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August is not synonymous with inactivity in Cartagena this year.
La Politécnica, together with the Funcarele Foundation and the UIMP, has been promoting the urban center during this summer with an extensive training and leisure program at an International Summer Campus which in its first edition has offered some thirty courses and activities and has captured the Interest of 320 students, as explained today by Rector Alejandro Díaz, Mayor Ana Belén Castejón and Juan Hernández, Employment and University Minister.
"Combining a mixture of popularization, training and leisure we seek to put Cartagena on the map and access the national and international circuit of summer universities", summarized the rector of the Polytechnic.
"The Campus is an added value to the tourist offer of the city", stressed the mayoress.
"It is a further step for the UPCT, which is already a reference for the quality of its education and the employability of its students, in the economic dynamization of the Region," said the counselor.
"August was a month lacking cultural and economic activities," said the mayor, praising the initiative, which emulates "cities as dynamic in summer as Santander or Jaca," said Miguel Martinez, academic director of the Campus.
At the heart of the training program are language courses, including Spanish for foreigners, official exam preparation courses in English and Spanish, and for trainers in both languages ​​and legal English.
Regarding leisure, the sea will be the main protagonist of the activities organized by the Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena, although there will also be space for cultural workshops such as theater.
"The aim is to make Cartagena a reference for training and leisure in summer, giving life to the historic center and offering useful services for international students, tourists, professionals or families who seek a complement to the knowledge that their children acquire during the course "Explains José Manuel Ferrández, vice-rector of Internationalization at the UPCT.
The Cartagena Polytechnic opens during August its most emblematic center, the Faculty of Sciences of the Company, next to the port, and its residence of Calle Caballero to also offer accommodation to those attending the courses.
In addition to languages, the courses will be able to learn about oratory, internationalization of companies, marketing, trends, 'big data', 'smart cities', 'design thinking', Chinese ink, female personal defense or introduction to underwater archeology. A course led by Carlota Pérez-Reverte.
Leisure activities include baptisms and dive courses and sailing, dragon boat trips, kayaking routes through the coves, snorkeling and a campus of actors.
Source: UPCT
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