ResumenEste artículo presenta un proyecto que se está llevando a cabo en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra para garantizar la calidad de las prácticas externas que se han de realizar en el contexto de los nuevos grados adaptados al EEES. Un aspecto fundamental para esta garantía de calidad radica en un seguimiento adecuado del desarrollo de las prácticas en organizaciones y empresas. Por ello, uno de los objetivos de nuestro proyecto es la definición de un protocolo de seguimiento del Practicum basado en las competencias a desarrollar durante las prácticas. También forma parte del proyecto la implementación de este protocolo de seguimiento mediante el uso de las TIC, concretamente a través de un módulo integrado en la plataforma Moodle que permite la gestión del Practicum conjuntamente con el resto de asignaturas.Palabras clave: Practicum, garantía de calidad, garantía de seguimiento, protocolo de seguimiento, plataforma Moodle, Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES). AbstractThis article presents a current project of the Pompeu Fabra University which aims at assuring the quality of the external practices that undergraduate students have to do in the context of the European Higher Education Area. A fundamental aspect to guarantee the quality stems from an adequate monitoring of the practices development in the companies and organizations. For this reason, one of the objectives of our project is to define a Practicum monitoring protocol based on the competences to be developed during the practices. This project, also, includes the implementation of this monitoring protocol using ICT, specifically through an integrated block in the Moodle platform that permits to manage the Practicum together with others subjects.

A survey has been conducted during the 2013-2014 academic year among the first graduating class after the EHEA in the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), with the aim of comprehending the students' perception of the learning process developed through the out-of-classroom activities of professional internships. In this work such activities are considered an integral part of the knowledge acquisition process, on the basis of the constructivism paradigm of learning-by-doing. The results of the survey show that, in general, student's perceptions are positive about the overall process, although the weakest point is in the perceived connexion between the theory explained in the classroom and its practical application in the workplace. The conclusion is that from the students' point of view the introduction of the new post-EHEA internship courses at UPF has been successful in many aspects, while in some other aspects, particularly in the relationship between theory and practice, some further analysis is recommended.

Las prácticas externas en el proceso de adaptación al EEES. El punto de vista de la primera promoción de grado en la UPF. Josepa Alemany Costa Xavier Perramon TornilUniversitat Pompeu Fabra , España Laura Panadès i Estruch University of Cambridge, Reino Unido ResumenPara evaluar el proceso de adaptación de las prácticas a los nuevos grados en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) se está realizando un estudio en tres fases: una primera de análisis de la situación antes de la implementación del EEES, una segunda para conocer las previsiones de cambios en la implementación desde el punto de vista de los coordinadoresresponsables, y una tercera, actualmente en curso, para comprobar el nivel de satisfacción de los estudiantes. El trabajo que se presenta en este artículo se centra en la metodología para obtener estasThe internship in the EHEA adaptation process. The UPF's first year of graduate students' opinion. Josepa Alemany Costa Xavier Perramon TornilUniversitat Pompeu Fabra, España Laura Panadès i Estruch University of Cambridge, Reino Unido AbstractA three-stage study is being performed in order to assess the adaptation of the traineeships to the EHEA Degrees at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). First, the situation previous to the EHEA deployment was considered. Second, the necessary changes due to the EHEA as forecasted were considered. Third, the current research, which is still in progress, aims to check student satisfaction in traineeships. This working paper describes thoroughly the methodology, and identifies room for improvement in traineeship performance. As a first