World Kindness Day November 13th is World Kindness Day, and the Mentoring Academy volunteers, in partnership with the Academic Association, the African Students Association / Inclusion4All Project and the UPB Brazilian Students Association, are celebrating this day by collecting food, the proceeds of which will be donated to Cáritas, which will arrange for the delivery …
Author Archives: Sara Morgado
Food/Accommodation_1
The residences have a range of amenities, guaranteeing comfort and well-being when using the facilities, as well as the necessary conditions for self-study, making a positive contribution to the academic success of the students who use them.UPB currently has five residences, located on the Bragança Campus, with a capacity for 356 students and which are …
Community programmes
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Community Vegetable Gardens
Community vegetable gardens are spaces provided by the UPB for employees and people from the surrounding community to grow organic and, consequently, healthier products. As well as promoting direct contact with nature, they promote contact between the community, the sharing of knowledge and the promotion of healthy living. On the other hand, they contribute to …
Sports
The promotion of sports among students, seen as a factor of education and culture, is an area of permanent concern for UPB and the Social Welfare Services (SAS-UPB). The administration and management of UPB’s sports facilities – the Quinta da Misericórdia sports complex and the Santa Apolónia Campus sports field – are the responsibility of …
Sports_UPBike
UPBike – Electric bikes The UPBike Project is funded by the U-Bike Portugal programme, a nationwide project to promote cycling in academia, which aims to encourage the adoption of more sustainable habits in terms of mobility. This project enables the UPB academic community to use electric or conventional bicycles as an alternative to individual motorized …
Health Office
The Health Office’s mission is to promote the health (physical, psychological and social) and well-being of the entire academic community by offering a range of specialized services (in partnership with other entities in the district). These services include support in the areas of Nursing, Sexuality and Family Planning, Psychology and Nutrition, help for international students …
Other arts_world poetry day
In the week of World Poetry Day, the Portuguese Department of the School of Education organized Book and Literature Week, with the aims of promoting reading and sharing the research and literary production of the Portuguese department’s teachers, in conjunction with other cultural agents, such as the Trás-os-Montes Academy of Letters. Intended to be open …
Other arts_poetry soiree
The Graça Morais Mountain Arts Laboratory, in collaboration with the Bragança Students’ Association and the Inclusion4all project, organized a poetry soiree dedicated to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) community, in celebration of Poetry Day.
other arts_ESE literary competition
School of Education Literary Competition The Department of Foreign Languages of the School of Education organized another edition of the Literary Competition. The aim of the VIII Literary Competition is to encourage literary production by all UPB students. The genres in competition were short story, poetry and micro-story, provided they were unpublished and written in …