Education
Science olympics
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A place for girls in mathematics
A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject
By Redação
Data
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Social inclusion in higher education
Enrollments at higher education institutions (HEIs) by funding source and average monthly household income per capita, divided into quintiles, for private households in 2005 and 2015 Between 2005 and 2015, the number of enrollments in higher education in Brazil grew from 4.57 to 8.03 million: an increase of 76% Students from families in the bottom... View Article
By Redação
Funding
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Endowment fund veto overturned
Brazilian Congress rescinded a veto by President Jair Bolsonaro that prevented foundations that fund public universities from acting as managers of philanthropic funds known as endowment funds
By Redação
Education
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Refugees better educated than the average Brazilian
Most refugees arriving in Brazil have a high-school diploma (while one-third have a degree) and are working
By Redação
Engineering
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Guidelines for engineering courses
The Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country
By Redação
Linguistics
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Toward the survival of indigenous languages
With the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil
By Luisa Destri
STEM education
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Giving wings to curiosity
Seventeenth edition of Brazilian Science & Engineering Fair brings together top science projects from across the country
By Carla Aranha
Affirmative action
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Medals worth a spot at university
UNICAMP welcomes first students admitted on science competition performance without admission exams
By Carla Aranha
Data
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Women earning PhDs in Brazil
A total of 21,591 researchers received PhDs in Brazil in 2017
By Redação
CNPq
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ITA engineer to head the CNPq
Aeronautical engineer João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo is the new president of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the largest federal funding agency in Brazil
By Redação
Funding
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British universities face financial uncertainty
British universities are on the brink of a credit crunch, having run up debts of £10.8 billion amidst financial uncertainties caused by Brexit
By Redação
Internationalization
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Long distance connections
Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise