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Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Five founders — Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and Fundação BNP Paribas — opened the Rede Empregar coalition on 2 June at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, backing 3,438 NEET young people aged 15-34 across 43 nationally-distributed projects.
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Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Practical 2026 guide to enrolling a child in Portuguese public school for 2026/2027 — Portal das Matrículas, pré-escolar/1.º ano window closing 1 June, 6.º-9.º/11.º 16-29 June, 2.º-5.º 1-13 July, 10.º/12.º 15-22 July, documentary chain, PLNM and equivalência-de-estudos for foreign records.
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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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