1. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
LISBOA - LISBON
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area has the largest population concentration in Portugal (25% of the portuguese population)
The international press highlights Lisbon as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city
Lisbon, Portugal, blends modern culture and old world charm in a beautiful coastal city (CNN)
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2. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
The University
founded in 1973
Omnis Civitas Contra Se Divisa Non Stabit
“Toda a cidade dividida contra si mesma, não permanecerá”
“All the city divided against itself will not remain”
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3. Campus da Caparica Parcela 10
Campus de Santana
Campi
Campus de Campolide
ITQB e IBET
Campus de Oeiras
Campus de Cascais
Campus da Caparica Parcela 10
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4. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Academic Units
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5. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Institutional features
Decentralized governance
Autonomy of the Academic Units
Diversity in dimensions and vocations
>200 Cycles of Studies
>4000 Curricular Units
Emphasized variation of students dimensions
in Academic Units, Study Cycles, Curricular Units
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
13 de setembro de 2012

6. Philosophy with regard to SCL
Organizational Culture
Teaching and Learning
Enablers
Performance
Input
Process
Output
Outcome
Values
Identity
Mission
Resources
Staff
Studentes
Facilities
Activities
Curricula
Governance
Graduation
Employability
Learning
Outcomes
Express knowlege
and understanding
Apply knowlege
Make judgements
Communicate
Develop learning skills
Are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
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7. Resources for education - Staff quantity
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Resources for education - Staff quantity
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8. Resources for education - Students quantity
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Resources for education - Students quantity
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9. Resources for education - Students qualitity
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Resources for education - Students qualitity
Incoming students
(Europe)
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10. Resources for education - 9 Libraries
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Resources for education - 9 Libraries
NOVA´s Libraries Mission
 to support teaching and research carried out by professors, students, and researchers
They provide a collection of:
printed books ( )
print journal titles (6.363)
printed and online e-journal titles, theses, dissertations and academic papers (over )
e-books (26.300)
access to databases relevant for all of the major scientific areas
NOVA Repository (RUN) contains theses, dissertations, and other academic works
from 2008 to present
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11. Teaching Quality (TQ) at NOVA Evaluation of Teaching Quality
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Activities - Curricula design implementation
Teaching quality
Teaching Quality (TQ) at NOVA
TQ Assurance System
TQ Council
TQ, Accreditation and Employability Office
Nova´s nine Academic Units (AU)
Evaluation of Teaching Quality
Questionnaire
to students
focus on Curricular Units functioning
Reporting results
Curricular Unit
Study Cycle
Academic Unit
Administered
end of semesters
anonymously
mainly voluntarily
online
Consists
9 Questions
objectives
methods
resources
evaluation
overall satisfaction
Reports
Focus
unfavorable situations
Contain
comments and proposals for improvement
from teachers and course coordinators
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12. Activities - Innovative courses: Doctoral school
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Activities - Innovative courses: Doctoral school
NOVA Doctoral School aims to enhance excellency in Doctoral Education at NOVA, offering transferable skills training to PhD students and Supervisors; creating a space of discussion and creativity and promoting experience exchanges among different doctoral programs and cooperation with national and international institutions.
Marçh June 2014
Research Ethics
Research
Skills Development
From Idea to Business
Science Communication
Intellectual Property
Information Literacy
Social Media for Scientists
Design
Thinking
Communicating Science
Visually
Supervisors
> 600 PhD students
> 30 supervisors
have already attended the courses
(all free of charge)
Partnerships
Academic: Imperial College of London
Institutional: Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Collaboration: Fundação Oriente
Partner in the European project
for non-academic staff:
PRIDE - Professionals in Doctoral Education
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13. StartMeUp Competition Web presence
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Activities - Innovative courses: Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Promotion
calls attention to ideas exploitation and successful business plans
StartMeUp Competition
250 participants
Web presence
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogspot
Newsletter
online
Greenfest participation
mentorship on projects
Entrepreneurship Ideas Genaration/Evaluation
Competition held by multidisciplinary teams from the various NOVA Academic Units
NOVA Idea Competition
The Internal Contest NOVA Business Plan aims to promote entrepreneurial culture within NOVA and stimulate multidisciplinary work
Participants: 6 AU/18 teams/56 students/15.000€ awards
StartUps mentorship
12 projects are being mentored
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14. Outcome - Employability
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Outcome - Employability
Graduates with paid work 18 months after graduation
►88,4% (2009/10)
aiming 90,0%
Adequacy of formation/employment
Employability
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15. Awards Grants Leaders Professional Career Citizenship
Philosophy with regard to SCL - are NOVA students forested to be active participants in their own learning?
Outcome - Learning Outcomes
Awards
Grants
Leaders
Professional Career
Citizenship
National Director of Health of Cape Verde
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16. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Conclusion I
The Universidade NOVA de Lisboa develops its education in a challenging operational context, where the financial scarcity faced by the entire Portuguese higher education sector allows little flexibility for the university to expand its educational offer or change its teaching and learning methods in a resource-intensive way.
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Conclusion II
However, the team feels that significant changes towards student-centered directions can be achieved with small resources. Key to student-centered learning lies in fostering a culture of dialogue between students and teachers and facilitating students to become autonomous learners who are able to take responsibility for their own learning.
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Conclusion III
The team believes that investment, not all of which necessarily requires larges resources, in creating an active mindset and learning culture among students in the early stages of studies bears fruit for student's learning path and beyond.
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