Equality on the Horizon: Advancing Gender Equality in Decision-Making, final conference and presentation of results of the EQUAL Leadership Programme will take place on October 17th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

This event, which is open to all those interested in attending, will be held in person in Lisbon, with the additional option of virtual attendance.

The conference will feature discussions on key findings, innovative strategies, and tools developed to promote gender equality in leadership across the EU. 

The conference is held in English.

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The second session of the UCP4SUCCESS webinar cycle for professors: ‘Educating for Sustainability: Building Competences for Active Citizenship’, will take place on 22 January between 2pm and 3pm. 

In this webinar, Cristina Palmeirão will address the issue of sustainability and the role of education in developing essential competences for active citizenship.

The session aims to invite reflection on how teachers can integrate sustainable practices into curriculum, encouraging students to get involved with environmental and social issues. Innovative methodologies and good practices will be shared to inspire transformative education, capable of promoting a more conscious and responsible society.

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On 8 January, Universidade Católica closes the UCP4SUCCESS webinar cycle with the webinar ‘Uncomplicating University: From time management to academic success.’ 

The purpose of this webinar is to explore and apply practical strategies for better time management, balancing different roles in life and overcoming procrastination, fundamental aspects for a successful adaptation to higher education.

Integrated into the UCP4SUCCESS webinar cycle at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, this session also aims to promote academic success and adaptation. 

Free and open to all Universidade Católica students, the webinar is aimed in particular at students entering higher education for the first time.

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The Research Centre on Peoples and Cultures (CEPCEP) organizes, after the edition of a volume dedicated to the theme, on November 27 and 28, 2023, the International Congress In Portuguese - Speaking, Living and Thinking in the 21st Century, which aims to reflect on speaking, living and thinking in the 21st century having as matrix the Portuguese-speaking cultures, in varied and different expressions.

The Congress, which will be held in a face-to-face and online format, intends to contribute to the diversification and complexification of themes such as the global language.

Researchers from all over the world are invited to submit papers for presentation and discussion at the Congress.

SUBMISSION CRITERIA

Proposals should be sent in the form of an abstract, between 300 and 500 words, in Portuguese, to the address cepcep@ucp.pt.

Exceptionally, non-Portuguese speaking researchers may submit abstracts in English. If the paper is accepted for presentation, in English, the author will have to send a version of the abstract in Portuguese.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2023.

The first session of the 2nd cycle of UCP4SUCCESS webinars for students: “How is my career path enriched at university?” will take place on February 26, from 4pm to 5pm. 

In this webinar, Íris Martins Oliveira and Ângela Sá Azevedo will reflect on how life history allows us to understand career decisions; how university contributes to promoting essential skills, outlining and achieving personal and professional goals, allowing us to reconcile different life roles.

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Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa (CEPCEP) and UCP Editora are organising the launch of the book "Elisa Curado (1858-1933)| A woman of causes", on 22 November at 18:30.

The event will feature a presentation by Anne Cova, from the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, and Regina Tavares da Silva, Politician, researcher and international expert on women's human rights.

The moderator will be Fernando Ilharco, President of the Centro de Estudos dos Povos e Culturas de Expressão Portuguesa.

Promoted by CEPCEP, the Centre for the Study of Portuguese-Speaking Peoples and Cultures of the Faculty of Human Sciences, the Care Meeting: "How to make reparation - a response to mistreatment and abuse" will be held on 1 July at 9h00.

This meeting will discuss some of the responses to mistreatment and abuse, such as forms of reparation.

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UCP4SUCCESS has launched a new Cycle of Webinars, especially aimed at professors who teach 1st year undergraduates.

The first session is entitled: ‘How to Promote Active Learning with 1st Year Undergraduates? Strategies for a Promising Start’ and will take place on 11 December between 2pm and 3pm. 

In this webinar, Rita Tavares, from CLIL | Católica Learning Innovation Lab, will discuss the concept of Active Learning in a continuum, and what this implies for the student, helping professors maximise the success of learning in students' academic lives.

It will also analyse the characteristics of the ‘ideal student’ and present strategies for a promising start, with a focus on pedagogical practices that favour success from the first steps in higher education. 
 

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