The «Francisco Santisteban» Intergenerational Centre, promoted by the University of Córdoba with the collaboration of the Pozoblanco City Council, has opened the 2026/2027 academic year with 147 students and courses on emotional intelligence, olive oil, heritage, technology and English.
The «Francisco Santisteban» Intergenerational Centre has started the 2026/2027 academic year in Pozoblanco with 147 students enrolled, according to the local City Council. The opening was held on Tuesday, October 20 in the afternoon at the «Antonio Navarro» Assembly Hall of IES Los Pedroches, where gift folders were handed out to those beginning this new academic year.
A programme spread over two semesters
The first-semester programme includes Advanced Emotional Intelligence, taught on Tuesdays by Consolación Pascual García, and Study of Olive Oil, on Thursdays with Francisco Prados Siles.
In the second semester, Tuesdays will be devoted to Cultural Heritage: Values, Protection and Intervention, with Francisco Manuel Espejo Jiménez, and Thursdays to Energy and Civilisation: A History of Technology, led by Antonio Moreno Muñoz and Aurora del Rocío Gil de Castro.
Online English in the afternoons
The training is completed with online English through UCO Idiomas, with a beginner level on Mondays from 17:00 to 18:30 and an intermediate level from 18:45 to 20:15.
University education without leaving the town
The centre operates with the collaboration of the University of Córdoba, which makes it possible to bring university education closer to Pozoblanco without the need to travel, according to the City Council. The opening event was attended by the director of IES Los Pedroches, Pedro del Rey; the academic deputy director of the Intergenerational Centre, Francisca «Paqui» Daza Sánchez; the mayor of Pozoblanco, Santiago Cabello; and the councillor for Education, Cristina Tavera.
The City Council maintains that the continued growth in enrolment reflects the residents' interest in continuing to learn and stay active, and considers the centre a space for coexistence and participation in the cultural and social life of the town.
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