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At nightfall, the University Orfeão of Porto comes to life amidst rehearsals, socialising, and tradition. By embracing traditional dances and songs, students keep Portuguese culture alive.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has decided to archive the inquiry related to alleged situations of harassment at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, following an analysis of the report submitted by the independent commission and the letter from the women's collective.
University should be the place where one learns to question and think critically. But the first contact with academic life is a small theatre of humiliations and hierarchies.
The Coimbra Academic Association warns of the “normalisation of hate speech”, stating that episodes of this nature, with racist and xenophobic characteristics, have been common.
Students at the University of the Azores complain about a lack of conditions that affect their physical and psychological well-being.
The new paradigm announced in this way requires institutions capable of promoting the virtues of cooperation, the only effective guarantee that the excesses of competition itself will not be normalised. A chronicle by Urbano Sidoncha.
Students at the University of Coimbra are at risk of expulsion after sending an audio message containing racist, xenophobic, and misogynistic content to a WhatsApp group of approximately 800 students. The messages, which also included images promoting Nazism, have shocked the city's academic community. The University of Coimbra's Student Ombudsman has initiated proceedings to investigate the facts and those involved, according to Correio da Manhã. The five-minute audio features insults directed at women, foreigners, and Black people. While multiple voices are heard, only one student has come forward to apologise to the university and student associations, without identifying the others involved. Reports suggest the group is linked to the Coimbra Business School ISCAC, and those responsible now face disciplinary action that could lead to expulsion. The Academic Association of Coimbra (AAC) has issued a statement of repudiation, calling the events 'lamentable' and demanding a rigorous investigation and appropriate action from the competent authorities, stating that there is no room for hate or discrimination in their academic community.
