El escenario actual de crisis y cambios ha llevado a pensar en el emprendimiento como una nueva v The current scenario of crisis and change has prompted the idea of entrepreneurship as a way to develop new media business models that can be promoted by university training. In this study, we aim to assess the effects of such training. A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews of Spanish journalism and communication entrepreneurs who have undergone university training in business creation and management. Our results show the positive effects of this training on entrepreneurship both in general and on specific aspects of entrepreneurial projects such as organization, business plan/model, marketing, innovation, social aspects and quality of life. Different patterns between the effects of university training on new initiatives and advanced projects were also observed. In this respect, the training supported the creation of new businesses and the development of existing ones. Finally, the suggestions for improving training and the limitations to entrepreneurship have revealed the importance of providing this type of education with a more practical, up-to-date approach that is interconnected with the business and university world. Therefore, examples of this work can be of vital importance in opening up new opportunities for sector development to enable future generations of journalists to fulfill their important social function.

Research on university education and its role in developing personality traits essential to achieving success in entrepreneurship is required because of the significance of entrepreneurship for advancements in the economic, social, technological, and environmental spheres. Additionally, the value of a university education in shaping an individual’s personality, and the necessity of emphasizing entrepreneurship in higher education for students to achieve real success, should be a priority in our society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore how university education influences personality traits that are key to success in entrepreneurship in Spain. To achieve this objective, a qualitative methodology based on the study of 11 cases has been adopted. The results allow us to conclude that university education has a decisive influence on the development of the personality traits that integrally determine entrepreneurial success as the culmination of the final stage of the maturation process; however, a university education is not fundamental to the development of these traits. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs emphasized that the personality traits analyzed need to be reinforced explicitly in university education since they effectively positively impact the success of entrepreneurial initiatives.

Scientific mobility can stimulate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, acting as a catalyst for reducing imbalances between local and global science and the resulting socio-economic damage. This study evaluates both whether scientific mobility effectively promotes these concepts and the fundamental reasons to articulate effective policies for scientific mobility. Toward this end, a survey has been prepared following the methodology of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and current scientific literature. A total of 364 researchers involved in Spanish scientific mobility took part in the study: Spanish scientists abroad (135) and scientists returned to Spain (52), as mobile groups, and young researchers in Spain (177), as a group of scientists who could go abroad, but that have not yet begun to leave. The results demonstrate that scientific mobility does promote entrepreneurship and, especially intrapreneurship. Moreover, since permanent positions are scarce for these groups and their mobility decisions largely depend on job opportunities, the involved Spanish authorities and agents can improve scientific mobility by means suitable policies that make the most of this potential to the benefit of economic growth and job creation.

En las últimas décadas, diferentes organismos nacionales e internacionales han reflejado, mediante documentos y recomendaciones, la importancia de la formación relacionada con los medios de la comunicación en el desarrollo integral del alumnado, refiriéndose a ella con diversas conceptualizaciones. No obstante, a pesar de la importancia que tiene la competencia mediática en la educación, y de haber sido avalada por la teoría, su aprendizaje por parte del alumnado debe continuar progresando de la mano de medios de comunicación como la radio escolar que han mostrado sus grandes posibilidades en la adquisición de conocimientos y desarrollo de competencias de los estudiantes. Por ello, el objetivo de esta investigación es valorar los efectos de la radio escolar en el desarrollo de la competencia mediática en el alumnado, a través de 18 indicadores relacionados con las cuatro competencias clave recogidas en el marco jurídico educativo actual: la competencia lingüística, la competencia digital, la competencia social y cívica y la competencia del sentido de la iniciativa y espíritu emprendedor. Para ello, se ha desarrollado una investigación cualitativa basada en la contestación a un cuestionario de respuesta abierta por parte de docentes responsables de proyectos de radio escolar en centros educativos de primaria y secundaria. Los resultados de esta investigación muestran los efectos positivos que tiene sobre las distintas competencias el trabajo con la radio escolar en estos centros educativos, pues los efectos son positivos en todos los indicadores, excepto en la utilización de la biblioteca escolar y de las TIC, en los cuales el efecto producido es de carácter neutro. Estos resultados ratifican la importancia de la radio escolar para desarrollar las cuatro competencias relacionadas con la competencia mediática, lo que tiene que servir para el avance de la radio escolar en el futuro y aumentar su presencia en el aprendizaje del alumnado.

The establishment of scientific collaborations with researchers abroad can be considered a good practice to make appropriate use of their knowledge and to increase the possibilities of them returning to their country. This paper analyses the collaboration between Spanish researchers abroad devoted to health sciences and national science institutions. We used the Fontes’ approach to perform a study on this collaboration with Spanish researchers abroad. We measured the level of national and international cooperation, the opportunity provided by the host country to collaborate, the promotion of collaboration by national science institutions, and the types of collaboration. A total of 88 biomedical researchers out of the 268 Spanish scientists who filled up the survey participated in the study. Different data analyses were performed to study the variables selected to measure the scientific collaboration and profile of Spanish researchers abroad. There is a high level of cooperation between Spanish health science researchers abroad and international institutions, which contrasts with the small-scale collaboration with national institutions. Host countries facilitate this collaboration with national and international scientific institutions to a larger extent than the level of collaboration promotion carried out by Spanish institutions. The national collaboration with Spanish researchers abroad in the health sciences is limited. Thus, the practice of making appropriate use of the potential of their expertise should be promoted and the opportunities for Spanish health science researchers to return home should be improved.