We inform you that the deadline for submitting Good Practice proposals to the 9th ObservIST Call has been extended until June 21, 2024.
ObservIST aims to identify, consolidate and share initiatives and experiments, which promotion and replication may enhance the quality of internal processes and support continuous improvement.
In 2024 the ObservIST highlights the IST Strategic Plan 2020-2030 thematic fields, which configures three mission areas, Education, Research and Societal …
Miguel Amaral, professor at the Department of Engineering and Management and researcher at the Center for Studies in Innovation, Technology and Development Policies (IN+), was the guest speaker at the ObservIST 6th Meeting and kindly gave a presentation entitled: “The value of best practices in …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact|2023
Filipe Pereira Santos, Marta Almeida Bordonhos, Manuel Relvas Sardinha,
José Patuleia Venâncio e Pedro Gomes Outeiro
Website
Summary
The PhD Student Club was created in the 2020/2021 academic year with the aim of maximising PhD students’ and PhD graduates’ potential, by establishing a …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Área de Transferência de Tecnologia – Núcleo de Parcerias Empresariais (NPE)
Website
Summary
The Técnico Partner Network (TPN), was created in 2015, to respond to the challenges of strengthening ties with the industry, with the main objective of establishing and developing …
BOA PRÁTICA DO ANO | Impacto Societal | 2023
Silvia Di Salvatore, Inês Ribeiro, Ricardo Veloso, Pedro Sanches,
Tiago Mamouros, Ricardo da Silva Vieira, Rita Santos, João Gonçalves,
Técnico Sustentável – Ambiente Sociedade Economia e
Grupo de estudantes ambientalista do Instituto Superior Técnico (AmbientalIST)
Summary
The project “Técnico faz a diferença” …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Área de Transferência de Tecnologia – Núcleo de Propriedade Intelectual (NPI)
Summary
Técnico is one of the partner universities of the Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme, which includes the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office that …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Ana Lucas, Dina Davide, Rui Silva e Nuno Riscado
Summary
The Human Resources Division (DHR) implemented an Internal Training programme in 2021, which is intended for all its employees. It aims to facilitate the sharing of information between its units, …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Área de Comunicação, Imagem e Marketing
Summary
The Técnico Open Day, first organized in 2022, started this year with a collaborative programme coordinated by the Communication, Image and Marketing Area, involving departments, research units and contact services, which included visits, …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Área de Comunicação, Imagem e Marketing
Summary
The “110 histórias, 110 objetos” project tells the history of Instituto Superior Técnico through the stories of its assets with recognized cultural, scientific, historical and/or pedagogical value, by promoting the School’s material and …
Recognized Best Practice | Societal Impact | 2023
Ana Lucas, António Sol, Paulo Loureiro, Rute Mateus, Sónia Martins e Rui Mendes
Summary
The Human Resources Division (DRH) organized the New Staff Welcome Day for the first time in 2022, which intended for all technical and administrative employees who …
Recognized Best Practice | Education | 2023
Hugo Plácido da Silva e Ana Nobre Fred
Summary
The ScientIST initiative created instruments to enrich the teaching experience in Biomedical Engineering study cycles, based on mobile devices, i-cloud services and internet of things.
For details regarding the Best Practice Implementation, Evaluation …
Recognized Best Practice | Education | 2023
Isabel Gonçalves, Leonor Moura, Gonçalo Moura e Patrícia Simões
Website
Summary
The Training and Development Programme (PDF) was launched in March 2019 and aims to promote, capacitate and support the development of professional, interpersonal and transversal skills of the teaching and research …
Recognized Best Practice | Education | 2023
Luís A. Moreira – Área de Assuntos Internacionais –
Núcleo de Mobilidade e Cooperação Internacional (NMCI)
Summary
The Mobility and International Cooperation Office (NMCI) created the Mobility Open Day, an event where all their international mobility programmes are made public and …
Recognized Best Practice | Education | 2023
Ana Moura Santos, Luis Coimbra Costa e
Área de Assuntos Internacionais – Núcleo de Relações Internacionais (NRI)
Summary
With the collaboration of Secção de Folhas (Copy Section), Professor Dulce Pereira Simão developed a notebook with hexagons to facilitate the drawing of …
Recognized Best Practice | Education | 2023
Dulce Pereira Simão e Associação dos Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST)
Summary
With the collaboration of Secção de Folhas (Copy Section), Professor Dulce Pereira Simão developed a notebook with hexagons to facilitate the drawing of chemical structures in lectures and …
The 6th Meeting of the Observatory of IST Best Practices Observatory (ObservIST) will take place on November 14th, 2023, at 9:00 am, with the aim of disseminating the Best Practices recognized in the 8th Call, and promoting their knowledge among the entire IST community.
