10,000 universities places still unfilled
With student bodies railing against the exorbitant costs of renting accommodation in and around universities, the academic year is now a heartbeat away with almost 10,000 places still unfilled. Polytechnics
Students call for “more scholarships; more social support”
Lisbon Academic Association defends increased funding for higher education With a new academic year looming, the Lisbon Academic Association (AAL) is calling for increased funding for higher education and changes
Student activists close more schools from today
Ocupa! movement calls for ‘end of fossil fuels’; 100% renewable electricity by 2025 Hundreds of young student activists supporting the “End Fossil Fuels: Occupy!” movement have extended their initiatives of
One fifth of students in higher education suffer mental illness – study
A study coordinated by the University of Évora (UÉ) has concluded that one fifth of higher education students suffer from some kind of mental illness and, of these, almost half
Hundreds of climate action students threaten mass occupation of university campuses
Hundreds of students supporting climate action campaign “Pelo Fim ao Fossíl: Ocupa!” are calling for a mass occupation of schools and universities in Lisbon from Monday, for ‘an indeterminate period’.
Student rental contracts ‘blur’ in Porto
More than half Porto’s university students are in the parallel rentals market, without a contract or receipts – and 18% of these young people – particularly those from low income
University students protest outside Parliament
Marking 60 years since Portugal’s “student crisis” – with still so much to fix Hundreds of university students from all over the country will be converging on the capital today
Student outreach event in Aljezur hears red-listed species live along riverbanks
A lucky few environmentally-interested people, families and school kids got the full benefit of a fascinating, new Erasmus+ student project last Saturday that has been based in Aljezur for the
Drinking ritual “gone wrong” sees Faro student in hospital
A 19-year-old university student sick with “alcohol poisoning and foaming from her mouth” was taken to Faro Hospital last night (September 23) following a student “ritual” that went badly wrong.
Austrian student “raped” by Lisbon taxi driver
Lisbon police are hunting a second alleged taxi driver rapist after a young Austrian student has become the latest victim of a late-night attack. The question on investigators’ minds is