CIPES 4th PhD Student Workshop - Higher Education in Transition: Challenges, Policies, and Future Directions

Last Friday, 12 September, the 4th CIPES PhD Workshop took place at the CIPES premises in Matosinhos. The event was organised by CIPES researchers Carlos Azevedo and Joyce Aguiar. The Director of CIPES, António Magalhães, opened the event, followed by a presentation entitled “Demystifying Peer Review”, delivered by João M Santos, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education Quarterly.

The event featured the participation of six doctoral students, who presented papers related to their ongoing research:

Media Pedagogy for Gender Sensitization in Teacher Education: An Indian Perspective with NEP 2020 and Global Frameworks
Presenter: Rashmi Pal (University of Delhi)
Discussants: Ana Francisca (CIPES), Deepak Katariya (University of Delhi)

Impact of Higher Education on the Valmiki Community
Presenter: Deepak Katariya (University of Delhi)
Discussants: Carlos Azevedo (CIPES), Rashmi Pal (University of Delhi)

Demand for Higher Education: The Impact of Admission Criteria across Programes
Presenter: Ana Rita Luz (University of Minho)
Discussants: Ricardo Biscaia (CIPES), Catalina Henriquez (University of Colorado Boulder)

Paying to Perform: The Meaningful Effect of Private Preuniversitarios on PAES Scores in Chile
Presenter: Catalina Henriquez (University of Colorado Boulder)
Discussants: Isabel Machado (CIPES), Ana Rita Luz (University of Minho)

Student Ombudsman Institution as an NPM Script – A Portuguese (Fairy) Tale
Presenter: Jorge Pereira (University of Aveiro)
Discussants: Maria José Sá (CIPES), Ana Freitas (University of Porto)

STEM Doctoral Education in Transition: Challenges, Policies, and Future Directions
Presenter: Ana Freitas (University of Porto)
Discussants: Cláudia Figueiredo (CIPES), Jorge Pereira (University of Aveiro)

The event also included the participation of several CIPES researchers, who contributed to the scientific discussion of the papers presented.