NOVA Culture Program kicks off the Freedom Cycle at NOVA

19 de September, 2024

With the exhibition What a Man is Capable of, which for the first time presents a selection of José Mário Branco’s collection, under the care of NOVA, to the public, the NOVA Culture Programme kicks off the Liberty Cycle at NOVA, part of the University’s celebrations of the 25th of April. 

Over four months, from September to December, the cycle is dedicated to exploring the legacy of the 25th of April in Portuguese music and the dialogues between music and freedom in the work of younger Portuguese, Brazilian, and African artists with a strong connection to protest songs. 

In addition to the exhibition, the cycle includes three concerts, taking audiences on a journey from José Afonso’s Mozambique, through the Brazil of Luso-Brazilian artist Luca Argel, and ending at Benjamim’s Berlengas. 

On the 10th of October, the concert Lá No Xepangara pays tribute to José Afonso and the presence of African culture in his work, bringing together Manuel de Oliveira, Selma Uamusse, Karyna Gomes, Isabel Novella, Edu Mundo, and Fred Martins. This is the debut performance in Lisbon (tickets here). 

On the 7th of November, Luso-Brazilian musician Luca Argel presents his new album Visita in an intimate voice and piano format, alongside Bahian pianist Pri Azevedo (tickets here). 

On the 12th of December, Benjamim performs solo in a special concert to close the year in which he released the album As Berlengas, experimenting with new songs on stage. 

Tickets are available at a special price for the entire NOVA community. 

NOVA joins Vitae and offers exclusive resources for researchers

17 de September, 2024

NOVA is now an organizational member of Vitae! Vitae is a non-profit platform that works with institutions similar to NOVA, determined to excel in career development and provide support for research staff and students.

Vitae offers a vast range of resources and recommendations for researchers, whether or not their future career plans include academia. Simply register using NOVA’s institutional email to gain full access to Vitae’s content. These include advice for a successful PhD,suggestions for professional development planning, resources for assessing professional skills (including the Researcher Career Development Framework (RDF)), career options for researchers, how to write a CV or a cover letter, and many more.

On October 8th, at 5 pm, there will be an online session to introduce Vitae. All NOVA researchers and research managers are invited to participate. Register here until October 6th.

NOVA Sustainability Report 2023 Now Available

13 de September, 2024

The NOVA Sustainability Facts & Figures 2023 highlights the progress of various indicators since 2019 and introduces a new section on NOVA’s impact on each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Notable achievements include a 48% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions related to energy consumption over the past five years, as well as the contribution of 33% of NOVA’s publications to the SDGs.

The University has embraced sustainability as a core value integrated into its missions and operations, both socially and environmentally, reflected in initiatives and actions available for review at sustainability.unl.pt.

NOVA Energy-related Greenhouse Gas emissions decreases 48% since 2019

5 de September, 2024

Since 2019 NOVA has estimated its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions related to energy consumption (electricity, gas and oil products), according to GRI standards. For the year 2023, these emissions have amounted 3 591 t CO2, 90% being from electricity consumption. This number represents a 48% decrease when compared with 2019 and 30% compared with 2022.

The significant CO2 emissions downward trend is related with the electricity consumption and is due to two main reasons. First, a reduction in NOVA electricity consumption, 14% compared with 2019 and 4% with 2022. No less important is the decarbonization of the Portuguese electricity production system, with the closure of the coal power plants (in 2021 and 2023), and the increase of the renewables production (61% in 2023; 57% in 2022). On average, in comparison to 2019, the carbon intensity of the electricity purchased from the grid in 2023 decreased 40%.

NOVA is committed to continue on this path with the Route Zero project, through which a Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions inventory is being completed. This will allow for a more comprehensive accounting of the University direct and indirect emissions and inform on the most cost-effective options to reach our goals of becoming a Net Zero University.

SDG Target 13.3 – Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

SDSN Portugal celebrates its one-year anniversary

5 de September, 2024

SDSN Portugal was established in 2023 through the initiative of NOVA, CEiiA, and the Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor. Its goal is to mobilize universities, research centers, knowledge networks, civil society organizations, and businesses to collaborate and create synergies that promote transformative solutions, accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the goals of the Paris Agreement. SDSN Portugal is the national network of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) that works under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General and is chaired by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University

SDSN Portugal has promoted various initiatives to consolidate the implementation of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda at national level. One key milestone is the creation of three working groups on topics relevant to the Summit of the Future to be held in New York, and the organisation of the International Conference ‘Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future’, attended by more than 500 people.

One year on, SDSN Portugal has 26 members from all over the country, a group of partners with whom it is establishing co-operation protocols and the necessary conditions to pursue its purpose within Portuguese society.

SDG target 17.16- Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.

NOVA researcher receives first European grant to study the decline of democracies in Europe

5 de September, 2024

The European Research Council (ERC) grant, worth 1.5 million euros, has been awarded to Arturo Zoffman of the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) at NOVA FCSH. 

One of the main questions addressed will be how dictatorial tendencies emerged within democratic states themselves, analysing in particular how the use of states of emergency undermined democratic practices and strengthened the power of the state’s repressive apparatus, including the police and the army. 

This is the first time that these issues have been analysed from a historical perspective, usually from a legal perspective. 

The project will emphasise a social-historical perspective that seeks to understand the impact of the declaration of states of siege and emergency on local communities, such as neighbourhoods and villages, in addition to the institutional impact. 

In the Portuguese case, the research will focus on the final period of the First Republic, the rise of the Estado Novo and how António de Oliveira Salazar used democratic means to consolidate his regime. 

