‘The University cannot live with its back towards Vocational Training, nor the other way round with respect to higher education; on the contrary, both are great travelling companions’. These were the words of José Alarcón, UCAM Secretary General and Director of the San Antonio VET Institute at the inauguration of the III Business, Vocational Training and University Meeting.

The UCAM HiTech facilities hosted this event, with the participation of Víctor Marín Navarro, Regional Minister for Education, Vocational Training and Employment, who pointed out at the opening ceremony that ‘this academic year, the Region has had a historic offer of 43,500 places, and is also one of the communities with the highest employability rates’. Marín added that ‘events such as this one held by the UCAM, contribute to bringing companies closer to the trends and innovations in the field of vocational training, so that synergies can continue to be generated between public and private centres, the administration and the productive fabric’.
As part of the activities of the II Week on Career Guidance, Employment and Postgraduate Degrees of the Universidad Católica de Murcia San Antonio, the conference was also attended by Luis Quiñonero, Director General of Vocational Training, Special Education and Lifelong Learning; Juan Navarro Barba, Technical Advisor for Workplace Training of the CARM; María Ángeles Muñoz, Director of Projects, Training and Entrepreneurship of CROEM and Antonio Abril, APROMUR President. The audience included representatives from the productive fabric, heads of educational centres of the community and members of the teaching staff of the San Antonio VET Institute of the UCAM.