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Final promotional events to spread the legacy of R&I Loop
In December, the final month of R&I Loop, partners were engaged in several multiplier events to ensure that the results of the project will continue to be used Upon completion of the final versions of the results of R&I Loop, now available in the various languages of the project (English, Italian, German, Portuguese and Spanish),…
R&I Loop Final meeting in Ancona
As the R&I Loop project is reaching its end, the consortium partners held the final meeting to wrap up and reflect on the main achievements of the project On the 15th and 16th June 2022, R&I Loop partners held the last face-to-face consortium meeting hosted by the Italian partner – UNIVPM – in Ancona, Italy….
R&I Loop Project Workshop “Science Communication”
On November 4th, 2022, the workshop “Science Communication” of the R&I Loop Project took place in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Beira Interior. Supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, the R&I Loop project aims to leverage new models of Civic Universities, taking as principles the regional dimension and social…
How to become a Civic University?
Inception and Outgrowing Toolkit at the WorkIn@FCSH On July 22nd, 2022, the R&I Loop Project workshop themed “How to become a Civic University? Inception and Outgrowing Toolkit” took place at the WorkIn@FCSH Space (in Covilhã, Portugal). The Workshop had as instructors the coordinator of the R&I Loop project, Professor João Leitão (UBI), as well as…
R&I Loop Training Activity in Matosinhos
R&I Loop partners got together to learn and debate about the best tools for Higher Education Institutions to engage in the path of becoming more civic-oriented. This activity is connected to the development of the Inception and Outgrowing Toolkit, one of the main results of the project At the end of May and begining of…
“Civic Universities and SDGs” lecture in a portuguese secondary school
On May 11, 2022, in the auditorium of the Escola Secundária Frei Heitor Pinto, in Covilhã (Portugal), took place a lecture on the theme: “Civic Universities and Sustainable Development Goals”. It was a key occasion for the R&I Loop coordinator, João Leitão, to introduce the central concept of the project: civic universities. The lecture, part…
26TH APDR WORKSHOP: + Civic Universities
The twenty-sixth Workshop of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR), took place in the past September 30th and October 1st , at the UBImedical Incubator building, of the University of Beira Interior, under the theme: “Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Regions of Low Industrial Density”; counting with an Iberian organizing committee composed…
SDGs: Climate change and citizenship
On October 11, 2021, a seminar on: “Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change and Citizenship”; took place at the “Casa das Memórias – António Guterres” building, in Donas, Fundão, Portugal. The seminar was attended by several students and teachers of the Escola Profissional do Fundão. The speakers were Alcina Cerdeira, Town Councillor of the Municipality of…
New Profile of “Civic University”
The project “R&I LOOP – Shaping the way Higher Education Institutions to Research and Innovation with and for Society” aims to leverage a new profile of “civic university”, where the regional dimension, open innovation, and social innovation make it possible to adopt strategies, effectively, centered on the citizen. This project was developed based on the…