UFSC participates in the FAUBAI 2025 Conference: Towards equitable and sustainable partnerships

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SINTER Team at the FAUBAI 2025 Conference

The FAUBAI 2025 Conference is the largest and most important international higher education event in Brazil, bringing together a significant number of representatives from universities, organizations and government agencies around the world. This edition, held in Brasília from 26 to 30 April, was themed “Towards equitable and sustainable partnerships” and featured workshops, plenary sessions on issues relevant to the contemporary context of international university relations, and parallel sessions. Two highlights in international cooperation promoted by the Brazilian government and universities were the sessions “PEC-G: 60 years of international cooperation and internationalization at home” and “CAPES-Global: Pesentation of the new program.

Meeting with HSE University, Russia

The event was an opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with representatives of universities and institutions, with a view to establishing and strengthening UFSC’s international cooperation. UFSC’s Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, and the Director of International Relations, Dr. Fernanda Leal, held meetings with representatives from Université Laval (Québec, Canada); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain); Politecnico di Torino (Italy); HSE University (Russia); Universidad del Valle (Colombia) and Universitat Munster (Germany), among other universities. They also met with representatives from the Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the U.S. Embassy, in light of UFSC’s participation in the English Language Fellow Program
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SINTER Welcomes Visit from Loyola University Chicago

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On Monday, 5 May, the Director of International Relations, Fernanda Leal, welcomed at SINTER Dr. Guofang Wan, from Loyola University Chicago (LUC), United States. She was accompanied by Professor Rosane Silveira, from the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and Literatures (DLLE).

Dr. Wan is currently undertaking a four-month research stay at UFSC through the Fulbright Program, in partnership with Professor Rosane. As part of her activities at UFSC, she has conducted workshops on “Equal Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching”, held on 28 March and 11 April.

During the meeting, opportunities for academic cooperation between UFSC and LUC were explored.

SINTER welcomes visit from Universidade de Vigo, Spain

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On 30 April, the Director of International Relations, Fernanda Leal, welcomed at SINTER Professor Óscar Ferreiro Vázquez, Area Director in the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization at the Universidade de Vigo (UVigo), Spain. He was accompanied by Professor Andréia Guerini, Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Translation Studies (PGET) at UFSC, with whom he collaborates on academic initiatives.

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