This is the sixth NOVA FCSH project to receive an ERC grant, totalling around 8.5 million euros, reinforcing the institution’s position as a reference for excellent research at international level. 

Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez, born on 4 November 1991 in Spain, is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) of NOVA FCSH. 

His research project at the IHC focuses on the history of extreme right-wing trade unions in Southern Europe in the inter-war period. 

Previously, he worked at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he developed a postdoctoral project on the links between the Mexican and Russian revolutions. 

In 2019, he completed his PhD at the European University Institute in Florence. His thesis focused on the impact of the Russian Revolution on the Spanish anarchist movement. 

 Since 2007, NOVA University Lisbon has received a total of 36 ERC grants for projects in a wide range of research areas. 

  

NOVA leads nationally and secures funding for 228 new researcher and faculty positions through the FCT-Tenure program

2 de September, 2024

NOVA University Lisbon has secured funding for 228 positions for PhD holders in research and teaching careers under the FCT-Tenure Competition, which is the first instrument by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) aimed at supporting the permanent hiring of PhD researchers. 

Out of the 1,100 positions provisionally selected for funding, NOVA obtained 100 positions for teaching and 128 positions for research careers, totaling 228 permanent contracts.

This is a remarkable achievement for NOVA, which achieved an overall success rate of 87% in this competition, well above the national average (50%), making it the national university with the highest number of approved positions.

All of NOVA’s academic units which participated in the competition secured funding for the hiring of career researchers and faculty, thereby strengthening the University’s strategy of retaining and attracting talent in various fields of knowledge.

The success of this application was the result of a collective effort focused on combating precariousness in science and enhancing conditions for NOVA’s researchers. This achievement was made possible through the dedicated work of teams from the academic units and the Rectorate, under the leadership of the Strategic Research Council and the Vice-Rector Isabel Rocha. 

The provisional results of the FCT-Tenure Call were announced by FCT on August 14th. In total, 115 institutions from the national scientific and technological system applied, requesting co-funding for 2,211 permanent positions.

With this new model of funding scientific employment, FCT aims to promote the integration of researchers into research and teaching careers through international competitions. Funded by the State Budget and the PRR (RE-C06-i06 – Ciência Mais Capacitação), the FCT-Tenure program has a total investment of 197 million euros. 

Electric vehicle charging available in the Campolide campus car park

28 de August, 2024

Three charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) have already been installed in six car parks, an investment that reflects the University’s commitment to sustainability and infrastructure modernisation, in line with global trends towards environmental responsibility.

These stations are integrated into the MOBI.E network and provide 22KVA of power in each of the two sockets.

The PCVE technology used makes it possible not only to charge 100% electric or hybrid light vehicles, but also to charge any vehicle and/or appliance that can be charged from a 16A – 230VAC (3600W) Schuko socket, as long as it is not being charged at the same time as the vehicle.

This is the case of vehicles such as electric bicycles, electric scooters, adapted vehicles that can activate the Schuko sockets with the appropriate CEME card.

 

NOVA Social Data project

26 de August, 2024

The Social Data is a project of the Observatory for Living and Working Conditions launched in March 2024 for the scientific dissemination of interdisciplinary data on work, sustainability, social inequality, health and living conditions in Portugal.

Coordinated by Raquel Varela, professor and researcher at FCSH NOVA, the project promotes partnerships with a variety of public and associative institutions, to carry out scientific studies, contribute to their dissemination and make social data related to living and working conditions in Portugal public and freely accessible.

More than 80 people, researchers, teachers, representatives of professional associations and trade unions were present at the presentation of the project and respective web portal.

With this project, NOVA has positioned itself at the center of social data knowledge dissemination in Portugal.

Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future

26 de August, 2024

SDSN Portugal is a network of universities, innovation centers and non-profit organizations aiming to mobilize knowledge community for science-based solutions for sustainable development. SDSN Portugal was launched in 2023 to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda SDG and the Paris Agreement goal, as one of the 55 regional and national SDSN networks. NOVA is chairing SDSN Portugal, and is part of the directive board together with CEiiA and Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor.

On June 17th and 18th SDSN Portugal organized the International Conference Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future, joining national and international experts, including Professor Jeffrey Sachs, president of UN SDSN, to discuss around three topics: transforming education, meaningful youth engagement and measuring beyond GDP. More than 700 participants registered, being more than 200 in person, from 89 countries. This has revealed that Portugal is able to mobilise and attract people from around the world and sustainable development is a priority challenge to address.

Bem-vindos ao ano letivo 2024-25

24 de August, 2024

Os resultados do acesso ao ensino superior para o ano letivo 2024/2025 já estão publicados. Aqui contamos como tudo se processa a partir de agora.

Como uma das escolhas por excelência para estudantes que procuram inovação no ensino superior, damos, desde já, as boas-vindas a quem inicia agora o seu percurso na Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. 

“Esperamos que esta jornada na NOVA seja enriquecedora e que alcancem todo o vosso potencial académico e pessoal, repleto de conquistas, aprendizagens e crescimento. Estamos aqui para vos apoiar em cada passo deste percurso”, afirma o Reitor da NOVA, João Sàágua.

Para obter mais informações sobre o processo de matrículas e o calendário de atividades planeadas para o início do ano letivo, recomendamos que consultem os sites das vossas respetivas faculdades.

NOVA FCT

NOVA FCSH

Nova SBE

NOVA Medical School

NOVA School of Law

NOVA Information Management School 

 

The 3rd edition of SUPERNOVA Summer School 2024!

