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Exploring street visual audits to make sense of unequal urban landscapes
Craveiro, D.; Silva, S. F. da.; Mauritti, R.; Nunes, N.; Botelho, M. C.; Cabrita, L.With the growing availability of panoramic street-level imagery, on platforms such as Google Street View, researchers can investigate urban landscapes in innovative ways. Virtual neighbourhood audits enable the use of this information to describe urban landscapes and their implications for people. However, most publications exploring these possibilities rely on highly specialized programming skills not yet gene...
Understanding inequality for European inclusion in SDG 10 of the 2030 United Na...
Nunes, N.; Mauritti, R.; Botelho, M.C.; Silva, S. F.; Cabrita, L.; Craveiro, D.Inequality is a major problem in modern times, with profound consequences for both human beings and the planet. As a continent with high standards of equality and quality of life, Europe benefits from more welfare institutions, redistributive systems, and inclusive development than the rest of the world, nevertheless it suffers from social malaise often caused by inequality. Even in Europe well-being is a far-o...
How has the pandemic affected access and the feeling of belonging in Portuguese...
Martins, S. da C.; Mauritti, R.; Machado, B.This study is based on an in-depth analysis of the Portuguese reality. The main question addressed concerns the effects of the pandemic on the social profile and conditions of participation, and higher education students’ sense of belonging in Portugal. The changes resulting from the pandemic will also be considered in light of the policies that have been pursued and implemented at the national level with the a...
How has the pandemic affected access and the feeling of belonging in Portuguese...
Martins, S. da C.; Mauritti, R.; Machado, B.This study is based on an in-depth analysis of the Portuguese reality. The main question addressed concerns the effects of the pandemic on the social profile and conditions of participation, and higher education students’ sense of belonging in Portugal. The changes resulting from the pandemic will also be considered in light of the policies that have been pursued and implemented at the national level with the a...
Mobilidade internacional por motivos de estudo: Fluxos e distribuição de estuda...
Mauritti, R.; Pintassilgo, S.; Belchior-Rocha, H.; Saleiro, S. P.; Mendes, J.O estudo analisa o posicionamento de Portugal nos fluxos de mobilidade internacional por motivos de estudo, num processo que se constrói e consolida, sobretudo, no âmbito dos acordos de cooperação da CPLP. O objetivo é identificar os perfis e características dos estudantes estrangeiros que frequentam o ensino superior em Portugal, sobretudo os provenientes de países da CPLP, detalhar os fluxos e as proveniência...
Redução das desigualdades no âmbito da Agenda 2030 da ONU
Silva, S. F.; Botelho, M. C.; Mauritti, R.; Nunes, N.; Cabrita, L.; Craveiro, D.As desigualdades sociais ocupam um lugar central nas discussões científicas, políticas e internacionais acerca do desenvolvimento humano. Em setembro de 2015, as Nações Unidas adotaram a Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, na qual a problemática das desigualdades constitui uma preocupação transversal. Tendo como foco o Objetivo de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) 10 (Meta 10.2), procuramos entender...
Teaching mathematics to adult students to promote higher education access
Belchior-Rocha, H.; Mauritti, R.; Monteiro, J.; Carneiro, L.; Mendes, J.The purpose of this paper is to present a model created at a public university with teaching mathematics to adult students who want to enter undergraduate degrees that require this area for entry. Attentive to the diversity of a group of students with very specific school and professional paths, distinct from those that correspond to the typical university student, new rules have recently been approved for eval...
Foreign students in higher education institutions in Portugal, expectations and...
Mauritti, R.; Pintassilgo, S.; Belchior-Rocha, H.; Mendes, J.; Ramos, D.The objective of this presentation is to provide a case study analysis of the presence of foreign students in higher education institutions in Portugal, in a public university, focusing on students from African Portuguese Speaking Countries (PALOP), namely, scholarship students entering the Portuguese higher education system, through the protocol between the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministr...
Paths to interdisciplinarity in higher education: Comparative analysis of exper...
Mauritti, R.; Belchior-Rocha, H.; Saleiro, S. P.; Granjo, C.In a context of intense changes and global competitiveness, education is becoming increasingly relevant. In the underpinning societal challenges, higher education institutions are asked to innovate, by adopting a more flexible curriculum and promoting interdisciplinary experiences (OECD, 2019; Falcus, Cameron & Halsall, 2019). Within this scope, the present communication analyses three solutions of interdiscipl...
Starting over through different learning areas
Belchior-Rocha, H.; Sampayo, M.; Mauritti, R.; Granjo, C.; Rodrigues, M.This paper aims to present a pilot study, with an action research methodology, in a campus recently created by a public university where an UpSkill: Digital Skills & Jobs program has been developed. This vocational training program is funded by the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training and is aimed at unemployed people who have at least secondary education and English language skills and who wish to o...