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New higher education degree regime analysed in Público
Professor António Teodoro, Director of the Institute of Education at Universidade Lusófona and of CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Center for Education and Development, published an opinion piece in the Portuguese newspaper Público on 3 April 2026.
The article, entitled "More freedom or more control? A first reading of the new degree and diploma regime in higher education", offers a critical analysis of the draft decree-law submitted by the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) for consultation with higher education institutions. Starting from the modernisation rhetoric that frames the document — flexible learning pathways, micro-credentials, recognition of prior learning and openness to new student profiles — the author argues that the reform extends well beyond expanding opportunities. Instead, it introduces a profound reconfiguration of how the system is regulated, in which the widening of possibilities coexists with a significant strengthening of control mechanisms. The author also highlights the diploma's strong European dimension — its alignment with international qualification frameworks and initiatives such as the European degree — as a vector integrating the national system into a broader political space where benchmarks are increasingly defined in comparative terms. The article contends that the true scope of the reform lies not so much in the surface-level changes to pathways and credentials, but in the way the system itself comes to be conceived, organised and governed.
Article by António Teodoro and Elsa Estrela in Expresso: “Essential learnings: what if we learned from good examples?”
A new opinion article published in the newspaper Expresso offers a critical reflection on the concept of essential learnings in Portugal and challenges us to recentre education on meaningful knowledge and trust.
The opinion article “Essential learnings: what if we learned from good examples?”, published in the newspaper Expresso, critically examines how the school curriculum has been shaped in Portugal.
The authors propose a shift in perspective: replacing a logic of control with a culture of trust, valuing pedagogical practices inspired by good examples and oriented towards more meaningful, critical and lasting learning.
When Shame Disappears: Education in the Laboratory of the New European Right — an article by António Teodoro in VISÃO
Professor António Teodoro, Director of the Institute of Education at Universidade Lusófona and of CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Center for Education and Development, published an opinion article in the 9 April 2026 issue of the Portuguese magazine VISÃO.
CeiED Researcher on the External Advisory Board of the University of Latvia Doctoral School
CeiED researcher Lucimar Dantas took part, on 12 March, in the International Advisory Board Meeting of the University of Latvia Doctoral School, held at the “Sapere Aude” auditorium in Riga.
CeiED Researcher Elsa Estrela Featured in International Dialogue on Narrative Leadership in Évora
On 20 March 2026, the University of Évora (CIEP-UE) hosted an event dedicated to reflecting on the lives and work of teachers. The event featured the participation of Elsa Estrela, a CeiED researcher
António Teodoro publishes article in Expresso advocating “slow science” in doctoral education
The newspaper Expresso published, on 19 March, an opinion article by Professor António Teodoro, Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) and of the Institute of Education at Lusofona University, addressing the role of time in scientific production.