21 de August, 2024

Coming from eight different countries, around 20 students aged between 16 and 19 spent a month at NOVA University in Lisbon, learning about our fields of knowledge and, as a bonus, exploring Lisbon and its surroundings.

Climate change, food, urban planning, scientific and technological innovation, healthy living in a digital world, 3D printing, circular economy, travel medicine, antimicrobial resistance… The four-week programme of this 3rd edition of the SUPERNOVA Summer School was a real innovation dip for around 20 students aged 16 to 19, who shared classrooms and laboratories with NOVA professors and researchers.

But that’s not all: these boys and girls, who came from countries as diverse as Germany, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, the United States, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom, also got to know the most diverse icons of the city – from the Jerónimos Monastery to the LX Factory – and enjoyed the beach so close by.

Read more here 

 

NOVA student wins bronze medal at Olympic Games

Patricia Sampaio ganha bronze nos Jogos Olímpicos

2 de August, 2024

Patrícia Sampaio, de 25 anos, finalista em Ciências da Comunicação da NOVA FCSH, brilhou ontem em Paris, demonstrando uma determinação extraordinária que a levou à primeira medalha para Portugal nos Jogos Olímpicos.

O triunfo de Patrícia Sampaio é motivo de orgulho para o país e para a Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, confirmando que com dedicação e perseverança – como nos disse antes de partir para Paris – os sonhos tornam-se realidade.

Visivelmente emocionada, a atleta da NOVA ergueu orgulhosamente a medalha, simbolizando o culminar de anos de muito trabalho.

Esta conquista é também um marco importante para a delegação portuguesa, que se apresentou pela primeira vez com um contingente feminino tão significativo, refletindo o compromisso do Comité Olímpico com a paridade de género.

 

EUTOPIA DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL: a very special summer school with an eye on the future

Eutopia summer school

27 de July, 2024

30 doctoral students from NOVA and various partner universities of the EUTOPIA alliance spent 5 days at Convento da Arrábida tackling interdisciplinary solutions for the challenge of longevity. The team with the winning project has already guaranteed that they will get to participate in one of the activities of the EUTOPIA Alliance.

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NOVA, a vast innovation ecosystem

NOVA a huge innovation ecosystem

26 de July, 2024

Welcome to the remarkable innovation ecosystem of NOVA University Lisbon, an institution with over 50 years of history in shaping the future. NOVA’s role in creating societal value continues to be publicly recognized, as evidenced by the 1st edition of the Triple E Awards. Launched in 2022 to acknowledge the performance of European higher education institutions in the so-called third mission of universities, the award immediately honoured NOVA as the “Entrepreneurial University of the Year.”

The numbers behind this accolade speak for themselves: through its students, alumni, and researchers, NOVA has created over 140 start-ups, including a unicorn – Outsystems – valued at around $9.5 billion. These figures have also positioned NOVA among the top Portuguese universities with the most alumni founders, as recognized by Startup Portugal. Every year, more than 3,000 of our students engage in entrepreneurship-related activities. To date, NOVA has formally recognized 20 spin-offs.

Recently, one of these spin-offs achieved the largest technology transfer deal by Portuguese start-ups in the life sciences sector in Portugal. Cellmabs announced in early 2024 the licensing of proprietary technology from NOVA for cancer treatment to BioNTech, the German company responsible for developing one of the COVID-19 vaccines.

“It is with immense pride that we see a technology initially developed in one of NOVA’s research centres having its potential recognized with a great likelihood of saving lives, thus confirming the quality of the cutting-edge research conducted at the University and its societal impact,” emphasizes Isabel Rocha, the Vice-Rector for research and innovation at the University.

Her portfolio also includes the “Impact Narratives in Research” challenge, an initiative that in 2023 encouraged University researchers to write accessible narratives highlighting the societal impact of their scientific projects. Contributing to the University’s dynamic innovation are over 600 active agreements with companies and other non-academic entities aimed at solving concrete industry and societal problems.

But NOVA’s innovation aspirations go even further. As Rector João Sàágua points out, “Innovation is imperative as the world becomes increasingly interconnected and technological, necessitating a balance between artificial intelligence advancements and people’s well-being, ensuring no one is left behind. Innovation is part of NOVA’s culture, and its strategy focuses on promoting synergies between the business sector, civil society, and public institutions, as we believe that only through cooperation can advanced solutions to societal challenges be developed.”

This perspective led to the creation of the organizational innovation portfolio at the University. “People are our most valuable resource, so it is essential to involve the NOVA community in the construction and implementation of new solutions and ways of functioning,” corroborates Pedro Saraiva, the Vice-Rector responsible for Organizational Innovation and Digital Transformation. This area created and drives the DNA Awards – an acronym for Acting Differently at NOVA – launched to disseminate innovative practices and contribute to developing a culture of organizational innovation. These awards have already seen two successful editions with participation from teams across all NOVA’s constituent entities.

Simultaneously, NOVA has also invested in a different type of innovation, more oriented towards social and territorial issues. Supervised by Pro-Rector João Seixas, social-territorial innovation became an institutional priority after it became evident that Portuguese society has numerous needs requiring a new type of vision and response – for which universities can make a significant contribution in fundamental areas such as food, mobility, and housing.

Already underway is the QA – Accessible Rooms for University Students project, which aims to combine housing offers to students with homes of people living alone. “It is a way to enhance existing resources, promoting sustainability and positive social impacts, thus reflecting the civic and global character of NOVA,” says João Seixas.

At the forefront is also the continuous investment in pedagogical innovation, which today combines the benefits of in-person and distance learning, a practice distinguished since 2020 with the Award for Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation. Additionally, it is important to remember that for 10 years, NOVA has been offering complementary training to its doctoral students, considered one of the University’s best initiatives.

