This work, entitled The Portuguese model of University Extension, is part of the activities of the Cultural Project Atalaya. The aim is to get to know the policy, which developed by the University Extension of the neighbouring country.

  We say that two major problems have been marked from the beginning, the creation of this work. On the one hand, the large number of institutions that we took in exam, as we have taken as reference the fourteen public universities active. On the other hand, the absence in Portugal of a…

The FAMP and Cultural Observatory of Atalaya Project have been working two years on the construction of an ALLIANCE, that?transferrers progressively to the field of FAMP, some methodologies and tools being developed by the Observatory ?Atalaya. The first action taken was a pilot experience to activate the digital magazine of the Andalusian municipalities.

The portal www.diezencultura.es borns within the project Atalaya, a project initiated by the ten public universities, which unites the Andalusian cultural initiatives conducted throughout the Andalusian university.

So, diezencultura is created as a digital magazine that reflects the cultural agenda of all the universities of Andalusia, and its content includes news, directories of interest and help documentation for planning and cultural management.

From the portal , whi…

In recent years, Spanish universities are undergoing a process of modernization by opening up and as well as by  a greater integration and attention to the needs of society. 2015 University Strategy is an initiative that, among other includes "the promotion of teaching and scientific excellence, internationalization of the university system and its involvement in economic change based on the knowledge and improving innovation."

In the late 2005, the Vicerrectorado de Extensión of the universities put up the Atalaya Project, with financial and technical support of the Directorate General of the Department of Innovation, Science and Enterprise of Junta de Andalusia.

The fact that the ten Andalusian universities embark on a joint project is not, fortunately, a novelty in the context of our university system, however, the fact that this initiative focuses on the "forgotten" by the Vicerrectorado de Extensión of the university is itself a n…

Macro-sociological research, conducted with 3700 surveys, carried out in all universities, aims to achieve three goals: to know for certain uses, habits, demands and cultural values of Andalusian university students, give each university a basic resource to learn about the reality of the university and, through a comparative study of results, enabling the reflection on the structuring of Andalusia.