Latest news and stories about university reform in Portugal for expats and residents.
The transformation of the Polytechnic of Porto into the Technical University of Porto is not out of step with the times; it is a current social imperative. Opinion by Paulo Pereira
The creation of the polytechnic universities of Leiria and Porto may mark the end of the binary model that hierarchically separated universities and polytechnics. However, the change must go beyond the name and move towards a “comprehensive university” capable of integrating different missions and audiences.
The Council of Polytechnic Institutes considers the creation of universities in Leiria and Porto to be “ad hoc and premature,” warning of damage to the reputation of polytechnics and the quality of graduates.
The Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE) is set to proceed with an official proposal to separate from the Nova University Lisbon (UNL). The Diário de Notícias (paywall) reports this Friday that the request is expected to reach the desk of the Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, in the first week of April. The goal is to gain independence.
The link between a climate catastrophe and the structural reorganization of the higher education system is, to say the least, difficult to explain. Opinion by Miguel Copetto.
In higher education institutions there is a deep-rooted habit of denying the evidence.
