Extracurricular Practices
· These are academic activities not included in the curriculum.
· They are voluntary and are carried out during the student’s training period. This activity is included in the European Title Supplement.
· The process for carrying out extracurricular internships will be identical to that of the Internships, and the student will have a final grade as an assessment of the internships carried out.
· They must be carried out within the academic period that entitles the enrollment, and in no case can they be done beyond the closure of the student's academic file.
· Extracurricular internships will be carried out preferably from the end of the second year of the degree; however, if the student presents an internship program that adds value to the knowledge and skills provided by the Master's degree, and with the approval of the Master's Degree Direction, these internships may be carried out exceptionally throughout the first and second year of the degree.
Student Requirements to Access Extra-Curricular Internships
In order to carry out extracurricular internships, students must meet the following requirements:
-Be enrolled in the teaching of the corresponding Master Degree.
-Not having a working relationship with the company or institution where the internship is carried out.
Formalization of the Agreement and the Training Project
The realization of the practices requires the previous subscription of an Agreement of Educational Cooperation like regulatory frame of the relations between the students, the company and the EUHT CETT-UB.
The Agreement shall be subject to the following requirements:
a) The agreement must be signed by the School Management, by delegation of the Rector of the UB, and the person who holds the legal representation of the CETT.
b) The formalization of the agreement is prior to the incorporation of the students in the company or institution.
c) The agreement has as an annex the training project, which must be individual per student, and must be signed by the company or institution, by the UB, and by the student.
d) Companies or institutions must guarantee the safety and health of students in the aspects related to the tasks that are the aim of the training project.
e) Companies or institutions do not receive, in any case, any kind of financial compensation for their participation.
The agreement must include the following basic agreements:
a) The formative project object of the practice that has to do with the student.
b) The student permit system.
c) The accident risk and civil liability coverage of the student.
d) Protection of personal data.
e) Economic aspects.
f) Conflict resolution.
g) The terms of recognition of the EUHT CETT-UB for the work carried out by the tutors of the company or institution.
h) Validity and early termination of the agreement.
i) Validity and early termination of internships.
The training project of the practices
The training project is an individual document of the student, annexed to the educational cooperation agreement, in which the contents and characteristics that make up the internship work plan that the student carries out in the company or institution are specified. The contents of the practices must be defined in such a way as to ensure the direct relationship of the competences to be acquired in practice with the studies completed.
The training project is formed following the principles of inclusion, equal opportunities, non-discrimination and universal accessibility.
The training project must specify the educational objectives and the activities that the internship students must fulfill. The definition of the objectives will be set taking into account the competences that the students want to develop.
The training project contains the following elements:
a) Total number of internship hours.
b) Number of hours per day.
c) Hours.
d) Period.
e) Postal address for the internship.
f) Name of the department or functional area of the company or institution where the student will do the internship.
g) Description of the tasks to be carried out.
h) Description of the specific competences of the degree to develop.
e) Description of the transversal, general or key competences to develop.
j) Description of the job or professional profile in accordance with the tasks and skills to be developed.
In the case of students who carry out the internships with national or international mobility, the processing of the agreement with the company will be coordinated to have a scanned copy in advance and always guaranteeing that the originals will be sent by certified postal mail (only in the case that the student is not responsible for personally delivering the originals to the company).
Students who carry out international internships must take out insurance and submit a photocopy of the European Health Card.
During the entire internship period, the student will be covered by school insurance, both in the establishment of the company and in case of accidents/incidents, as well as medical emergencies. In the case of students aged 28 or over, they are excluded from school insurance and have medical coverage for accidents and medical emergencies in the AXA Insurance Company.
In the processing of the corresponding Internship Agreement, three copies will be delivered that must be signed by the three parties involved (CETT-UB, Company where the practices will be carried out, and student).
This agreement must be returned to Career Services within the week following the start of the internship, otherwise, the agreement will be terminated. It is the student's responsibility to return the signed program and internship agreement to Career Services.
The sending of all the pertinent documentation to evaluate the practices within the framework of the Practicum subject will be carried out online through the Virtual Campus.
Validity and early termination of the agreement or the Internship Training Project
In general, the Internship Agreement / Training Project is valid for one academic year [1] or period for which it is subscribed.
It can be terminated in advance for the following reasons:
a) For early termination of the training project attached to the agreement.
b) By mutual agreement of the parties, expressed in writing.
c) By denunciation of one of the parties, expressed in writing.
d) Due to the impossibility of complying with the agreement or the Training Project.
e) For unavoidable personal reasons and / or force majeure.
f) For other reasons provided for in current legislation.
To do so, the student must complete the termination application form for the agreement provided by Career Services.
Economic aspects
The internship agreement may provide for the contribution by the company or institution of an amount for the student in the form of a scholarship or study aid, provided that this is agreed between the two signatory parties to the agreement, and that satisfy in the manner determined.
As for the aid to the student, it will be stated in the student's training project, as a document attached to the agreement, and in no case is it considered remuneration or payroll for the activity carried out, since there is no employment relationship. This scholarship or this aid does not need to be adjusted either in concept or in amounts to what is provided in the labor remuneration system established in the company or institution.
When the internships are remunerated in accordance with RD1493/20, the company must register the student with Social Security before the start date, and must satisfy the Social Security contributions that are mandatory in accordance with the applicable legislation.