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|name = Portuguese Open University |
| name = Portuguese Open University |
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|native_name = Universidade Aberta |
| native_name = Universidade Aberta |
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| image = File:Logotipo Universidade Aberta.png |
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|motto = Em qualquer lugar do Mundo |
| motto = Em qualquer lugar do Mundo |
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|mottoeng = In any place of the |
| mottoeng = In any place of the world |
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|established = 1988 |
| established = 1988 |
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|type = Public [[distance education]] |
| type = [[Public University|Public]] [[distance education]] |
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| rector = Carla Padrel de Oliveira |
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|students = 13,170 (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/insc07_08__difusao_.xls |title=Archived copy | |
| students = 13,170 (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/insc07_08__difusao_.xls |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623084110/http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/insc07_08__difusao_.xls |archive-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> |
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|city = [[Lisbon]] |
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|country = [[Portugal]] |
| country = [[Portugal]] |
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| website = {{URL|https://portal.uab.pt/}} |
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'''Universidade Aberta (UAb)''' is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education (undergraduate, master and doctorate degrees) and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learning mode since 2008, the year that UAb became a European institution of reference in the area of advanced e-learning and online learning through the recognition of its exclusive Virtual Pedagogical Model. |
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It was the first university in Portugal to introduce a [[women's studies]] program. The master's degree of Women's Studies – Gender, Citizenship and Development was launched in 1995 under the direction of [[Teresa Joaquim]] and expanded into a PhD program as well in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Teresa Joaquim (Professora Auxiliar) |url=https://www2.uab.pt/departamentos/DCSG/detaildocente.php?doc=52 |website=Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão |publisher=Universidade Aberta |access-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516032319/https://www2.uab.pt/departamentos/DCSG/detaildocente.php?doc=52 |archive-date=16 May 2021 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese |trans-title=Auxiliary Professor Teresa Joaquim |date=2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Macedo |first1=Ana Gabriela |last2=Pereira |first2=Margarida Esteves |editor-last1=Haas |editor-first1=Renate |title=Rewriting Academia: The Development of the Anglicist Women's and Gender Studies of Continental Europe |url=https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/27256/1002757.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |date=2015 |publisher=[[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang International Academic Publishers]] |location=Bern, Switzerland |chapter=Women's and Gender Studies in Portugal: An Overview from an Anglicist Perspective |pages=27–49 |isbn=978-3-653-95443-2}}</ref>{{rp|41}} |
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The '''Universidade Aberta''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''Open University'') or '''UAb''' is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[distance education]] [[public university]], created in 1988. Its headquarters are located in [[Lisbon]], it has two regional centres in [[Coimbra]] and [[Porto]], and study centres all over Portugal and in [[Mozambique]]. |
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Students are required to be at least 21 years old, and to have completed [[secondary education]]. Candidates over 25 with no secondary degree can be admitted after having passed the national university access examination or ''[[ad hoc]]'' examination. |
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Thousands of students, from all over the world, are enrolled in distance education undergraduate programmes. Several hundred Portuguese students follow post-graduation face-to-face courses. |
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Together with its main activities in teaching and scientific [[research]], Universidade Aberta promotes the Portuguese language and culture, especially in Portuguese-speaking countries. |
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Universidade Aberta is one of the largest national producers of university teaching materials. The printed materials, which constitute the core of the University's courses, are usually complemented by [[videocassette]]s, [[audiocassette]]s, [[CD-ROM]]s, [[Internet]] and TV and radio broadcasts. |
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Face-to-face and mixed modes (including [[video-conferencing]]) are used for postgraduate programmes. Counselling services by telephone, fax and e-mail are available in the university and at the study centres. |
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Students of Universidade Aberta have their own body of representatives. |
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Its focus is on the [[humanities]], [[social sciences|social]] and [[behavioral sciences]]. |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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Latest revision as of 15:54, 8 March 2023
Universidade Aberta | |
Motto | Em qualquer lugar do Mundo |
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Motto in English | In any place of the world |
Typ | Public distance education |
Established | 1988 |
Rector | Carla Padrel de Oliveira |
Students | 13,170 (2010)[1] |
Standort | , |
Website | portal |
Universidade Aberta (UAb) is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education (undergraduate, master and doctorate degrees) and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learning mode since 2008, the year that UAb became a European institution of reference in the area of advanced e-learning and online learning through the recognition of its exclusive Virtual Pedagogical Model.
It was the first university in Portugal to introduce a women's studies program. The master's degree of Women's Studies – Gender, Citizenship and Development was launched in 1995 under the direction of Teresa Joaquim and expanded into a PhD program as well in 2002.[2][3]: 41
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Teresa Joaquim (Professora Auxiliar)" [Auxiliary Professor Teresa Joaquim]. Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Universidade Aberta. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Macedo, Ana Gabriela; Pereira, Margarida Esteves (2015). "Women's and Gender Studies in Portugal: An Overview from an Anglicist Perspective". In Haas, Renate (ed.). Rewriting Academia: The Development of the Anglicist Women's and Gender Studies of Continental Europe (PDF). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. pp. 27–49. ISBN 978-3-653-95443-2.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Portuguese)
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