and reflect on the profession. The effectiveness of each episode depends, above all, on the interest aroused by the protagonist. On the RTVE Play platform, some episodes arouse curiosity and others that you don't even bother to start. The second season kicked off with a double broadcast. The episode dedicated to Silvia Intxaurrondo is well worth a look. Beyond learning about the professional career of the best political interviewer currently on the television scene, the program allows you to discover the behind-the-scenes of political pressure, electoral interviews, and the effects they have on the results. Intxaurrondo interviewed Alberto Núñez Feijóo during the campaign for the 2023 general elections. That broadcast on La 1 had a stellar moment that went viral and caused a lot of tension in multiple offices, both at public television and at the headquarters of the Popular Party. When the journalist asked him about pensions, Feijóo asserted that his party was the only one that had never stopped revaluing them with the CPI, the exact opposite of what the PSOE had done. Intxaurrondo interrupted him: "That's not correct, Mr. Feijóo.", and corrected the information based on the verified documentation she had available. It was a very tense moment, because the politician urged her to review the data and demanded that she correct it. But he was the one who ended up apologizing on social media and admitting the error. Since then, Intxaurrondo has been the victim of campaigns discrediting her as a journalist. First look It reveals to us what happened around this circumstance beyond the screen.

One of the numerous controversial changes that TV3's newscasts have undergone concerns attire: the presenters have abandoned an item of clothing that, for decades, seemed indispensable for projecting seriousness: the tie. Today, this item of clothing is normalized and hardly surprises us, although at some point we may wonder what the point of wearing a cloth tongue hanging from the neck is. In any case, there is quite a bit of history and meaning behind this element, which has evolved in both form and function.

On Tuesday, the Evening news echoed Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations. After the anecdotes sparked by his presence in the building and his defiant harangue to the international community, the news program delved into the lies the US president had uttered. A video emphasized that not all of his claims were true and analyzed each case: the seven wars he supposedly ended, the climate change scam, or Europe's path to hell. All were analyzed and contrasted to show the manipulation in Trump's rhetoric. A very good journalistic approach that goes beyond simple informational inertia and gives the viewer perspective.

We have already been able to see all the editions of the Newscast and appreciate their characteristics without the pressure of initial exposure. There's one aspect that TV3 has reinforced in this new era, one that's common to many other television channels and that's part of a long-standing inertia. It has to do with the new presenting duos. In the midday edition, we now have Xavi Coral with Anna Garnatxe, and on weekends, Júlia López with Joan Raventós. Both television couples have one thing in common: their age difference.

A facelift for TV3 news. Or 3Cat. Or 3Cat Info. Because the renovations are accompanied by a somewhat disconcerting jumble of names. Toni Cruanyes, after an afternoon tour of The jungle and theIt's happening, finally inaugurated the long-awaited set with cutting-edge technology. The changes are much more significant behind closed doors than for what the viewer sees at home. The result substantially improves the previous format, which was in desperate need of modernization. There is a greater sense of spaciousness, vertical screens to provide a sense of dynamism, somewhat whimsical platforms, and a smooth white floor. The color scheme is reminiscent of that of the Collapse and the orange background transparencies are reminiscent of those of OvernightThe approach is by no means groundbreaking or pioneering, but rather follows the lead of the major European television networks. On Monday, they seemed to display a display of possibilities, but it remains to be seen whether they will be put to good use in practice. In the afternoon edition, a change in tone was also noticeable, with an effort to be more explanatory and with a more in-depth news report. This inertia returned to its usual form at midday. The presenters sport a more sober style, and the men have lost their ties in this quest to relax formality and naturalize the symbolic relationship with the viewer. The weather map has diluted the regions, homogenizing the territory and losing geographical references. However, the typography will have to be enlarged because it's barely legible. The white table of midday and More night It has the feel of a private clinic reception area. A partial cosmetic surgery, by the way, because In the mornings Ariadna Oltra's projects remain the same as before, beyond the graphics.

Ramon Pellicer said goodbye on Sunday night to the audience that has followed him for more than twenty years as host of the TV3 news programs. The journalist leaves the Weekend newscast, where he had worked in front of the cameras for twelve years, and is leaving with his set colleague, Cristina Riba, who will also no longer present that news program. His departure is part of the changes TV3 has made to the news services, which will bring in new faces.