“It is indeed an inspiring genesis,” notes João Amaro de Matos, the Vice-Rector coordinating the areas of Education and International Development at NOVA, adding that this training model, across all schools and fields of knowledge, is also marking the University’s expansion – its best example being the similar programmes with students from partner universities in the EUTOPIA alliance.

Closing the geographic scope of NOVA’s investment in innovation is the ambitious Innovation District. Located on the south bank of the Tagus River, it is a project to be built around the campus housing NOVA FCT – School of Science and Technology and proposes the creation of a new, modern, and revitalized city aimed at attracting people and companies.

“Designed based on the live-work-play concept, this new city envisioned by NOVA aims to elevate the quality of life for its residents, with various points of interest within a 15-minute reach,” as José Branco, the Pro-Rector responsible for implementing the project, highlights – all anchored in the goals defined by sustainable development.

NOVA is also the institution that chairs the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Portugal, part of the global network created within the United Nations to promote the SDGs. As Júlia Seixas, President of SDSN Portugal and Pro-Rector of NOVA for Sustainability, points out: “It is the perfect opportunity to develop innovative solutions aimed at sustainable development in service of society.”

The story of the NOVA student who is going to the Olympic Games… for the second time!

Nova Olimpicos

22 de July, 2024

Her name is Patrícia Sampaio, she is a finalist in Communication Sciences at NOVA FCSH and she is ready to go to Paris to fight for a medal in Judo. Stay strong, Patricia! 

  

We met her at the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, which has become his second home since she started training for the Paris Olympics. It’s the second time that Patrícia Sampaio, 25, is going to the world’s biggest and most prestigious sporting competition, and her nerves, well, her nerves are on edge. 

 

“Tokyo was different: it was held in 2021, a year later than expected due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and there were so many restrictions that we didn’t end up experiencing everything we expected,” says the NOVA student, who was also injured twice in the months leading up to the competition. 

Now, despite her ever-present nervousness, the judoka is in a different mood after becoming European champion in November 2023 – she was also the world junior champion – and has not stopped competing since. 

“I haven’t stopped thinking about Paris since the end of the Tokyo Games,” she recalls, who became very emotional at the opening ceremony: “I even cried! Dreaming of a good result in the forthcoming Games, he also reveals that he continues to follow a very particular superstition: “I always wear the same outfit”. 

Born in Tomar, she started judo at the age of seven, influenced by her brother Igor, who was already practising and eventually became her coach. “It’s just that he was already doing judo when I was born.” Recognition from her country did not take long, nor did revenge, which is why this year she agreed to become Queen of the Tomar Carnival. 

Now she is one of 37 women in the Portuguese delegation – more equal and with the largest female contingent! – and that means that the challenge set by the Olympic Committee to make these the games of equality is being met. With the happy coincidence of being held in the same city where women competed for the first time in the modern Olympic Games. 

From 26 July to 11 August, the two banks of the Seine will be the setting for all the festivities, but Patrícia’s attention is mainly focused on the Champs de Mars arena, which will host the football and judo matches and is expected to attract around 300,000 spectators. 

“Reaching Olympus? Yes, for any athlete, taking part in the Games is the crowning glory of a successful career,” says the athlete, who trains twice a day, every day, and sleeps less than half a dozen hours a day. “It is a life of discipline”, she concludes. 

The first bout is scheduled for the 1st in this venue, which is normally used for major events but has been converted for the Olympic Games. 

It won’t be the first time it has made history: the Champs de Mars was the site of the launch of the first hydrogen balloon in 1783, the first Bastille Day celebration in 1790 and the setting for the 1985 film 007: A View to a Kill. 

Now we hope that it will be the stage for another memorable moment: that of our Patrícia Sampaio climbing the podium and bringing home the coveted medal! 

NOVA Formula Student: equipa da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa a postos para competição europeia

NOVA FORMULA STUDENT

19 de July, 2024

Quem o viu na porta da Reitoria da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, no campus de Campolide, em novembro passado, a dar boas-vindas a quem chegava para o NOVA Science and Innovation Day, agora não o reconhece.  Estamos no hangar da NOVA FCT, onde a máquina recebe os últimos preparativos antes de entrar em cena, e o seu novo look impressiona pelo bom-gosto: uma carenagem azul, o número 7 (número de estudantes que recomeçou o projeto depois da pandemia, em 2021) e o nome técnico: NOVA Formula Student.

“Na verdade, desse carro mantém-se apenas o motor”, assumem Miguel Pereira, 21 anos, estudante de engenharia e gestão industrial e diretor técnico do projeto, e Gustavo Guido, 23, de engenharia mecânica, elemento da equipa de motores, enquanto recordam todo o processo: um projeto revisto e atualizado todos os anos – do desenho à produção do projeto, passando, claro, pelos patrocinadores – desde que, em 2015, os primeiros estudantes da NOVA FCT se lançaram de cabeça na construção de um carro para correr na Formula Student, a versão universitária de competição automóvel. “Hoje é um carro de toda a NOVA, já que a equipa conta com estudantes também da NOVA FCSH e da NOVA IMS”

Agora, e dados os últimos retoques, o NOVA Formula Student, fruto do engenho e dedicação de uma equipa de mais de 60 estudantes de três escolas da universidade – NOVA FCT, NOVA FCSH e NOVA IMS – está prestes a embarcar num novo desafio e a provar o seu valor no circuito Red Bull Ringue, em Spielberg, na Áustria, numa prova que decorre de 21 a 25 de julho.

