Strategic Lines
The Student Observatory is an organization of the UACE that has the purpose of carrying out analyses, reports and publications of interest on university students, obtaining a concrete vision of their profile and needs.
Line I. Detection of student needs and their dissemination.
Line II. Promotion of university commitment and feeling of belonging.
Financial projects
The Student Observatory, through the Student Observatory Projects Call, aims to finance projects led by teaching and research staff from the Rey Juan Carlos University that are intended to analyze the needs and sensitivities of the student body in accordance with the strategic lines defined in the bases of this provision.
The current call was approved in the 2023 financial year and has an execution period from July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024.
The projects that have been financed in this first call have been:
- PERCEPTION OF GENDER VIOLENCE AMONG URJC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. IP: Maria Avila Bravo-Villasante
- STRESS, COPING AND MENTAL HEALTH IN A SAMPLE OF SPANISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY. IP: Carlos Vara Garcia.
- CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ABANDONMENT OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES AT THE URJC. IP: Clara Simón de Blas.
- ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND UNIVERSITY DROPOUT IN URJC DEGREES: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. IP: Raquel Montes Diaz.
- THE IMPACT OF ACTIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES ON STUDENT MOTIVATION AND DROPOUT OF SUBJECTS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. IP: Jaime Urquiza Fuentes.
- MOTIVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE ENGINE OF THE SOCIAL ELEVATOR (MUMAS). IP: Mercedes Alda Fernandez.
Promoted projects
APS Project Chemical Submission
The project seeks to obtain information about the perception of chemical submission by the university community, their knowledge about it and their possible personal experiences located in the context of nightlife. The information obtained will be used to hold talks and workshops on awareness, education and prevention, as well as for the creation of a Safe Point where students can obtain information and request assistance (Psychological, legal, etc.). This entire project falls within Learning and Service.