Ms. Ivana Garcia is welcomed at SINTER on 3 October.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) received, this week, Ivana Garcia, a staff member of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL) in Argentina. She is visiting UFSC through the Escala de Gestores y Administradores program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM).
Ms. Garcia has an undergraduate teaching degree in Political Science, has been working at UNL for eight years, and is currently in charge of the AUGM programs at that university. The UNL staff member will be at SINTER for a week to learn and contribute to the work developed by our team, participate in the execution of tasks, learn how our processes are done and promote the exchange of experiences between the universities.
Click here to learn more about the AUGM programs.
During the XXX Annual Conference of the Mexican Association for International Education (2022 AMPEI) and the XXI CONAHEC North American Higher Education Conference 2022, representatives of the project Políticas públicas para la internacionalización de los sistemas de educación superior em América [Public policies for the internationalization of higher education systems in America] (INILAT) will present the report Análisis de Politicas Públicas para la Internacionalización de la Educación Superior en América Latina [Analysis of Public Policies for the Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America. The Director of International Relations at SINTER/UFSC, Dr. Fernanda Leal, is the author of the chapter about internationalization of higher education in Brazil.
Speakers
Addy Rodríguez Betanzos.
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo. Full-time professor.
Renée Barata Zicman.
Executive Director of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI)
Daniel Antenucci.
Founding member of INILAT
Dr. Roxana Chiappa.
Universidad de Tarapacá (Chile)
Dr. Luisa Echeverría.
Corporación Universitaria del Caribe (Colombia)
Dr. Fernanda Leal.
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
M.A. Sheyla Salazar.
Universidad de Piura (Peru)
Dr. Daniela Perrotta.
Universidad Nacional de las Artes (Argentina)
Moderator:
Dr. Santiago Castiello.
Assistant professor of education at Seton Hall University.
For further information on the event, access https://sari.unach.mx/ampei2022/es/index.html
About INILAT: It is a research project for the Latin-American Initiative for Internationalization of Higher Education. Main objective: Elaboration of a comparative report about policies and programs that benefit the internationalization of existing higher education systems in the six main economies in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Representatives:
- Mexico: Santiago Castiello
- Brazil: Fernanda Leal
- Colombia: Luisa Echeverría King
- Peru: Sheyla Salazar and Sofia Wong
- Argentina: Daniela Perrotta
The Call for Applications no. 16 SINTER 2022, of the Office of International Relations (SINTER), sets the rules for UFSC faculty members to apply for the Escala Docente program of the Asociácion de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). Escala Docente is a reciprocal academic mobility program that involves several areas of teaching, research, outreach and university management.
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The Secretary Luiz Carlos Pinheiro visited Curitibanos Campus this Tuesday.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) has begun in September a schedule of visits to all UFSC Academic Schools and Campuses. The visits aim to encourage the university internationalization process at the Schools, presenting our office’s main activities and its general and priority actions for the next years. It also aims to be a moment for actively listening to each school’s needs. The Secretary for International Relations, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, the Director of International Relations, Fernanda Leal, and SINTER staff members will meet with the Heads of Departments and Coordinators of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. This week, the visit was to the Curitibanos Campus.
Check below the schedule of visits to the Academic Schools at the Florianopolis Campus:
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The results of the QS World University Rankings: Latin America 2023 were published on Thursday, 22 September, and ranked the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) among the 23 best universities in Latin America. UFSC occupies the 8th position among the Brazilian universities and the 4th among the federal education institutions in Brazil.
The ranking is produced annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specialized in education. The ranking analyzed 428 institutions in 20 Latin American countries and at the top of the list is the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC). The overall score of each institution is calculated using eight metrics, each with a different weight: Academic Reputation (30%); Employer Reputation (20%); Faculty Student Ratio (10%); Faculty Staff with PhD (10%); International Research Network (10%); Citations per Paper (10%); Papers per Faculty (5%) and Web Impact (5%). The strongest indicators for UFSC in this edition were Faculty Staff with PhD (99.8 score), Web Impact (98.7 score) and International Research Network (96.3 score).
The university was also awarded at the QS Higher Ed Summit: Americas 2022, which took place between 22 and 23 September in Vila Velha, Espirito Santo. The conference gathered together higher education leaders and experts to discuss the “Mission-led Universities: elevating higher ed in the Americas”. The event promoted debates, lectures, panel discussions and case studies, in addition to the opportunity to network with the international higher education community and build strategic partnerships. UFSC was awarded in the Research Excellence category and was represented by the acting Prorector for Research, Prof. William Gerson Matias.
Check out the complete ranking results here.
The Secretary for International Relations, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, received this morning the Head of the External Relations and International Affairs Office (AREXI) at the Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC), Denize Nobre Oliveira, and the External Relations and Partnerships Manager, Stella Rivello.
On the occasion, they discussed possibilities for collaboration and exchange of experiences in international relations management.
SINTER and AREXI staff will meet in October with the aim of mutual enhancement.
The Office of International Relations (SINTER) addresses UFSC faculty and technical-administrative staff for a consultation aimed at mapping the internationalization activities/actions in progress at the University and understanding the internationalization needs/demands of faculty, technical-administrative staff, and academic and administrative units.
The participation of the university community will help SINTER obtain a broader overview of the ongoing internationalization actions and develop its strategies aligned to UFSC needs and in accordance with the goals set out in the 2020-2024 Institutional Development Plan (PDI).
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