María Pombo, one of the influencers most followed in Spain, has been the protagonist of two of the questions on the Spanish exam for the Selectividad (university entrance exam) taken by students from the Balearic Islands this Tuesday, the first day of the PAU tests in the Archipelago. Specifically, the content creator appears in the question where students are asked to identify and explain the syntactic relationships established between the clauses in the following fragment: "The controversy surrounding María Pombo regarding reading has demonstrated the capacity that social networks have today to fix a debate in public conversation".

“You’re almost there. You’ve completed a demanding high school program, and now the most important thing is to trust yourselves and arrive with a clear head.” This is the main recommendation made by Fèlix Coll, a former student of IES Biel Martí de Ferreries and one of the students with the highest grades in the 2025 Selectividad (university entrance exam), to the students taking it this year. He achieved a score of 9.35 without weighting and is now studying Electronic, Industrial, and Automatic Engineering at the UIB. Coll offers advice for facing the three days of evaluations in the University Access Test (PAU), which this year will be taken by 4,950 students from educational centers in the Balearic Islands on June 2, 3, and 4. The figure is slightly higher than last year, when 4,860 students participated. The majority of the examinees are from Mallorca (80.9%), followed by Ibiza (9.6%), Menorca (9.1%), and Formentera (0.4%). Women continue to be the majority, with 60.2% of the total.

The University of the Balearic Islands projected this Thursday the documentary Global Grab: Mozambique's Coal and Jindal's extractive curse, an investigation into the social and environmental impacts of coal extraction in Mozambique by the Indian group Jindal. The screening is part of the Scholars at Risk program and was attended by the journalist and director of the film, Anand Mangnale, persecuted by the Indian government and hosted for the past year by the UIB.

The 2026 Selectividad (PAU) will incorporate a significant reinforcement of control mechanisms with the implementation of radio frequency detectors and the approval of a new agreement on the regulation of fraudulent conduct and sanctions. The device, promoted by the Ministry of Education and Universities and the UIB, will be applied during the tests scheduled for June 2, 3, and 4, 2026, and establishes a system of measures ranging from reprimands to the total invalidation of the call in the most serious cases.

The University of the Balearic Islands collaborates with the IEC-ARA cycle 'Qüestions IEC: we interrogate, we understand, we converse' in Palma, a proposal that invites to analyze some of the main questions of the present from a plural and expert perspective. The first session, titled From paid holidays to tourismphobia took place on May 14, in the Sa Riera space (Palma) and focused on the debate about the current tourism model and its tensions. Participants included Dr. Joana Maria Seguí, professor in the Geography department at the UIB, member of the Section of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the IEC and member of the Societat Catalana de Geografia, specialized in transport, and Dr. Macià Blàzquez, professor in the Geography department at the UIB and also a member of the Societat Catalana de Geografia, specialized in tourism. The session was moderated by Jaume Perelló, director of ARA Balears.

Following the accident registered this Wednesday, May 13, on the UIB campus, the institution has decided to intensify the review plan for all campus buildings. The measure has been taken after a glass window detached due to a gust of wind and fell into a classroom in the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building while class was in session, causing a student to be injured. The review has been prioritized especially in the buildings where the university entrance exams will be held: Gaspar M. de Jovellanos, Guillem Cifre de Colonya, and Antoni M. Alcover i Sureda.

Following the accident registered this Wednesday, May 13, on the UIB campus, the institution has decided to intensify the review plan for all campus buildings. The measure was taken after a glass window detached due to a gust of wind and fell into a classroom in the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building while a class was in session, causing a student to be injured. The review has been prioritized especially in the buildings where university entrance exams will be held: Gaspar M. de Jovellanos, Guillem Cifre de Colonya, and Antoni M. Alcover i Sureda.

The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) is hosting this Thursday, May 14, the conference 'Despite Fear, Solidarity and Memory. Accounts of Women in Francoist Prisons', an initiative promoted by LiCET and the UIB Equality Office to reclaim the memory of women repressed during Francoism. The activities will take place between the auditorium of the Ramon Llull building, on the university campus, and the auditorium of Sa Riera, in Palma.