Diga-se, ainda, que o NOVA Formula Student não só representa um desafio técnico, mas também uma plataforma de aprendizagem prática inigualável. Desde o design até à produção, tudo é feito nos tempos livres daqueles e daquelas estudantes – sim, a equipa tem cerca de uma dezena de raparigas –  que dedicam horas diárias para tornar o sonho uma realidade. Eles sabem que participação em competições como esta não só aprimora as suas habilidades na sua área de estudos como também se tornou um requisito essencial no mercado de trabalho atual.

“Já há empresas a dizerem-nos que não pegam em currículos em que não tenha referências à Formula Student”, asseguram ainda Gustavo e Miguel.

Connosco estão também Tomás Sousa, 21 anos, estudante de engenharia micro e nano tecnológico, e que assumiu para si as relações empresariais do projeto; Pedro Fernandes, 23 anos, é de engenharia eletrotécnica e faz a coordenação de todo a parte eletrónica; Gonçalo Correia, 22, engenharia mecânica, faz a coordenação do motor e transmissões; e ainda Miguel Caldeirinha, 21 anos, e que é estudante de eletrotecnia e até já convenceu o pai a fazer a consultoria do projeto.

“Como há previsão de chuva para os dias da corrida, tivemos, por exemplo, de adaptar o carro para correr tanto em piso seco quanto molhado”, exemplifica. “Mas como é a primeira vez que corremos com este carro, para nós chegar ao fim da corrida já é uma vitória”, acrescentam, explicando que a competição tem várias etapas e que tem de estar tudo conforme, das ligações feitas aos parafusos.

Com o apoio de patrocinadores como Galp, Bosch, Autoeuropa, NOS, TAP, MCG, Ciclofapril e Cubotónic, além da própria Universidade NOVA, o NOVA Formula Student representa não apenas a excelência académica, mas também a capacidade de inovação e colaboração entre universidades e empresas. “

É como um projeto de investigação, passível de melhorar consoante os apoios financeiros de que dispõe”, assinalam ainda, antes de acrescentarem a cereja no topo do bolo: é que, no final, “é ainda expectável que haja um plano de negócios de criação de empresa para comercializar nem que seja uma peça”, detalham, explicando que, no seu caso, será o baquet.

A Formula Student é uma competição que começou nos Estados Unidos e à qual a Europa se rendeu em 1998, oferecendo desde então aos estudantes a oportunidade única de aplicar os seus conhecimentos teóricos em um ambiente prático e competitivo. Agora, enquanto a nossa equipa já está nos últimos retoques, resta-nos apenas dizer: Boa sorte, NOVA Formula Student!

NOVA Formula Student: equipa da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa a postos para competição europeia

NOVA FORMULA STUDENT

19 de July, 2024

Quem o viu na porta da Reitoria da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, no campus de Campolide, em novembro passado, a dar boas-vindas a quem chegava para o NOVA Science and Innovation Day, agora não o reconhece.  Estamos no hangar da NOVA FCT, onde a máquina recebe os últimos preparativos antes de entrar em cena, e o seu novo look impressiona pelo bom-gosto: uma carenagem azul, o número 7 (número de estudantes que recomeçou o projeto depois da pandemia, em 2021) e o nome técnico: NOVA Formula Student.

“Na verdade, desse carro mantém-se apenas o motor”, assumem Miguel Pereira, 21 anos, estudante de engenharia e gestão industrial e diretor técnico do projeto, e Gustavo Guido, 23, de engenharia mecânica, elemento da equipa de motores, enquanto recordam todo o processo: um projeto revisto e atualizado todos os anos – do desenho à produção do projeto, passando, claro, pelos patrocinadores – desde que, em 2015, os primeiros estudantes da NOVA FCT se lançaram de cabeça na construção de um carro para correr na Formula Student, a versão universitária de competição automóvel. “Hoje é um carro de toda a NOVA, já que a equipa conta com estudantes também da NOVA FCSH e da NOVA IMS”

Agora, e dados os últimos retoques, o NOVA Formula Student, fruto do engenho e dedicação de uma equipa de mais de 60 estudantes de três escolas da universidade – NOVA FCT, NOVA FCSH e NOVA IMS – está prestes a embarcar num novo desafio e a provar o seu valor no circuito Red Bull Ringue, em Spielberg, na Áustria, numa prova que decorre de 21 a 25 de julho.

Diga-se, ainda, que o NOVA Formula Student não só representa um desafio técnico, mas também uma plataforma de aprendizagem prática inigualável. Desde o design até à produção, tudo é feito nos tempos livres daqueles e daquelas estudantes – sim, a equipa tem cerca de uma dezena de raparigas –  que dedicam horas diárias para tornar o sonho uma realidade. Eles sabem que participação em competições como esta não só aprimora as suas habilidades na sua área de estudos como também se tornou um requisito essencial no mercado de trabalho atual.

“Já há empresas a dizerem-nos que não pegam em currículos em que não tenha referências à Formula Student”, asseguram ainda Gustavo e Miguel.

Connosco estão também Tomás Sousa, 21 anos, estudante de engenharia micro e nano tecnológico, e que assumiu para si as relações empresariais do projeto; Pedro Fernandes, 23 anos, é de engenharia eletrotécnica e faz a coordenação de todo a parte eletrónica; Gonçalo Correia, 22, engenharia mecânica, faz a coordenação do motor e transmissões; e ainda Miguel Caldeirinha, 21 anos, e que é estudante de eletrotecnia e até já convenceu o pai a fazer a consultoria do projeto.

