External academic work placements (EAW) place students in real professional scenarios that favour the acquisition of knowledge and the implementation of the necessary skills and abilities in their future labour insertion. In this context, students observe, analyse, reflect and learn to make decisions and act. It also allows students to approach the professional world from different dimensions and development, in a specific spatial-temporal context, of the fundamental professional skills of the degree.
The educational nature of EAWs revolves around two areas:
- To articulate theory and practice through a global approach to problems and real situations in the workplace, putting into play the knowledge obtained through the different subjects of the syllabus.
- To reflect on action allowing for reflective learning, beyond mere action.
The subjects that make up the EAWs of each of the Faculty's degrees share a set of general objectives:
- To contribute to the integral training of students, complementing their theoretical and practical learning.
- To facilitate the knowledge of work methodology adapted to the professional reality in which the students will have to operate, contrasting and applying the knowledge acquired.
- To promote the development of technical, methodological, personal and participatory skills.
- To obtain practical experience that facilitates insertion into the work force and improves future employability.
- To promote the values of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.