Praxes: Government studied the phenomenon in higher education and has the same today.
The social phenomenon known as "customary" in higher education in Portugal was the subject of a detailed study that will begin to be disseminated and discussed on Monday, in Braga, in the presence of students and student leaders and higher education institutions.
The study was sponsored by the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGES) during the last year and was conducted by a joint team of researchers from the Centre for Research and Social Studies of ISCTE (CIES), the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto (ISUP) and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (CES), coordinated by João Teixeira Lopes (ISUP) and John Sebastian (CIES).The session in Braga with the presence of the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, the President of the Council of Rectors, António Cunha, and President of the Coordinating Council of Polytechnic Institutes, Nuno Mangas, and will be held in the amphitheater B1 Complex II of the University of Minho, on the campus of Gualtar.
The study of discussion will be the subject of several sessions of discussion and public hearing, is already confirmed the following sessions:
16 March: Vila Real, University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro
23 March: Évora, University of Évora
28 March: Leiria, Leiria Polytechnic
3 April: Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL.
The report "The practice as a social phenomenon" will be disclosed on the website of the Higher Education Department.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