“Como há previsão de chuva para os dias da corrida, tivemos, por exemplo, de adaptar o carro para correr tanto em piso seco quanto molhado”, exemplifica. “Mas como é a primeira vez que corremos com este carro, para nós chegar ao fim da corrida já é uma vitória”, acrescentam, explicando que a competição tem várias etapas e que tem de estar tudo conforme, das ligações feitas aos parafusos.

Com o apoio de patrocinadores como Galp, Bosch, Autoeuropa, NOS, TAP, MCG, Ciclofapril e Cubotónic, além da própria Universidade NOVA, o NOVA Formula Student representa não apenas a excelência académica, mas também a capacidade de inovação e colaboração entre universidades e empresas. “

É como um projeto de investigação, passível de melhorar consoante os apoios financeiros de que dispõe”, assinalam ainda, antes de acrescentarem a cereja no topo do bolo: é que, no final, “é ainda expectável que haja um plano de negócios de criação de empresa para comercializar nem que seja uma peça”, detalham, explicando que, no seu caso, será o baquet.

A Formula Student é uma competição que começou nos Estados Unidos e à qual a Europa se rendeu em 1998, oferecendo desde então aos estudantes a oportunidade única de aplicar os seus conhecimentos teóricos em um ambiente prático e competitivo. Agora, enquanto a nossa equipa já está nos últimos retoques, resta-nos apenas dizer: Boa sorte, NOVA Formula Student!

NOVA University Lisbon Launches Innovative Postgraduate Course to Strengthen Excellence in Tourism in Portugal

19 de July, 2024

“It will be the first edition of something that could mark the training of future tourism leaders in our country,” stressed Pedro Saraiva, NOVA’s Vice Rector for Organisational Innovation and Digital Transformation and coordinator of TOHO, at the launch of the NOVA Leading postgraduate course in Tourism and Hospitality, which took place this Friday, 19th, in the Senate Room of the Rectory of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. “We are increasingly aware that tourism must be based on innovation, science and sustainability,” added José Alferes, director of NOVA FCT, who will coordinate the course, which brings together teachers from eight of NOVA’s schools, after highlighting the different areas of knowledge at the university that can contribute to this end. 

The new postgraduate course “Leading Tourism & Hospitality”, which will start in the academic year 2024/2025, is an innovative programme that represents a milestone in the training of leaders for the future of tourism and hospitality in Portugal. 

Developed by the NOVA Tourism & Hospitality Platform (TOHO), this postgraduate degree reflects NOVA’s commitment to sustainable innovation in the tourism and hospitality sector. The programme is characterised by its interdisciplinary nature, involving more than 25 professors from 8 NOVA faculties, including a specialist from the EUTOPIA network. It also has the active participation of sector partners: Turismo de Portugal; Pestana Group; Details Hospitality, Sports and Leisure; AHP and APAVT. 

In the words of Pedro Saraiva, “this postgraduate degree is a concrete response to the qualification needs of the tourism and hospitality sector, integrating a multidisciplinary approach that is fundamental for the training of innovative leaders, prepared to face the challenges and opportunities of the future, in a sector that represents 16.8% of the Gross Domestic Product and 8.4% of jobs in our country”. 

The ceremony was also attended by the various partners of this postgraduate course, who also highlighted the added value of the project: “We know that when the economy has grown, tourism has been the engine of that growth, and today we are facing new challenges that we have to respond to, from sustainability to digital transformation”, stressed Carlos Abade, President of Turismo de Portugal. 

“Only with a broader and truly interdisciplinary view can we find answers to sustainable growth, which has become a key point in all our activities,” concluded Cristina Siza Vieira, CEO of the Hotel Association of Portugal, which is also a partner in the project. 

Other partners include APAVT – Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies and Details – Hotels and Resorts. 

The “Leading Tourism & Hospitality” postgraduate course aims to equip professionals in the sector with the necessary tools to enhance Portugal’s prestige in tourism development and innovation, and to help promote the country as a tourist destination of excellence. Created with the contributions of the main actors in the sector, this programme focuses on development and innovation, preparing students to face challenges and take advantage of emerging opportunities in the tourism and hospitality market, addressing economic and social sustainability, new motivations, tourist niches and the impact of digital innovation. 

More information here!

NOVA FCT vai ter o primeiro Espaço Cidadão numa universidade

AMA FCT

16 de July, 2024

Entre os serviços disponíveis no Espaço Cidadão da NOVA FCT estarão a renovação da Carta de Condução, a alteração da morada do Cartão de Cidadão, a solicitação do Cartão Europeu de Seguro de Doença, a realização de serviços e-fatura, entre muitos outros. Continue reading “NOVA FCT vai ter o primeiro Espaço Cidadão numa universidade”

NOVA recebe acreditação institucional máxima pela A3ES

A3ES

15 de July, 2024

A Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA) celebra a obtenção da acreditação institucional pela Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES) pelo período máximo de 6 anos.

Com este feito, a NOVA não só vê reconhecido o seu compromisso com a qualidade e inovação, como também fortalece a sua posição no topo das instituições de ensino superior em Portugal, impulsionando-a para novos patamares de sucesso e reconhecimento global. Trata-se de um importante selo de confiança e prestígio que assegura a estudantes, docentes e parceiros que a NOVA continua a ser um ambiente propício ao desenvolvimento académico e profissional de excelência.

Parabéns a toda a comunidade académica por este importante marco, que só foi possível graças a muita dedicação e trabalho contínuo!