Location: …
We are pleased to announce the new recognized best practices at the 8th Call of the Técnico Best Practices Observatory.
New Staff Welcome Day for technical and administrative employees
The Human Resources Division (DRH) organized the New Staff Welcome Day for the first time in 2022, which …
The deadline to submit an application to the Recognized Best Practice Award has been extended to 18th of May, 2023.
Bests Practices for the IST mission areas, Education, Research and Societal and social impact and enablers, Internationalization, Infrastructure, Financial sustainability and investment and Governance, autonomy and …
ObservIST aims to identify, consolidate and share initiatives and experiments, which promotion and replication may enhance the quality of internal processes and support continuous improvement.
In 2023 the ObservIST highlights the IST Strategic Plan 2020-2030 thematic fields, which configures three mission areas, Education, Research and Societal …
Internacionalization● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
Together with the Portuguese Tax Authority, Técnico’s International Affairs Office and Legal Department have streamlined TIN issuance procedures for its international community members (students of all study cycles, faculty, researchers, employees). This service is available once a semester in order to include …
Internacionalization ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
The Admissions Office has developed a series of webinars in English, called Study@Técnico Webinar Series to disseminate Técnico Lisboa to international audiences, by using tools which allow for viewing information regardless of the time zone or location of the interested party.
The …
Human Resources ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
Located in the Alameda Campus, the APIST Kindergarten has a capacity for 100 children. As laid down in Técnico Statutes, it was created to provide its employees with the opportunity of having their children closer to them, thus contributing to a …
Human Resources ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
The Student Representatives’ Training Programme (Programa de Formação de Delegados, PFD) is targeted to Técnico’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle Year Student Representatives and intends not only to provide them with the tools and knowledge necessary to perform their job and …
Human Resources ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
The Training Development Unit (NFD) and the Human Resources Division (DRH) have developed and implemented a Training Impact Evaluation System, which resulted from an innovative vision of professional training at Técnico Lisboa that allows for effective assessment of the impact of …
Human Resources ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
In order to mitigate the loss of knowledge that occurs in the gap “time of learning – time of use of learning”, the NFD – DRH has introduced a system of follow-up sessions to vocational training at Técnico, which are tailored …
Human Resources ● 2022
Selected as “Good Practice of the year”, 2022
Available in PT
Summary
Through its Business Partnership Unit, Técnico has developed collaboration protocols with the business sector, under the Portuguese Patronage Law. As a result, the Scholarship Programme was created in the 2015/2016 academic year, which aims …
Research, Development and Innovation ● 2022
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Summary
The “Thinking Green” Project consists of a set of scientific experiments, linked to teaching and research from several Técnico R&D centres, which proposes to develop an integrated plan of small-scale initiatives to be carried out outside the Alameda …
Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação● 2022
CERIS DAY OUT 2021
https://ceris.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Booklet_DAY_OUT_2021.pdf
Practice Implementation
CERIS Day Out, has been a recurring event that brings together PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and professors of CERIS (Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability). Still conditioned by the pandemic situation, the program of the …
Research, Development and Innovation ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
The IPFN Science Summer Camp (ISSC) is an immersive research experience, which takes place every year for a month that is aimed to higher education students and constitute a first step towards developing research in a top research …
Educação Superior● 2022
Pilot courses on “Life Cycle Assessment of Construction”
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Practice Implementation
The candidate become an expert on the environmental and economic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of materials, assemblies and buildings (LCA of Construction) after completing his PhD in this area in 2012. After that, in 2015, …
Higher Education ● 2022
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Summary
The Pedagogical Council (PC), the Academic Development Center (NDA) and the Statistics and Prospective Unit (NEP) have collaborated in the implementation of a lecture observation project at Técnico in order to nurture and improve teachers’ pedagogical skills, contributing to their …
Mental health promotion and inclusion in Técnico’s academic community ● 2022
