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Rede de Parceiros do Técnico

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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 strategic alliances with companies best positioned to, together, increase the value offered to the Society. The network’s activities are organized along the following dimensions: Proximity and talent development; Acceleration of innovation; Societal impact and strategic cooperation.

Currently TPN counts more than 24 active companies and more then 125 activities. All the activities are planned each semester for each company and are coordinated with the academic schedule and activities. The success associated with this initiative it’s a result of the collaboration between different Técnico teams and the availability of spaces in the different campi.

 

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Pan – European Seal Young Professionals Programme

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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 aims to offer students and new graduates the opportunity to work one year in these two institutions.

 

For details regarding the Best Practice Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring and Innovative Character andTransferability, please check the Portuguese version

Técnico Open Day

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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, presentations and experimental activities.

 

For details regarding the Best Practice Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring and Innovative Character and Transferability, please check the Portuguese version

 

“110 histórias, 110 objetos” – Técnico communication project

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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 intangible heritage and its uses over the last 112 years.

 

For details regarding the Best Practice Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring and Innovative Character and Transferability, please check the Portuguese version

Mobility Open Day (MOD)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

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 members of the Técnico community who experienced international mobility are given voice.

 

For details regarding the Best Practice Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring and Innovative Character andTransferability, please check the Portuguese version

APIST Kindergarten

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

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 better balance between family and professional life, and emotional stability of all.

Scholarship Programme

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

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 to support students with academic potential who, for socioeconomic deprivation, lack the resources to afford the costs associated with academic attendance.

Given its proximity to students and faculty members, the Academic Development Unit (NDA), in particular the Tutoring Programme, is responsible for the dissemination and management of the Scholarship Programme.

Student Club on Mental Health and Inclusion

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Mental health promotion and inclusion in Técnico’s academic community ● 2022

Available in PT
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 support activities.

The Club is aimed to develop initiatives focused on improving cognitive and/or emotional quality of life and promoting better mental health in the Técnico community. Although the organization and format of the activities to be developed were affected by the pandemic, it was possible to carry out a significant number of initiatives via Zoom. 

Técnico’s Departments Communication Group for the dissemination and organization of initiatives to promote Técnico’s teaching

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Communication ● 2022

Available in PT
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 Group, started in 2019 and distinguished as Observist Best Practice in 2021.

Técnico Social Network Guide

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Communication ● 2022

Available in PT
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 Técnico community members that has materialized in four key areas:

  1. Drafting and dissemination of the “Técnico Social Network Guide”, available online for inside and outside Técnico;
  2. Creation of a directory of Técnico presence in Social Networks, and a site dedicated to Técnico Social Networks with all the information related to this subject and
  3. Development of regular trainings to enable Técnico community to create and manage social media accounts.
  4. Direct support in the management of existing social networks