The IV Congress for University Outreach of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) will take place on 4, 5 and 6 November, in Chile. With the theme “Universidades comprometidas com o futuro da América Latina” [Universities committed to the future of Latin America], the Congress is accepting paper submissions until 15 June 2019. The event is organized by four member universities of AUGM (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad de Santiago de Chile and Universidad de Chile) and aims to promote a space for understanding the current state of the region and the role of universities in face of the local challenges.
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Last Tuesday (27 March), SINTER received a visit from a representative of Campus France Brasil – a French government agency responsible for promoting higher education – which gave a lecture at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences’ (CSE) auditorium. The presentation covered topics such as the admission application process, the advantages of the French higher education, scholarships available for foreign students, information about the exchange programs and the procedures for applying for a student visa.
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On 27 March, UFSC will receive a team from Campus France Brasil– a French government agency responsible for promoting higher education – which will give a lecture about study opportunities in France.
The presentation will cover topics such as the admission application process, the advantages of the French higher education, scholarships available for foreign students, information about the exchange programs and the procedures for applying for a student visa.
The event will take place at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences’ (CSE) auditorium, at 11 a.m., on 27 March (Tuesday).
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) invites all the undergraduate students to a lecture about exchange possibilities at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy). The institution has a cooperation agreement with UFSC in all knowledge areas of common interest.
The event will be held on 26 March – 11 a.m. at the School of Socio-Economic Sciences’ (CSE) auditorium – and will be conducted in english by Prof. Glória Lupo Pasini, who, besides working at the institution is also graduated from it.

The EAIE (European Association for International Education) Annual Conference is the second largest international education conference in the world. This year, it takes place in Liverpool, between 13 and 16 September.
Brazil’s stand has occupied the top positions among the most selected exhibitors in the conference application, a result of the efforts of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI), the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Brazilian Tourist Board (Embratur) in organizing and facilitating the country’s participation in the event.
UFSC Secretary for International Relations, Prof. Lincoln Fernandes, is representing the university in the event, while he strengthens partnerships and seeks new opportunities for the UFSC community.
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The senator and former President of Uruguay José Mujica ended his speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th Conference of the Latin American Youth on Climate Change ( COY11 ) with a very specific request: “Please, be no traitors to what is about to come”. And he went out , leaving in the air the weight of the words he spoke for about an hour and twenty minutes before the 1300 people who occupied all over the Garapuvu Auditorium on the evening of Thursday, November 26.
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UFSC, represented by the administrative coordinator of The Office of International Relations (SINTER), Fernanda Leal, and by the professor of the program of Pós-graduação em Administração Universitária (PPGAU), Dra. Luciane Stallivieri, attended the I Seminário de Internacionalização do Currículo (SeIoC), promoted by the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali), in Balneário Camboriú.
The event aimed to discuss one of the main questions pointed by the Internationalization fo Higher Education and, above all, by domestic internationalization (the internationalization of the own campi): the reformulation of the curricula of courses and teaching and evaluation practices. It is about the beginning of a recognition process that the curriculum is the basis for a international and intercultural formation, aiming the promotion of global citizenship.
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