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Summary
The “Técnico’s Student Club on Mental Health and Inclusion” was created as a transversal meeting point for the promotion of mental health and inclusion at Técnico, through the organization of awareness and student …
Processes and Quality ● 2022
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Summary
This practice entails upgrading of the Library infrastructure in the Main Building in order to concentrate in a single space all the collections, services and staff with a new functional dynamic, implying the internal reorganization of all processes. An organizational …
Communication ● 2022
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Summary
This group was created to bring the communication structure of each of Técnico’s Departments, with their different realities, closer to Técnico’s central communication structure, and foster a common body spirit. It follows the same principle and dynamics as the Research Units …
Communication ● 2022
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Summary
In order to provide current and future content producers with appropriate tools to implement contents in a standardized manner that reflects the School’s communication strategy, Técnico’s Communication, Image and Marketing Office has developed an initiative, with a strong collaborative nature among …
Communication ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
Considering its different realities, this group intends to bring the communication structure of each unit closer to Técnico’s central communication structure, and foster a common body spirit. In this regard, the #Women at Técnico group carries out:
monthly meetings with all …
Communication ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
The ISTO É Técnico is part of the ISTO É initiative, which was created to remedy the interruption of classroom activities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 that proposes to take the training offer and experience in Técnico …
Technology Transfer ● 2022
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Summary
In the scope of its Student Career Development Programme, Técnico, in partnership with Santander Universidades, provides 100 business cards free of charge to all Técnico students who request them and meet the regulation requirements.
Técnico’s Business Cards are personalized cards which …
Research, Development and Innovation ● 2022
Available in PT
Summary
This project resulted from the participation of Instituto Superior Técnico (CERIS) in the European Commission project – UPStrat-MAFA, 2013-15. It is primarily aimed to increase literacy for seismic and tsunami risk in the student community and in the …
The 5th ObservIST Meeting will be held on November 8th and starts at 9:30 in room 4.41 of the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources (DECivil), with the following agenda:
The Meeting aims to present* and share to all the school community the 20 Good …
Following the 7th ObservIST Call, 20 new Best Practices (BPs) are now known.
Here they are:
Tax Identification Number (TIN) issuance support service for the international community of Técnico Lisboa
Together with the Portuguese Tax Authority, Técnico’s International Affairs Office and Legal Department have streamlined TIN issuance procedures …
The 7th ObservIST Call is now closed.
After the evaluation of submitted practices by a panel of evaluators a Meeting is planned for the dissemination of Best Practices identified in this 7th ObservIST Call. Certificates will be awarded to practice proponents evaluated as “Best Practices “.
This event, scheduled for …
The ObservIST launches its 7th Best Practice call
The Observatory of Best Practices at IST (ObservIST) is a project that aims to identify, consolidate and disseminate institutional best practices, promoting their valorization and replication, thus boosting continued improvement in the School.
Eight years after the creation of the …
The 2nd part of the 4th ObservIST Meeting took place on November 16th, which brought together various elements of the community to debate and analyze the work done so far within the scope of the Technician’s Challenge for the Integration of People and Pedagogical Best …
The 2nd part of the 4th ObservIST Meeting will be held on November 16th, in room 4.41 of the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources (DECivil), with two round tables to discuss and analyze the Technico Challenge for People Integration and Pedagogical Best Practices.
The …
In the fulfilment of its mission, ObservIST continues the dissemination of the Best Practices (BP) recognised in its 6th Call, publishing online the BP recognised and the presentations provided by the authors of the BP during the 4th ObservIST Meeting that took place on 12 …
Part 1
The 4th Observist Meeting will be held on the 12th October (Salão Nobre – Pavilhão Central with streaming broadcast) with the following agenda:
Dissemination of the Best Practices identified under the 6th Call, promoting their recognition and sharing among IST community members.
After the evaluation of proposed practices, in the 6th Call of …
The 12 Best Practices (BP) Winners have already been disclosed, following the ObervIST’s 6th Call. Learn more about them at the 4th ObservIST’s meeting to be scheduled for the 12th October 2021, at the Salão Nobre no Campus Alameda.