"Today you are NOVA’s newest champions. Tomorrow, you will be the leaders the world needs". Find out who won NOVA Young Talent Awards 2024 here

2 de July, 2024

NOVA University Lisbon has once again honoured the best first-year NOVA students for the 2022/2023 academic year and the directors of their secondary schools of origin.

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Nova reaffirms commitment to peace

28 de June, 2024

The Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA) publicly declares its firm opposition to all warmongering attitudes that endanger human rights and undermine human freedom and life. In general, we condemn all forms of aggression and loss of life due to armed conflicts, wherever they occur in the world.

We reaffirm our commitment to the promotion of peace and the defence of the fundamental rights of all human beings, believing that dialogue, cooperation and mutual respect are the ways to build a more just and harmonious world.

Specifically in relation to the current armed conflict in Palestine, NOVA will not initiate any new collaborative projects with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Israel that have publicly expressed support for the war, or with HEIs in Palestine that have publicly supported the terrorist actions of HAMAS.

We defend peace against war, education and scientific knowledge that promotes human development and well-being.

NOVA signs agreement with Oeiras

26 de June, 2024

NOVA University Lisbon and the Municipality of Oeiras establish a partnership for the installation of innovative projects in the municipality, i.e. campuses and related projects. 

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"Our ambition is to be at the forefront of commitment to the SDG's". NOVA is honoured to open the conference "Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future"

17 de June, 2024

The United Nations Sustainable Development Report 2024 will be presented this Monday in Lisbon, during the meeting of SDSN Portugal, a network chaired by NOVA University Lisbon.  

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NOVA is honoured to open the conference “Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future

17 de June, 2024

The United Nations Sustainable Development Report 2024 will be presented this Monday in Lisbon, during the meeting of SDSN Portugal, a network chaired by NOVA University Lisbon.  

 

“Universities, as sources of knowledge creation and dissemination, are essential partners for governments, the private sector and communities at large in addressing the many faces of sustainability challenges. (…) NOVA University is strongly committed to the UN 2030 Agenda and Europe’s mission to become green, socially open and fair. Our ambition is to be a leading university in interdisciplinary research with high social impact and to be among the pioneers in the commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Green Deal”, stated the Rector of NOVA University Lisbon, João Sàágua, at the beginning of the conference Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future, which brings together a series of prestigious national and international speakers at the Ismaili Center in Lisbon, and has as its highlight the public presentation of the Sustainable Development Report 2024, prepared by the United Nations. 

As the Rector of NOVA added: “We are fully committed to taking concrete actions to make this network relevant in Portugal and beyond. This conference is a first example. We have more than 600 participants from over 70 countries. Therefore, I believe that these two days will be an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and promote full global partnerships to enhance our common mission. By taking this commitment seriously, NOVA is making its motto more alive than ever: to be a civic and global university”. 

The Paving the Way to the Pact of the Future conference is organised by SDSN (acronym for Sustainable Development Solutions Network), the network chaired by NOVA, and runs until the end of the day this Tuesday 18th, with an unmissable programme that you can consult here. 

 

 

Pedagogical Innovation Award 2024: Registration open until the 30th september

11 de June, 2024

The creation of the Pedagogical Innovation Award was announced by the Rector of NOVA, João Sàágua, on the first Quality Day in 2021. Inspired by the University’s mission to promote quality teaching – in all study cycles, by academics of excellence, capable of offering their students a transformative and intellectually challenging educational experience – the competition is now in its 3rd edition.

The deadline to apply for the award is 30th September and teachers and career researchers from NOVA University Lisbon can apply.

The criteria for awarding the prize focus, among other things, on the relevance and originality of the practices implemented (compared to conventional practices), as well as the excellence of the teacher and the impact and reach of these good pedagogical practices.

Check out the winning projects from the 1st and 2nd editions, get inspired, and… good luck! 

Useful information 

Applications must be submitted electronically by e-mail to nova.inov.ped@unl.pt 

Required Documentation 

a) Application Form, duly completed, including the justification for the application and the declaration of consent of the proposed teacher(s) or researcher(s).

Candidacy Form 

Informed consent form (one for each teacher/researcher)

b) Simplified curriculum vitae of the candidate(s);

c) e-mail address of the person responsible for the application.

RULES 

Further information can be found at

Regulations for the Pedagogical Innovation Award 

BOLSAS DE PÓS-DOUTORAMENTO MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE 2024 – CONHEÇA OS PROJETOS DISPONÍVEIS NA NOVA

11 de June, 2024

A Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA) está a receber manifestações de interesse para candidaturas às Bolsas Individuais Marie Skłodowska-Curie. Se é investigador/a pós-doutorado/a, e tem interesse em candidatar-se e em ter a NOVA como sua instituição de acolhimento, estamos disponíveis para receber o seu contacto.

As candidaturas às Bolsas Individuais Marie Skłodowska-Curie decorrem até 11 de setembro de 2024.

Aconselhamos que estabeleça contacto por email, o mais brevemente possível, com os/as Investigadores/as Principais (supervisores/as) responsáveis pelos diferentes projetos apresentados para este concurso. O contacto deve ser acompanhado de uma Carta de Motivação e Curriculum Vitae detalhado.

Por favor, consulte os projetos disponíveis nas várias Unidades de Investigação da NOVA e os respetivos pontos de contacto.

Para informação sobre as diferentes Unidades de Investigação da NOVA, clique aqui.

Here are the winners of the 2024 edition of Starters Academy, designed to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of students 

7 de June, 2024

The 2024 edition of the Starters Academy, a pioneer in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the student community, which provides basic tools for anyone who wants to create a startup, has now reached its final challenge. 

