Digital, sustainability and green professions: agreement between the National Association of Principals and Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma for the personal and professional growth of students in Rome and Lazio

Signed in Rome a biennial memorandum of understanding for training, orientation and development of synergies for bring the world of school closer to that of the university and provide students with skills that are essential today to access university studies with the right awareness

Rome, 23 July 2021 - Digital, sustainability, new technologies and "green" professions: topics that every student must know in order to be prepared for the choice of university. Doing it together with the decisive support of their school is the goal they have set themselves National Association of Rome and Lazio Principals e Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma with the signing of a two-year memorandum of understanding for training, orientation and development of synergies for bring the world of school closer to that of the university and provide students with skills that are essential today to access university studies with the right awareness.

At the University headquarters in via àlvaro del Portillo in Rome the Rector Raffaele Calabrò and the Director General of the University Andrea Rossi have signed the collaboration between the schools of Rome and Lazio and Ucbm together with Mario Rusconi, president of ANP-Rome and vice president of ANP-Lazio.

Thus the partnership between the Roman university, which has always been devoted to interdisciplinarity, internationalization and relations with businesses, and the association of Italian principals is strengthened and a relationship that has already been active for years is developed thanks to the organization of new opportunities meetings, orientation courses and training activities for students, together with refresher courses for school administrators, teachers and school staff.

“The collaboration between ANP-Lazio/Rome and UCBM, which has already been active for several years, involves the various educational and training aspects of our future generations, offering them opportunities for growth both from a personal and professional point of view - Said Mario Rusconi, president of ANP-Rome and vice president of ANP-Lazio - The educational path of our students begins with elementary school, sees its first stage with the high school diploma and concludes with the degree. The school, together with the university, train our girls and boys to face life, society and the world of work, trying to define their dreams, directing their expectations by offering them opportunities for knowledge. The agreement between the association I represent and theUCBM is based exactly on this community of intentions and objectives, projecting our generations towards an ethically sustainable future. Digital in its various forms and the environment as a place that goes beyond the perceivable represent the challenge for tomorrow. Knowing how to guide young people, accompany them during their formulation as persons and identity of the self, train them as thinking subjects is the core of the agreement we signed today. The mission of the partnership between ANP-Lazio/Rome and UCBM it is bringing the university into schools to introduce, train and guide our young people before the end of their school cycle, helping them in choosing their professional future.

To the students of our region, together with UCBM - he concluded Rusconi - we offer creative stimuli and growth opportunities to autonomously trace their life path, helping them to realize their individual and professional aspirations".

“With the agreement signed today with ANP Lazio and ANP Roma, theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma becomes closer to the world of school – has ofchiarato Raffaele Calabrò rector ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma - . We will bring to secondary schools the spirit of a university that has always combined scientific research with the development of innovative solutions for personal health and well-being and new technologies for sustainability. I believe that an increasingly close relationship between school and university in the various stages of young people's education is one of the strategic factors for building solid study paths capable of training successful professionals in the various fields. Our training curricula have always focused on the interaction between knowledge, from the very close relationship between medicine and biomedical engineering to degree courses that touch on the themes of sustainability and the food chain. In the end  - he concluded calabrò - the relationship with companies, which has always been a strong point of our university, is a further element that allows young people to immediately understand their inclinations".

“The agreement between UCBM and ANP Lazio and ANP Rome formalized today on paper represents an already concrete and active collaboration for a couple of years – he said Andrea Rossi, Director General of Ucbm - Today we're relaunching this collaboration with the intention of letting in UCBM in schools in order to train young people on issues of great social importance such as: the good use of technologies, artificial intelligence, proper nutrition, respect for the environment and the importance of medical prevention, etc. The dialogue with the teachers of the School will also be precious. Furthermore UCBM wants to perform a valuable orientation function for young people who want to build their future, we will do this by representing an important link between school and the world of work. Businesses - he concluded Rossi -  must be present, together with the Universities, already in the university orientation phase in order to let high school students know their possible future path and in this UCBM and ANP will play a fundamental role in the service of young people.”