Best Practices recognized at the 6th ObservIST’s Call:
‘Explain like …
The 6th ObservIST Call ended on March 12 with the submission of 12 practices distributed by 6 thematic fields:
Higher Education
Communication
Human Resources
Research, Development and Innovation
Technology Transfer
Other: Sustainability
The submitted practices will be assessed by a panel of evaluators and afterwards a Meeting is planned for the dissemination of Best Practices …
The ObservIST launches its 6th Best Practice call
The Observatory of Best Practices at IST (ObservIST) is a project that aims to identify, consolidate and disseminate institutional best practices, promoting their valorization and replication, thus boosting continued improvement in the School.
Having already held three ObservIST …
The Open University publishes the “Innovating Pedagogy 2021 Report”
This is the 9th report in a series which delivers crucial insights about new ways of teaching, learning ad assessment, towards an interactive world in order to guide productive innovation faculty and policymakers.
The report results from the …
In order to fulfill the ObservIST mission, we continue to disseminate the Best Practices recognized in the 5th Call by publishing presentations and / or videos provided by the authors on the ObservIST Website:
The remaining Best Practices recognized in this 5th call can be consulted …
Research, Development and Innovation ● 2020
Ceris Open Day Organizing Committee
Practice Implementation
CERIS Open Day has become an annual event that brings together PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and professors of CERIS (Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability). The program of the events has been changing between editions, …
Higher Education ● 2020
Ana Carvalho e Miguel Amaral (docentes DEG)
Practice Implementation
The Social Innovation Lab (SILAB) at IST was created to address current gaps in the educational system by focusing mainly on frugal innovation (do more with less) and social impact, aiming to solve problems experienced by vulnerable communities …
Given the current situation of the COVID19 pandemic, the 4th ObservIST Meeting will not be held on September 16, as announced.
Thus, and in order to fulfill the ObservIST mission, we will proceed with the dissemination of the Good Practices identified in the 5th Call, promoting …
The 4th ObservIST Meeting will take place on September 16, to disseminate the Best Practices identified under the 5th Call, promoting their recognition and sharing.
The practices submitted in the 5th Call of the ObservIST (Observatory of Best Practices of IST), were evaluated by a pool …
The 5th call of ObservIST recognised 20 best practices, divided into six thematic fields.
ObservIST recognised 20 Best Practices. Year after year, the number of best practices recognised at Técnico increases, as well as the involvement of the community. “Design e produção dos cursos MOOC Técnico” has …
After reviewing the practices submitted for the 5th Call of the ObservIST (Best Practice Observatory), 20 Best Practices were identified, distributed in 6 of the 11 defined subject areas:
Higher Education
Internationalization
Communication
Infrastructure
Human Resources
Research, Development and Innovation
one practice recognized as “Best Practice” contributes to the “link to Society”
The Best …
The ObservIST launches its 5th Good Practice call on defined subject areas
The Observatory of Good Practices at IST (ObservIST) is a project that aims to identify, consolidate and disseminate institutional good practices, promoting their valorization and replication, thus boosting continued improvement in the School.
Having already held three ObservIST …
The Institutional Studies, Planning and Quality Area presented the ObservIST and the work developed over 5 years of activity at the 41st EAIR Forum under the theme “Responsibility of Higher Education Systems: What? Why? How?” which took place between August 25 and 28 in Leiden, …
Research, Development and Innovation ● 2019
Ceris Open Day Organizing Committee
Practice Implementation
CERIS Open Day is an annual event that brings together PhD students and postdoctoral researchers of CERIS – Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability. The event programme is flexible, but can be thought of as …
The IST Best Practice Observatory will be present at the 41st Annual EAIR Forum (https://www.eairweb.org/), held at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, from August 25-28th, 2019.
The topic of the conference is “Responsibility of Higher Education Systems: What? Why? How?”.
The Third Meeting of the Observist took place on June 25th.
In this edition of the event seventeen Best Practices (BP), distributed by various thematic fields, were shared and certified, promoting their continuity and dissemination by the IST community.
The Best Practices (BP) are available on the …
The 3rd Observist Meeting will be held on 25th June with the objective of promoting the Good Practices identified in the 4th Call, to promote their recognition and sharing.
After the evaluation of proposed practices, in the 4th Call of Observist, by a panel of evaluators, …
The 4th ObservIST Call ended on March 22 with the submission of 19 practices distributed by 7 of the established 11 thematic fields:
Higher Education
Internationalization
Communication
Infrastructure
Processes and Quality
Human Resources
Research, Development and Innovation
The submitted practices will be assessed by a panel of evaluators and afterwards a Meeting is …
In the fulfillment of ObservIST’s Mission, a certifying seal of Best Practices (BP) was created. The aim of this certifying seal is to set an additional evaluation format, an institutional added value and merit recognition, and an acknowledgment and encouragement of all those who submit …
The ObservIST launches its 4th Good Practice call on defined subject areas.