"Looking for a professional expert in data analysis, mining and management, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and software development." This phrase pretty much sums up the advertisements that companies seeking professionals in big data They consistently post on job portals. It's a common subject to appear in the rankings of the most in-demand and highest-paid jobs in the world, in the field of information and communications technologies. "There are statistics that tell us that the position of technology expert in data management is not only one of the five most difficult positions to fill today, but will continue to be so in the future," Joan Navarro Martín, academic director of the Master's Degree in Big Data at La Salle-URL, told ARA.

Silvia Sivera, a professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences who currently directs the UOC's eLearning Innovation Center (eLinC), analyzes the future challenges facing education. Her mission is to promote pedagogical innovation in online learning by using data obtained within the institution itself to benefit innovation and contribute to improving the quality of teaching.

For over a year now, it's been possible to board flights at El Prat Airport without having to show any identification: just hold your face up to a camera. Biometric technology—similar to that used to unlock a mobile phone with a user's face—is increasingly present at airports around the world to streamline checks and improve security. While, for now, Barcelona is only offered by Vueling on some connections and upon passenger request, a study by the airline organization IATA reveals that, by 2024, 46% of travelers will have already used this technology at some airport around the world. Furthermore, 73% say they prefer this system to having to show their passports or boarding passes to staff. But what does all this have to do with the agricultural professions of the future?

"A university degree is an essential requirement for companies that have hired recent graduates, unlike a master's degree, which is not perceived as an essential requirement." This is one of the notable findings of the latest report from the Catalan Agency for University Quality (AQU). It is a survey of employers on the training of university students. "One of the fundamental missions of higher education is to promote the employment of graduates," the AQU points out in the introduction to the document. "However, several studies point to a mismatch between university education and the real needs of the labor market, either due to a lack of specific skills or a shortage of graduates in certain fields," it warns.

A blue logo with the acronym AQU and two words: "Favorable Accreditation." This is the seal that people interested in studying for an official bachelor's or master's degree in Catalonia often see when looking up information. But few know exactly what it means. It's the seal of the Agency for the Quality of the Catalan University System (AQU Catalunya), the body responsible for evaluating, verifying, and accrediting higher education. Its objective is clear: to ensure that the country's university offerings meet European standards and respond to social and employment needs.

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The fifth study of the Barometer of Skills and Occupations of Catalonia by Pimec and the UOC highlights soft skills, soft skills that the labor market considers essential. The report details that up to 76.8% of job vacancies require mastery of some soft skill and up to 28% require mastery of some advanced digital skill.

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Inclusion and attention to diversity is a sector of education that requires increasingly personalized specialization to eliminate barriers for young people with special educational needs. The goal is for everyone to have the right to the same learning opportunities, regardless of their social and cultural background or their skills and abilities. Catalan universities offer master's degrees that emphasize improving educational services for all children and young people, a sector with growing demand.

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The Catalan university system has a very solid offering of master's and postgraduate programs, but the key to its success is its ability to evolve and adapt to the new demands of a constantly evolving market. Programs need to constantly reinvent themselves to respond to the new demands of a constantly changing society. These are some of the most notable developments for the 2025-26 academic year.

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On Tuesday, in Evening newsToni Cruanyes announced: "And now a technological note for Apple fans and the rest of the sector." It was about the upcoming release of the new iPhone 17. "Tim Cook has presented the different versions of the iPhone 17 through his YouTube channel. Among them, a prominent place has been reserved for the iPhone Air, the thinnest and lightest in its history." The images to complement the news were from the brand's presentation videos, where we could see, slowly moving, the new phones with their sinuous shapes and the usual striking colors. They are very tempting images that seem to confirm that all those magical dystopias that we imagined were far away will finally be in our pockets. Cruanyes continued reporting: "We were also able to see the new range of smart watches and headphones." And, finally, some service information for viewers: "They will be available for purchase starting September 19." In the images, we saw how Apple's presentation also alerted us to the possibility of ordering them from that moment on.

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On Thursday at noon, the News explained a scientific breakthrough: a new test that predicts the likelihood of metastasis in the most common form of breast cancer. The discovery is not only a step forward in the field of personalized medicine but also unique: the improved prognosis doesn't involve taking a new drug, but rather stopping a regular drug to prevent osteoporosis.

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