Additionally, the Faculty disseminates all information that allows promoting among the university community and the professional sector the successful participation of our students in different events. In this sense, the involvement of the professional sector, as potential employers, in the knowledge and recognition of our programs constitutes a priority task for this institution.
The Faculty of Communication Sciences maintains a direct relationship with all professional associations of journalists and with the 151 communication companies with which it has signed internships agreements and which, therefore, offer and evaluate internships for our students, visit our center, and have direct information about our curricula.
In addition to this regular level of communication, the Deanship holds at least one annual meeting with the directors of the Colexio Profesional de Xornalistas de Galicia (Professional Association of Journalists of Galicia,) an organization with which we share the "Nacho Mirás" scholarship (awarded to recently graduated students), with the Press Associations of A Coruña and Santiago, and with the management of the most relevant media outlets: CRTVG, La Voz de Galicia, El Correo Gallego, El Progreso, and La Región. These contacts aim to gain a deeper understanding of our curricula, the needs of companies regarding the training of future professionals, and to receive information about the monitoring of the work carried out by our students during internships.
The program "A Ponte entre o Ensino Medio e a USC” aims to serve as a bridge between high school students and the USC to inform and guide future university students, with the goal of enabling them to choose the studies that best suit their preferences.
The program has been operating in a structured manner since the 2003-2004 academic year and aims to showcase the academic offerings and the research, social, cultural, and spatial context of the University where these studies take place.
The main focus is on disseminating information about the University of Santiago de Compostela – its degrees, research, academic services – but also about the environment in which university activities take place – residential, cultural, sports, and associative services, among others. Ultimately, it aims to convey what life is like at a university located in the heart of two historic cities (Lugo and Santiago de Compostela).
The "A Ponte" program is structured into three key subprograms, framed within an introductory activity and a closing one. It also organizes other complementary or supportive initiatives that allow for the implementation of the key subprograms or that collaborate in emphasizing and amplifying the idea of the university we are building.
The key subprograms are:
- VISITS by USC to High Schools in Galicia
- Thematic TALKS
- ENCOUNTERS in the USC Area
The Faculty of Communication Sciences has social media profiles on Instagram (@facom_usc), X -previously Twitter- (@facom_usc), Facebook (@facom_usc), and LinkedIn (FaCom USC). The center uses these channels for promoting its degrees, events, and activities organized or promoted by students or faculty of the faculty and the professional or academic achievements of the members of the "FaCom" community. In addition, social media serves as a tool for attracting future students thanks to the audiovisual content (Reels) that we disseminate about the experience of our students in their internships in communication sector companies and about the professional trajectory of the alumni of this faculty.
All these contents are identified with different hashtags, depending on the specific topic they address:
#ProfesionaisFaComUSC: active alumni as professionals in communication, audiovisual or journalism.
#ProxectosAlumnadoFaComUSC: professional projects of students or alumni of the faculty but that were created or designed before their promoters had graduated.
#PegadaFaComUSC: alumni share those experiences, opportunities, or possibilities that marked them the most during their years as students at the faculty.
#AxendaFaComUSC: announcement of activities or events organized by the faculty or that have its support.
#AlumnadoFaComUSC: announcement of talks or professional visits received by our students in the classrooms, information about current student mobility experiences, notices about existing student clubs at the center (film, photography, and reading clubs), etc.
#AlumniFaComUSC: faculty alumni share their time at the center or their professional successes.
#FaComUSC or #LembraFaComUSC: institutional or academic-related information regarding the faculty (opening of deadlines, relevant dates, meetings, etc.).
#InvestigaciónFaComUSC: information and activities aimed at the staff or research students enrolled in the PhD program in Communication and Contemporary Information.
#ConvocatoriasFaComUSC: announcement of calls and awards that may be of interest to students or alumni of the faculty.
#ProfesoradoFaComUSC: news or information regarding the teaching staff of the faculty.
#BibliotecaFaCom: information about activities, initiatives, or courses organized or promoted by the center's library.
Students from the Faculty receive the Parlamento Xove 2023 Award
The debate team composed of the students from the Journalism Degree Paula Pérez Cantelar, Iria Ramos Mesía, and Uxía Sánchez Lorda, along with the student from the Double Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication Xoel Rodríguez Poy, wins the Parlamento Xove 2023 Award (promoted by Xuventude Xunta de Galicia) in the "University" category.
Three Audiovisual Communication students win the Outra Compostela Award at the Curtocircuíto Festival 2023
The project "Doddies," by Elena Vázquez, Irene Tobío, and Beatriz Real, receives the Outra Compostela Award (sponsored by the Galicia Film Commission) at the Curtocircuíto Festival. The three students were in their second year of Audiovisual Communication when they received the award.
Faculty students win the XXIX National Gastronomic Journalism Award "Álvaro Cunqueiro" in the academic works category (2023)
"A semente da cidade", a project by the Journalism students Águeda Cernadas and Alejandra Barco, and by the student from the Double Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication Marta Castro, wins the XXIX National Gastronomic Journalism Award "Álvaro Cunqueiro" in the academic works category. The jury positively evaluated the diversity of sources used, the visual content, and the documentation work. The students donated the physical award they received to the Faculty.
Audiovisual Communication students among the winners of the I CIMA 10 Scripts for Equality Contest, promoted by CIMA and Amazon Prime Video Spain (2023)
The project "Señora, por favor," by Alma Alonso and María Aragón (students of the Audiovisual Communication Degree), is one of the winning pieces of the I CIMA 10 Scripts for Equality Contest, promoted by the Association of Women Filmmakers and Media Professionals (CIMA) and Amazon Prime Video Spain. The short film was supervised by the professor Marta Pérez Pereiro and the producer and director Paula Cons.
Two Audiovisual Communication students win the XIII Diciembre en Corto Contest (2023)
Marcos Velázquez and Aira Portos won the first prize of the XIII edition of Diciembre en Corto, a contest organized by La Gota to promote audiovisual creation among young people aged between 16 and 35. Our students presented the short film "Móvil", a piece about loss and daily weariness.
Four Audiovisual Communication students win the Outra Compostela Award at the Curtocircuíto Festival 2022
Nerea Losada, Eira Losada, Sabela Vilas, and Diana Iglesias won this award with their audiovisual project "Ollada noutra Compostela"
A student from the Faculty of Communication Sciences selected by the CRUE to participate in a simulation project of the EU Council
Xoel Rodríguez Poy, a student of the Double Degree at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, was selected by CRUE Spanish Universities to participate in a pilot project launched by the European Union Council, with the aim of simulating the work of the Council of the European Union and the Council of Europe.
In total, six students from different universities across the country were selected to represent Spain. Each one would have a specific role: ambassadors, national experts, ministers of European Affairs, heads of state, and also journalists. The event took place in Brussels in February 2023.
https://www.crue.org/2023/02/estudiantes-participan-consimium-bruselas/
Awards for "Linguistic Quality 2022"
The multimedia report "Reportaxe multimedia: O val de Tebra – Os fíos da historia –" by Christian Villaverde de la Cruz, which competed in the 2022 Linguistic Quality Awards, received a mention in this edition.
These awards value the appropriate presentation of works (academic, Bachelor's and Master's theses) from a formal point of view —which includes linguistic aspects, information structuring, writing, design, coherence, etc.—, ultimately evaluating a communicative skill that you, as a tutor, notably fostered.