Australia's RMIT university expands to Europe... from Barcelona

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is expanding to Europe and establishing a presence in Barcelona to coordinate its European activity.

RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner AO, said the decision to establish a hub in Barcelona was a reflection of RMIT's extensive collaborative partnerships in Europe.

RMIT selected Barcelona because of its reputation in architecture and design and also because of it is considered a good place for businesses. RMIT is also collaborating in the construction of the Sagrada Familia.

RMIT has already agreements with Catalan universites, UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and ELISAVA (Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona).

RMIT premises are located at Carrer Minerva, 2 Barcelona

More info from Catalan New Agency (ACN)

Australia, ranked "happiest" developed nation, again...

Well, if so many agree maybe there is some truth...

Article in English (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22685260

Article in Catalan (ARA):
http://www.ara.cat/societat/australia-felicitat-OCDE_0_927507530.html

AuNZ.Cat dinner... Friday 14th June

We are organising a dinner in Barcelona. The place is Barcelona Cooking in Les Rambles.

We will enjoy the amazing views of Les Rambles and we'll have a Chef/Instructor who will help us to create our own menu. We will work closely with the Chef and the whole experience will leave us smiling long after the cooking is done!!!

Place: Barcelona Cooking  (Rambles 58, principal 2n)
Time: 7:00 PM
Price: 30 Eur (special AuNZ.Cat price)
Menu:
- Romesco sauce toast with fried anchovy
- Fideua
- Coconut cake with mint syrup
- Drinks: Tempranillo Red Wine, Alvariño White Wine, water (1 bottle every two people)

The event will be held in English
 Please, confirm sending an email to aunzcat@gmail.com

See you there!

Primavera Sound, then Vivid Sydney

Today when  is the last day of Primavera Sound Barcelona, down under in Sydney they are still enjoying Vivid Sidney, a festival of light, music and ideas. During the festival many iconic structures are iluminated throught the city and performances by electronic music pioneers can be seen.

Enjoy this video publish by The Age newspaper..

Australia & New Zealand Opportunities Day (AUNZOD)

To answer the questions some of you sent, we organised two "AUNZODs", Australia & NZ Opportunities Days.

The sessions were held at Belushi's Barcelona (thanks Belushi's). The first one was about migrating to Australia and it was held on 4th May, the second one was about migrating to NZ and it was held on 11th May.

The information was offered by Sergio  from TrekYourWay and Juan from MyVisaManager.

If you need info about these sessions you can send a mail to aunzcat@gmail.com

Thanks for coming

Joan Parra

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Happy Sant Jordi Day (Diada de Sant Jordi)

23th April, time to share roses and books in the popular Diada de Sant Jordi (Sant George's Day). Let's do it!

This celebration has arrived at Reader's Feast Booksellers in Melbourne (picture by Casal Català de Victoria). You can see three books related to Catalonia: In Diamond Square (La plaça del diamant), The sound of one hand killing and What's up with Catalonia?

Enjoy this day!

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