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From 5 February to 29 April, Universidade Portucalense promotes a campaign to collect unused IT equipment as part of the ReBOOT project, which aims to repair 600 computers and deliver them to the Private Social Solidarity Institutions of the Porto Municipal Social Network.  Therefore, students and staff can deliver to the library desktops and laptops, from 2010 onwards, with the following minimum specifications: Intel i3 and Core 2 Duo processors, AMD A4 processor; Windows 7 operating system; 2GB RAM memory; and also, LCD or thin monitors. With the motto “Repair your computer. Transform the world,” this project, launched in June last year, has already collected almost 500 pieces of computer equipment which, instead of being discarded, have already been recovered and reintroduced into the cycle of use, contributing to the environmental and economic sustainability of the region. ReBOOT is an initiative of the Municipality of Porto and has the collaboration of Porto Digital, European Recycling Platform Portugal, LIPOR, Circular Economy Portugal, and Porto Ambiente, as well as the support of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Universidade Portucalense, and UPTEC.  

On 23 April, the Universidade Portucalense community is invited to take part in a blood donation campaign, organised by RES-UPT  together with the Portuguese Blood and Transplantation Institute. Blood is vital for hospital treatments and procedures and plays a crucial role in maternal and neonatal care. A simple gesture can save lives! The blood collection will take place between 2pm and 7pm, in rooms 209 and 210.  

Universidade Portucalense will host the round table “Academic Motivation in Higher Education: Challenge or Opportunity?” on 1 March, at 11am, in the Aula Magna Room. This will be an opportunity for students, teachers, and leadership to share experiences and debate perspectives on how to promote and sustain student motivation throughout their academic journeys, with the aim of inspiring new approaches and collaborations that benefit the academic community The initiative was organised by the “Psychology of Motivation” students, a curricular unit in the Psychology degree, with the support of the Student Support Office and the Pedagogical Innovation Office. A video on academic motivation in Higher Education, shot by the students, will be shown as well as a mural of the work done as part of the curricular unit. Registration

Fátima Matos Silva, Helena Albuquerque, and Isabel Borges, professors and researchers, present the book “Material Culture and Religion: Perspectives over Time.”

Paulo Viegas Nunes, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Integrated System for Emergency and Security Networks in Portugal (SIRESP), is the guest speaker at the seminar “Fragmentation and strategic discontinuity in the digital age: from information superiority to knowledge warfare,” on 27 October.

Universidade Portucalense launches the second edition of the “Exceed yourself” (“Supera-te”) programme with free online sessions aimed at helping people overcome the challenges associated with entering the job market.

Budapest Business University visited Universidade Portucalense between 2 and 4 October with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and promoting strategic actions within the ENVISAGE consortium.

On 11 and 13 September, Universidade Portucalense welcomed the new students with a programme that included presentations from the Departments, a ‘peddy-paper’ that took the first-year students to discover the campus, and an Institutional Welcome Session for the new students and their families.

Within the framework of its internationalization strategy, Universidade Portucalense has signed a memorandum of understanding with five European universities.

Ana Matilde Castro and Joana Patrocínio, students from the Master’s Degree in Tourism and Hospitality, have been awarded two Luís Telles de Abreu scholarships by Associação Círculo de Estudos do Centralismo (Centralism Studies Circle Association).