Latest news and stories about student mobility in Portugal for expats and residents.
It is essential to make the programme more comprehensive. There are still too many young people who are left out, not for lack of talent or ambition, but for lack of opportunities.
An analysis of whether the Erasmus+ programme helps broaden perspectives or contributes to the brain drain of talent from Portugal.
The idea is, essentially, to allow universities from different Member States to issue a Joint European Degree recognised throughout the Union, facilitating student mobility.
Students who enrol in higher education after completing vocational (professional) courses tend to prefer polytechnic institutions, while those who completed secondary education via the scientific-humanities route more often choose universities. This pattern is outlined in a new study by the think tank EDULOG on student mobility in Portugal, which is being released.
Students from scientific-humanities courses are most penalised. In Medicine courses, socio-economic factors are the main constraint on mobility.
There is a heavy concentration of students on the coast and the “near inevitability” of those living inland having to travel. Researchers map student mobility and make recommendations.
Travel and accommodation costs penalise the choices of students from inland regions. Medicine remains among the most socially selective programmes. And almost half of graduates are enrolled at institutions in Lisbon and Porto, a study on regional inequalities and mobility in higher education finds.
