This article describes the consultancy provided by the UTEC-UNED-TECSUP University Consortium to six national universities in Peru, during the COVID-19 state of emergency. This action aims to promote the techno-pedagogical change from a face-to-face to a virtual/online educational context. The process consists of three stages that ensured the continuity of the virtual/online educational service: diagnosis, design, and training, to strengthen instructional and digital competencies, support, and techno-pedagogical monitoring. It includes the basic principles of constructivist and constructionist learning theories for active and quality teaching and learning for the agents involved, and, in addition, the guidelines set by the emerging Peruvian regulations during the pandemic to move towards a digital university model according to the times. After a 157-day intervention, the analysis of the results raises some reflections: the importance of the socio-cultural context and its influence on the concept and development of the instructional act; the concept of distance learning in territories where connectivity is the main difficulty, and the university institution, in terms of a non-presential educational model with open and versatile methodologies, which anticipates a long process, involves a scheduled follow-up, requires fluid communication and demands continuous feedback.

This article shows the response offered by the UTEC-UNED-TECSUP Consortium to six Peruvian public (national) universities aimed at strengthening the digital competences of their communities, made up of managers, teachers, students, and support technicians. The contextual and situational diagnosis, which covered organizational, technological, and competence dimensions, revealed a series of cross-cutting needs related to technological skills that prevented the training or mobilization of the digital competences necessary for progress in the other dimensions under study. The response was an online training plan, consisting of three training programs and eighty-three courses. The pedagogical strategy was based on the scaling of competence achievements that ended with problem-solving and applications in daily activities. The accompaniment was carried out through virtual tutorials, distributed via synchronous and asynchronous sessions. In total, 5034 were involved—347 were teachers and managers, 4932 were students, and 25 were technical staff. The pedagogical and socio-emotional limitations of the university community, as well as the scarcity of technological resources and poor connectivity, meant that the plan was only partially implemented. Moreover, the short and intense period of development to which the universities were subjected was also a factor.

While the importance of teacher job satisfaction is well documented, the processes and mechanisms by which educational institutions manage to influence the satisfactions of their members are not. Studies on the organizational elements associated with satisfaction have focused on isolated factors without the common umbrella of a consolidated theoretical model. Based on Kanter's theory of power in organizations, we aimed to analyze the mediator role of psychological empowerment between structural empowerment and job satisfaction in a sample of 267 university teachers in southern Spain. A cross‐sectional study was carried out, utilizing questionnaires for data collection and convenience sampling. Percentile confidence intervals, based on 5000 resamples, were calculated to test the mediation model. Results showed that a two‐way effect of structural empowerment on job satisfaction: a direct effect based on access to organizational resources of power and an indirect effect through the development of positive cognitions at work. Access to opportunities, resources, information, and support empower university teachers psychologically, fostering their intrinsic motivation and increasing their job satisfaction, key elements for teaching quality in higher education.

The UTEC-UNED-TECSUP University Consortium took part in the eighth edition of the Support programme for the design and implementation of strategies for continuity of the Higher Education service in public universities of the Peruvian Ministry of Education (PMESUT), devised to promote the continuity of non-classroom-based educational service in public universities. This article presents the assessment carried out in four universities, with the aim of ensuring the ongoing digitization of education in the aftermath of the pandemic. Once the diagnosis had been made, the techno-pedagogical virtualization of 138 model courses was carried out in three phases: planning; curriculum design and teaching support; and implementation of the courses in the virtual classroom. Limitations were related to existing digital divides: time constraints, personal self-regulation and limited training in pedagogical and digital competences of teachers. Individualised support and tutoring measures were sought, increasing the number of synchronous sessions to facilitate assessment. The feedback focused on information, interaction and accountability on what has been done and the improvement of the didactic act in virtual mode. In conclusion, the complexity of the process was notable, as well as the high level of demand to achieve results which, although positive, encountered several obstacles arising from the different agents and elements involved.

‘Radioenseñanza’ was an interesting experience carried out in the province of Huelva (Spain) over two academic years before the 1970 education law (Ley General de Educación). It was organised by the new broadcasting company ‘Radio Popular’ in collaboration with the local administration of the Ministry of Education at the end of Francoism. This activity was developed with didactic resources published by ‘Radio ECCA’, which had started broadcasting for educational purposes on the Canary Islands with the Jesuit priest Francisco Villén Lucena a few years before in 1965.Despite its benefits for the population, this fruitful experience had to finish early just two years after it started, due to some disagreements (mainly of an economic nature) between the broadcasting company and the education administration.The aim of this article is to outline the origins, dissemination and scope of this brief experience in the province of Huelva.

This study examines the methodologies of the Shanghai Ranking from 2022 to 2024 and their impact on the Education category. Using a multiple case study with a qualitative and comparative approach based on documentary analysis, it evaluates changes in the indicators and their influence on the positioning of Spanish universities. A change toward more quality-oriented indicators is identified, such as the removal of the "Number of papers" indicator and the introduction of "World-Class Faculty" in 2024. However, these methodologies limit the evaluation of disciplines like Education, where local impact and qualitative approaches are essential. The article proposes strategies to balance the production of globally impactful research with local relevance and improving the competitiveness of universities with fewer resources. It concludes that while the changes in the ranking foster global excellence, it is crucial to adapt the indicators to better reflect the contributions of disciplines like Education. Future research directions are also suggested, focusing on the qualitative impact of rankings on local educational development.