The Office of International Relations (SINTER), the Prorectorate for Research and Innovation (PROPESQ) and the Prorectorate for Graduate Studies (PROPG) will promote a second online meeting to answer questions about the trial period of the SciVal (Elsevier) Platform, aimed at UFSC staff members, with the attendance of a representative of Elsevier. The webinar will take place on 24 October, at 1 p.m., via the Zoom platform. Click here to register.
The free 30-day trial access to the platform has been available to the entire UFSC university community since 3 October 2022. The aim is to evaluate the relevance of obtaining access to the Elsevier’s SciVal database and its application to the university. Sci-Val is a modular platform that presents a series of research metrics based on data from the SCOPUS database. Hiring Elsevier’s services will depend on the positive evaluation from the university community. Thus, the participation of everyone is essential to guide the decision.
Learn more about the platform here.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) promotes the mini-course “Internacionalização da educação superior aplicada à UFSC: teoria e prática” [Internationalization of higher education applied to UFSC: theory and practice] in the 19th UFSC Teaching, Research, Outreach and Innovation Week (2022 SEPEX). The conference will be held online on 9 November 2022, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The course is targeted at undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and technical and administrative staff members. Its aim is to introduce the main concepts of internationalization of higher education, seeking the reflection on this phenomenon and its application in the context of the management of a Brazilian public university, in addition to presenting SINTER and its main programs.
Check below the course content:
- Internationalization of higher education as a phenomenon and process – Concepts and dimensions of internationalization – Opportunities and dilemmas/contradictions of internationalization – University rankings;
- Internationalization of higher education in Brazil – Analysis of recent developments in the internationalization of Brazilian higher education, based on the main government programs directed to fund this process from 2011 onwards: Ciência sem Fronteiras [Science without Borders][CsF), Idiomas sem Fronterias [Languages without Borders] (IsF) and the Programa Institucional de Internacionalização [Institutional Internationalization Program] (Capes – Print) – The Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI);
- UFSC internationalization – The Office of International Relations (SINTER)
Registrations will open soon.
A virtual exchange experience will bring together undergraduate students from the Energy Engineering program of the Araranguá Campus at UFSC and students from the Tourism and Hospitality program of the Conception and Santiago Campuses at the Instituto Profesional de la Fundacion Duoc UC. Professors Kátia Magruga (UFSC) and Patricia Medina (Duoc UC) have planned mini-courses linked to the Entrepreneurship in Energy Engineering and Energy Efficiency and Management courses at UFSC and the Portuguese Language course at Duoc UC.
The courses will take place for three weeks, between the end of October and the first half of November, and will include synchronous and asynchronous activities. Their main objective is to provide a space for intercultural exchanges and the practice of teamwork in an interdisciplinary and international way.
For each of the mini-courses, two secondary education teachers from the Araranguá region were invited. Based on the experiences and the evaluation, it is expected that new virtual exchanges can be carried out through the partnership between UFSC and foreign educational institutions. Furthermore, the expectation is that this type of exchange inspires similar projects in schools in Santa Catarina through the participation of secondary education teachers.
The international virtual exchange activities and the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program at UFSC are coordinated by professor Kátia Madruga and the Office of International Relations (SINTER).
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the rectification of the Call for Applications no. 14/2022/SINTER concerning the period in which technical and administrative staff members can undertake mobility.
Check the rectification here and the original Call for Applications here.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces the list of students approved in the documentation review stage of the selection process for the Escala Estudiantes de Grado program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM) for the first semester of 2023, according to the Call for Applications no. 13/2022/SINTER.
Pre-selected students:
Amanda Becker
Amanda Camuzato de Quadros
Andrey Luiz da Rocha
Ane Caroline Schuh Debald
Camille Guilardi
Gabriel Mariano Gonçalves Santos
Guilherme Hoepers Ferraz
Gustavo Frederico Escorsim
Julia Franco Trombini
Marina Aime Budnikar
Patrick Suhre da Rosa
Ranieri Paulo Bona
Thaisa de Paula Pereira Cordovil
The interviews will take place between 13 and 18 October. The applicants will receive an e-mail with the date and time of their interview.
Applicants wishing to appeal against the preliminary results of the selection process may do so until 11:59 p.m. on 10 October 2022. The appeal must be sent in PDF format to augm.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.
The subject of the e-mail must be APPEAL + APPLICANT’S FIRST AND LAST NAME (e.g. APPEAL ANA SILVA). Appeals that are not submitted in this format, or are submitted after the deadline, will not be considered.
On 11 October, at 3 p.m., SINTER promotes the webinar UFSC Participation in the “Brazilian Cooperation for International Development” (COBRADI) research of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). Participation is free and the event will be streamed on YouTube, in this link.
The research on COBRADI is coordinated by the Directorate of International Studies, Political and Economic Relations (Dinte/Ipea) since 2010 and has been subsidizing national efforts to ensure greater transparency in governmental actions and strategies for the country’s international insertion before the Brazilian society and the international community. In addition, COBRADI also promotes the formulation of cooperation policy for international development integrated to the objectives of Brazilian foreign policy and the global development challenges.
On 3 October 2022, the trial access to the SciVal (Elsevier) Platform has begun at UFSC.
SciVal is a modular platform that presents a series of research metrics, based on data from the SCOPUS database. The access to the platform may have an important role in planning and developing strategies for the enhancement of research, graduate studies and internationalization.
Thus, it is very important that the entire university community access the platform and test its functionalities.
To concentrate the information necessary for the access, SINTER created the Trial Access to SciVal (Elsevier) Platform page.
On this page, you will find general guidance, information on how to access the platform, complementary materials and a webinar, which was held on 27 September and contains the demonstration of some of the platform modules.
After the trial period, we will carry out a survey to canvass the views of UFSC users.