The Observatory of Good Practices at IST (ObservIST) is a project that aims to identify, consolidate and disseminate institutional good practices, promoting their valorization and replication, thus boosting continued improvement in the School.
Having already held two ObservIST …
The ObservIST is looking for new ideas and experiences, which can be submitted by downloading the form, according to the requirements defined in <http://observist.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/calendario/>. The evaluation and outcomes of submitted practices will take place in April and June 2019, respectively.
We invited the IST community to participate …
The IST community is invited to the 2nd Observist Meeting that will be held on June 06, 09:30 am-01:00 pm, in room Q.01 (Chemistry Building, entrance through the garden).
This Meeting aims to promote public recognition and sharing of School Good Practices.
Meeting Programme (PDF, 490KB) (PT)
Poster …
The deadline for submission of Good Practices under the 3rd ObservIST Call was 31 March, which focused on 7 of the previously defined 11 strategic areas, such as:
Higher Education
Processes and Quality
Internationalisation
Human Capital
Technology Transfer
Communication
Infrastructure
After evaluation of proposed practices by a panel of evaluators, a Meeting will …
The Observist launches its third Good Practice call on defined subject areas.The entire IST community is invited to participate (see eligibility and submission). Submit your Good Practices until March 15, 2018.
O Grupo de Trabalho para a Qualidade no Ensino Superior (GT2), a funcionar no âmbito da Comissão Sectorial para a Educação e Formação do Instituto Português da Qualidade, e no qual participam duas colaboradoras da AEPQ, realizou no dia 11 de outubro de 2017, na …
O ObservIST está disponível para receber em permanência (em formulário próprio) propostas de iniciativas ou experiências de acordo com os requisitos estabelecidos, estando prevista a avaliação e partilha das Práticas submetidas, respetivamente, em Abril e Junho de 2018.
Toda a comunidade IST está convidada a participar.
Realizou-se no dia 30 de junho o 1º Encontro do ObservIST que contou com cerca de 50 participantes.
As Boas Práticas reconhecidas na primeira e na segunda call do Observatório, foram apresentadas pelos respetivos proponentes cumprindo-se, assim, o objetivo de promover a partilha e reconhecimento das Boas Práticas …
Toda a comunidade IST está convidada para o 1º Encontro do ObservIST que se realiza dia 30 de junho (10h15-13h00), na sala Q.01 (Pav. de Química, entrada pelo jardim). Este Encontro tem como objetivo divulgar as Boas Práticas identificadas nas 1ª e 2ª Call, promover o seu …
Após a avaliação das práticas submetidas na 2ª Call do ObservIST (Observatório de Boas Práticas do IST), foram identificadas 9 Boas Práticas assim distribuídas em 4 das 11 áreas temáticas definidas:
Educação Superior – 5 práticas
Internacionalização – 2 práticas
Tecnologias de Informação – 1 prática
Capital Humano – 1 …
No seguimento da segunda call do ObservIST, foram submetidas 11 candidaturas a Boas Práticas e, de acordo com os procedimentos estabelecidos, estão constituídos os painéis de avaliadores que irão avaliar as práticas agora submetidas.
A equipa de desenvolvimento do projeto ObservIST agradece a todos os que …
O ObservIST lança a sua segunda call para submissão Boas Práticas relacionadas com as áreas temáticas definidas.
Toda a comunidade IST está convidada a participar (ver elegibilidade e submissão).
Participe na segunda call do ObservIST até 31 de março de 2017.
Decorreu no dia 16 de janeiro, a entrega de certificados das Boas Práticas identificadas na primeira call do ObservIST, iniciativa lançada em 2015 e que tem como objetivo identificar, consolidar e divulgar Boas Práticas internas no Técnico.
Na sessão, o Professor Arlindo Oliveira, Presidente do Técnico, …
O Observatório de Boas Práticas do IST (ObservIST) lança a sua primeira call para Boas Práticas relacionadas com as áreas temáticas definidas.
Toda a comunidade IST está convidada a participar (ver elegibilidade e submissão).