Universidad de Valencia

The book “15 años de la Nau Gran” will be presented on the following 24^th of February 2016 at 18:30. It will take place in the assembly hall of the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication. Spokespeople will be Ramón López Martín, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Training and Educational Quality Policy, and Amparo Pérez Carbonell, Director of the University Extension Service. Another participant will be Joan Calabuig, Deputy Mayor and Councillor Responsable for older adults of Valencia city council. He will give a speech called “Older adults policy in Valencia City”.  

This publication is a collection of experiences of the figures that have enabled the programme La Nau Gran to become an educational model established in Valencia City and the University of València.

La Nau Gran programme was started 15 years ago, when in 1999 the University of Valencia launched a programme to open the doors to people over 55, who are motivated and willing to keep learning.

The next Sunday 14th of December is taking place the 5th HEALTHY WALK, organised by the University of Valencia, specifically by the NAU GRAN programme.

More than 600 hundred enrolled people in this edition will make a journey that will take us through the old bed of the River Turia, from the Botanical Garden to the Square of the “Rectorat”, where we will enjoy a “healthy lunch”.

The Healthy Walk is a familiar meeting, intergenerational, which aims to kindly claim the importance of the older adult's involvement in our society. Is an active but not competitive walk where people will be able to share public spaces, specially green areas. This initiative was created in 2010 by the NAU GRAN, the university programme for adults older than 50 years of the University of Valencia, and it has been consolidated in the official calendar of Valencia. From the start, it connects some university spaces with the “Rectorat” of the UV (first was from “Tarongers”, then from the historical building of the University of Valencia in La Nave/st), this year is the third time that it starts from the Botanical Garden, goes through the garden located in the old bed of the River Turia, and gets to the garden centre “Viveros” to finish in the Charles Darwin Square of the “Rectorat”.

Registration still available for everyone who were interested in participate. The inscriptions should be made through the web platform of the University ENTREU.