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Conselho de Ministros Approves Universidade de Leiria e do Oeste and Universidade Técnica do Porto on Thursday 21 May — €150 Million PTRR Envelope and a 2026-2034 Horizon Frame the First Polytechnic-to-University Promotions in a Generation

Conselho de Ministros Approves Universidade de Leiria e do Oeste and Universidade Técnica do Porto on Thursday 21 May — €150 Million PTRR Envelope and a 2026-2034 Horizon Frame the First Polytechnic-to-University Promotions in a Generation

Conselho de Ministros on 21 May 2026 approves the conversion of Instituto Politécnico de Leiria and Instituto Politécnico do Porto into Universidade de Leiria e do Oeste and Universidade Técnica do Porto, on a €150 million PTRR envelope running through 2034.
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Conselho de Ministros Greenlights the New Ação Social no Ensino Superior for 2026/27 — Average Annual Grant Rises 53% to €2,660 on a Per-Municipality Cost-of-Living Method as the Envelope Steps Up From €144 Million to €220 Million

Conselho de Ministros Greenlights the New Ação Social no Ensino Superior for 2026/27 — Average Annual Grant Rises 53% to €2,660 on a Per-Municipality Cost-of-Living Method as the Envelope Steps Up From €144 Million to €220 Million

The Conselho de Ministros approved the long-trailed reform of the Sistema de Ação Social no Ensino Superior on the morning of Thursday 21 May 2026 , with the new architecture due to take effect from the 2026/27 academic year . The headline number...
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Fenprof Brings Thousands of Teachers Onto Lisbon's Streets on Saturday 16 May for 'Mais Respeito pela Escola Pública' March — Pay, Career-Length Backlog and Specialist Shortages Top the Demand List

Fenprof Brings Thousands of Teachers Onto Lisbon's Streets on Saturday 16 May for 'Mais Respeito pela Escola Pública' March — Pay, Career-Length Backlog and Specialist Shortages Top the Demand List

Fenprof brought thousands of teachers onto Lisbon's streets on Saturday for the 'Mais Respeito pela Escola Pública' march, demanding pay revision, the long-promised settlement of the missing six years, two months and 18 days of career time and a serious answer to specialist-teacher shortages.
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Conselho Nacional de Educação Walks the Government's Higher-Education Access Rewind Into a 'Consequências Gravosas' Parecer — CNE Unanimously Asks Fernando Alexandre to Repensar the One-Exam-Minimum Proposal That Reverses the 2023 Two-Exam Rule

Conselho Nacional de Educação Walks the Government's Higher-Education Access Rewind Into a 'Consequências Gravosas' Parecer — CNE Unanimously Asks Fernando Alexandre to Repensar the One-Exam-Minimum Proposal That Reverses the 2023 Two-Exam Rule

The Conselho Nacional de Educação — the Republic's consultative body on every diploma the Ministry of Education and Higher Education tries to move through the system — has dropped a unanimous parecer onto the desk of Minister Fernando Alexandre...
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