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WISE: The winners of the programme, which challenged NOVA students to find solutions that could change the energy landscape, have been announced

6 de June, 2024

It’s called WISE (an acronym for World-Changing Innovations for Sustainable Energies), it’s organised by the NOVA Impact Office and GALP, in partnership with Nova SBE’s Innovation Ecosystem, and it has come to an end after 12 weeks of intense work by the participating teams. The program aims to find innovative solutions to transform the current energy landscape. Six teams competed with groundbreaking ideas, and the winning team has already been announced. 

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NOVA hosted a meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean: "Faced with the challenges of today's world, cooperation between institutions can make all the difference"

17 de May, 2024

“Collaboration between institutions can make all the difference; that’s why it’s important to get everyone around the same table to find similarities and differences and try to understand how we can work together”, highlighted the Rector of NOVA University Lisbon, João Sàágua, about the meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) – an intergovernmental institution that brings together the countries of the European Union and 15 countries from the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean – which took place all day on Thursday 16th at the NOVA Rectory. 

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International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia at NOVA: find out about the programme and get involved! 

13 de May, 2024

“Leave no one behind: equality, freedom and justice for all”: this is the motto adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2024 to celebrate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia and to contribute to the end of discrimination – by raising awareness and taking action for respect and equality for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and sexual characteristics. 

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Rector's Logic – May 2024

10 de May, 2024

On 13 May, the first EUTOPIA Day will be celebrated (…) and NOVA will once again be present with a special programme on practically all its sites, so I invite all members of our community to get to know the work of this innovative member of the EUTOPIA Alliance and to take advantage of this celebration to explore collaboration opportunities in this important network.

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NOVA Culture

8 de May, 2024

A cultural itinerary of the University’s spaces and an agenda of initiatives open to the community are available on the NOVA Cultura website.

"A prominent figure in the field of labour law, recognised in Portugal, Europe and beyond". NOVA University Lisbon awarded Professor António Monteiro Fernandes the title of Doctor Honoris Causa

7 de May, 2024

The ceremony, which took place on Monday 6th at the NOVA University Lisbon, was full of praise and affection. 

  

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50 years of 25th ABRIL at NOVA: Freedom started here too

6 de May, 2024

On the fiftieth anniversary of 25 April, we remember the historical landmark found in NOVA: the starting point of the Batalhão de Caçadores 5. It was from here that, in the early hours of 1974, the march to Rádio Clube Português began, where the first democratic message was broadcast.

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30th April 1974: the day on which the NOVA University Lisbon congratulated the National Salvation Board on the "general lines of the service it intends to offer the country"

29 de April, 2024

Five days after the 25th of April 1974, the Installation Committee of the NOVA University Lisbon approved the sending of a telegram to the Junta de Salvação Nacional (J.S.N.) – the Portuguese name of the so-called National Salvation Boardm congratulating it for having found in the programme adopted by this provisional governmental body “the general lines of the service it proposes to offer the country”. It also points out that NOVA “sees the broadest perspectives for its action and expresses to the J.S.N. its adherence to the principles it proclaims and defends”. 

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30 April 1974: the day on which the NOVA University Lisbon congratulated the National Salvation Council on the “general lines of the service it proposes to offer the country”.

29 de April, 2024

Five days after the 25th of April 1974, the Founding Committee of the NOVA University of Lisbon approved the sending of a telegram to the Junta de Salvação Nacional (as for National Salvation Board), congratulating it on finding in the programme adopted by this provisional government body “the general lines of the service it proposes to offer the country”. He also points out that NOVA “sees the widest perspectives for its action and expresses to the J.S.N. its adherence to the principles it proclaims and defends”.

Signed by Professor Doctor Gonçalves Ferreira, Doctor Maria de Lourdes Belchior, Eng. Delgado Domingos, Doctor Alfredo de Sousa and Dr Silveira Botelho, it states that: “The NOVA University of Lisbon, still in the process of structuring and installation, seeks from the outset to be guided by educational and scientific objectives typical of a truly democratic society that we wish to build in the country”.

This document, which belongs to the archives of the NOVA University of Lisbon, marks the university’s position on a day full of strong emotions – five days and five nights after the dawn we had waited for so long, that whole, first and clean day, April 25, 1974, the day before May 1, Labour Day, declared a national holiday, would be marked above all by the arrival of the exiles in Lisbon: On the same Air France flight, the general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party, Álvaro, Cunhal, the musicians José Mário Branco and Luís Cília and the future archaeologist Cláudio Torres returned.

Moreover, as the 30 April edition of Diário de Lisboa, which proclaimed in its headline a country “on the road to democracy”, pointed out, support for the J.S.N. was already beginning to emerge from the most diverse representatives of Portuguese society – from the Portuguese Society of Authors to the hundred and fifty scientists from the Gulbenkian Institute of Sciences, including the immense mass of students, who announced their “unequivocal adherence to the movement”.

 

 

Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships)

24 de April, 2024

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships) fund excellence in research and innovation by supporting researchers at all stages of their careers. They provide new knowledge and skills through cross-border mobility and exposure to different sectors and disciplines.

The MSCA-PF fellowships promote research excellence and are intended for PhD holders who wish to develop their research activities abroad, acquire new skills, advance their careers, and gain experience in other countries, disciplines, and non-academic sectors.

Interested researchers must apply together with a host organization, which can be a university, research institution, company, small or medium-sized enterprise, or another organization based in an EU Member State or a country associated with the Horizon Europe program. All disciplines are eligible for these postdoctoral fellowships, including research areas covered by the Euratom Research and Training Program.