The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC) are launching a new series of debates this week to reflect on some of the major social and cultural changes taking place in the Balearic Islands. The series will begin this Thursday, May 14, with a first session focused on one of the most debated issues in the Islands today: the transformation of the social perception of tourism.

IMEDEA researcher, Anna Traveset, has been recognized with the National Research Award in the Alejandro Malaspina modality, within the field of Natural Resources Sciences and Technologies. The award recognizes a scientific career of international reference focused on the study of ecological interactions and biodiversity in island ecosystems.

Imedea researcher Anna Traveset has been recognized with the National Research Award in the Alejandro Malaspina modality, within the field of Natural Resources Sciences and Technologies. The award recognizes an international reference scientific career focused on the study of ecological interactions and biodiversity in island ecosystems.

At university, group work has consolidated as a key learning tool, in line with the principles of the Bologna Process. But behind the idea of cooperation and preparation for the professional world, tensions lurk, such as inequalities between classmates, diverse evaluation systems, and a question that divides students and teachers: is it really fair how collective work is evaluated?

40 years ago, the Balearic Parliament approved the Law of Linguistic Normalization. Forty years later, while it is true that the situation of Catalan as the native and co-official language of the Islands has not been normalized, it is also true that too often abnormality is accompanied by apocalyptic diagnoses. There are reasons for concern: Catalan is losing presence in many areas and young people, especially in informal relationships, are increasingly communicating in Spanish. However, if we only look at the glass half empty, we fail to see a part of the reality that is equally significant.

A study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Educational Research and Innovation (IRIE-UIB) at the UIB, with a sample of 457 university students, suggests that open communication with one's mother has a direct impact on how young people experience their sexuality. According to the findings, when this dialogue is fluid and sincere, the sense of sexual self-efficacy increases. That is, the ability to make decisions, set boundaries, and act with confidence and autonomy. The presence of myths and misconceptions about sexuality also decreases.

The first Baròmetro of the Social Council of the UIB shows that only 51.2% of students would prefer to mostly receive classes in Catalan, while 40.4% opt for Spanish, in a context of linguistic coexistence but with significant differences depending on studies and territories. The survey, based on 2,067 responses, also reveals that the use of Catalan in classrooms varies significantly between faculties and islands, with particularly unique cases like Formentera, where no student declares wanting to mostly receive classes in Spanish.

The future expansion of the Palma metro to Son Espases hospital, which has already been released for public consultation and represents one of the Govern's most ambitious short-term mobility projects, crosses areas with a high risk of flooding. The project incorporates an environmental impact study that confirms this structural constraint, as it affects all proposed alternatives and could determine both the final route and the environmental viability of the project.

Students at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) mostly live in their family home, choose their studies out of vocation, intensively use artificial intelligence (AI) for academic purposes, and see themselves working in the public sector. This is the conclusion of the first Barometer of the UIB Social Council, based on a sample of 2,067 students, comprising 36.8% men and 63.2% women, as detailed this Monday by the director of the Balearic Institute of Social Studies (IBES), Gonzalo Adán, with the president of the Social Council, Antoni Bennasar.

Dr. Tomás Chivato, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at CEU San Pablo, is one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the center in Mallorca through CEU Beato Luis Belda, which will begin operating next academic year with degrees in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Psychology, and Medicine. He maintains that the project is born with the will to contribute to Balearic society and advocates for the coexistence of public and private universities as complementary models.

The Governing Council of the UIB has approved a new regulation that prohibits smoking on the terraces of the cafeterias in its buildings. The measure is part of institutional strategies to promote well-being and reduce risk factors among the university community, with the aim of consolidating safer and healthier spaces. The initiative was presented this Friday, April 24, at an event on the UIB campus attended by the Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Projection, Adrià Muntaner, and the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in the Balearic Islands, José Reyes.

The UIB Governing Council has approved a new regulation prohibiting smoking on the terraces of its buildings' cafeterias. The measure is part of institutional strategies to promote well-being and reduce risk factors among the university community, with the aim of consolidating safer and healthier spaces. The initiative was presented this Friday, April 24, at an event on the UIB campus attended by the Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Projection, Adrià Muntaner, and the President of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in the Balearic Islands, José Reyes.