'Students turned into digital cretins.' Manifesto calls for a ban on AI in universities
A manifesto signed by dozens of professors. They want to put an end to the deluge of 'artificial assignments systematically brought down to mediocrity by a chatbot'.
Aerospace Engineering course continues to post a record-breaking average in Portugal: 'it has very good talent — we see that in the people we recruit'
Ivo Vieira, CEO of Lusospace — Portugal’s first homegrown space company — explains on the podcast 'O Futuro do Futuro' how the country’s Aerospace Engineering courses continue to post record-breaking averages and how that strong educational pipeline is producing talent the national space sector can recruit across roles, not only engineers. He stresses that the quality of graduates makes recruitment easier for emerging Portuguese space firms, signalling a maturing ecosystem linking higher education and industry needs.
Eric Mazur: 'There's a real earthquake shaking academic institutions'
The Harvard physics professor speaks to PÚBLICO about the challenges academic institutions face in the era of artificial intelligence. A hint: teaching methods will have to change.
NOVA IMS (NOVA School of Information Management)
NOVA IMS (NOVA School of Information Management) is the information management and data science faculty of NOVA University Lisbon. It specialises in data science, information management and business analytics through taught programmes, applied research and industry partnerships. The school emphasises quantitative methods, practical analytics skills and interdisciplinary approaches to prepare graduates for roles in data-driven organisations and to support research and consulting activity across public and private sectors.
Minister of Education highlights 'huge potential' of the Azores
After meeting with the Council of Rectors of the Azores, the minister said that, besides the space centre on Santa Maria, the region's contribution will come through 'other strengths, many at the University'.
Do we want scientific excellence or only the application of the science we lack?
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation should be given the opportunity to outline the plan to revive fundamental science in Portugal and to build a modern scientific system. Opinion by Jorge Almeida.
