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2020
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Doctoral education is currently at a crossroads, characterised by the coexistence of two paradigms, one associated with a more traditional view, the other associated with a more instrumental view of what this education is, or should be. The project aims to understand the notion...
2018
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This project intends to take an innovative approach in the study of the impact that higher education institutions (HEI) have on quality of life (QoL) of the regions where they are located, both qualitatively and quantitatively, as well as their efficiency in the transformation of...
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This project aims to develop novel empirical estimates of the prevalence and value of transferable competencies among university graduates in Portugal. It will look at how that value has been changing as a result of the transformation of the world of work. The project findings wi...
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The project Know-BEST aims to evaluate the impact of European Union policies on Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) in Portugal. Assuming that national policies are not only a result of isomorphic mechanisms, but also the result of complex interactions between practice,...
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At present, educational institutions are challenged to define strategic plans aimed at promoting success and preventing failure. These intervention plans entail relevant evidence to support decision making. Though, early identification of students continues almost exclusively thr...
2017
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The SQELT project aims at establishing a comprehensive L&T core dataset (LTCD) for assessing HEIs' performance quality in L&T. The LTCD shall be based on the general criteria of empirical reliability and relevance for quality enhancement and strategic governance; it...
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The study, coordinated by Simon Marginson from the Centre for Global Higher Education - UCL Institute of Education University College London involved other European research centres on higher education. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews on the effects of and respon...
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The main aim of CHANGE – “CHAlleNging Gender (In)Equality in science and research” is it to support research organisations to implement gender equality plans, this will be achieved by involving key actors, called transfer agents, within each organisation who will together with th...
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Over the last decades, the need to produce quantitative information that allows the analysis and formulation of policies in the area of education has increased (Leite et al., 2014). Societies are putting increasing pressure to promote greater access to information and greater tra...
2016
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The aim of this project is to analyze, in a comparative way, changes in the academic profession in the context of the knowledge society.
