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Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa Names a Five-Month Biology Research-Initiation Bolsa for Carolina Fernandes-Henriques — Family-Funded Grant Honours a 30-Year-Old CUNY Neuroscientist and Targets Talent Retention Inside Portugal

Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa Names a Five-Month Biology Research-Initiation Bolsa for Carolina Fernandes-Henriques — Family-Funded Grant Honours a 30-Year-Old CUNY Neuroscientist and Targets Talent Retention Inside Portugal

Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa names a five-month Biology research-initiation grant after Carolina Fernandes-Henriques, the 30-year-old CUNY neuroscientist who died unexpectedly in 2024. Family-funded, opens September 2026, targets undergraduate retention.
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QS World University Rankings 2027 Pin Coimbra at 342 on a Five-Place Climb — Lisbon Drops Seven to 237, Porto Slides 18 to 255, Nova Loses Ten to 337 as Beira Interior and Évora Debut Inside the 11-Strong Portuguese Cohort

QS World University Rankings 2027 Pin Coimbra at 342 on a Five-Place Climb — Lisbon Drops Seven to 237, Porto Slides 18 to 255, Nova Loses Ten to 337 as Beira Interior and Évora Debut Inside the 11-Strong Portuguese Cohort

Quacquarelli Symonds, the London-based higher-education ranker that publishes the QS World University Rankings, released the 2027 edition this week. The Portuguese read is mixed: the Universidade de Coimbra (UC — University of Coimbra) is the only...
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Coimbra's historic centre crowned by the Universidade de Coimbra — Portugal's oldest university (1290) and one of the public institutions that processes foreign-degree recognition.

Recognising a Foreign Academic Qualification in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the DGES Reconhecimento Automático Track, the Equivalência Decreto-Lei 66/2018 Path, the Regulated-Profession Ordem Registo and the Fee Stack

Foreign degree-holders moving to Portugal in 2026 need one of three routes — Reconhecimento Automático, Reconhecimento de Nível or Equivalência Específica under Decreto-Lei 66/2018 — to make their qualification usable in the Portuguese job and regulated-profession market.
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FENPROF Takes Pre-School Educators and 1st-Cycle Teachers Out for a Single-Teacher Regime Strike Day — Public Rally at MECI Ministry From 10:00

FENPROF Takes Pre-School Educators and 1st-Cycle Teachers Out for a Single-Teacher Regime Strike Day — Public Rally at MECI Ministry From 10:00

The Federação Nacional dos Professores (FENPROF, National Federation of Teachers) opened a national strike of pre-school educators (educadores de infância) and primary 1st-cycle teachers (professores do 1.º ciclo) on Monday 15 June 2026, pairing the walkout with a 10:00 public rally — 'Tribuna Pública pela Equidade na Monodocência&
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