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News

transform4europe
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE welcomes Visiting Professor from Ireland as part of Transform4Europe

Fiona Timmins, from University College Dublin, Ireland, has been selected for the Transform4Europe Visiting Professorship Program, in collaboration with...
November 10, 2025
zaida-charepe
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Professora da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem e da Escola de Enfermagem (Lisboa) foi preletora no IV Encontro de Enfermeiros de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatais e Pediátricos da ULS São José

Professor Zaida Charepe, lecturer at the School of Nursing (Lisbon) and FCSE of the Portuguese Catholic University, participated as a speaker at the IV...
November 6, 2025
Cuidados Paliativos_LP_ads
Portuguese Palliative Care Observatory

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: Seven out of ten Portuguese people still lack access to specialized support

On World Palliative Care Day, the Portuguese Observatory warns of persistent inequalities and calls for effective policies that guarantee equitable access...
November 3, 2025
visita-inter
Mobility and International Relations

International researchers collaborate with FCSE and the School of Nursing (Lisbon) on a project on spirituality and health

Between October 27 and 31, 2025, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing (Lisbon) of the Portuguese Catholic University had the pleasure of welcoming...
October 31, 2025
asf-am
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Director of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing and Director of the School of Nursing (Lisbon) join the UCP delegation in the Jubilee celebrations in Rome

The Director of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Professor Ana Mineiro, and the Director of the School of Nursing (Lisbon), Professor Amélia...
October 30, 2025
nice-strat1
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

First edition of NICE START brings together young researchers in the fields of Cognitive Sciences, Language, and Neuroscience

On October 24 and 25, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Portuguese Catholic University hosted the first edition of NICE START, an...
October 27, 2025
lgp-mestrado
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Women's Health Terminology - Sign Language

A researcher in LIBRAS Lexicon and Terminology and professor at the Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP) visited NICE_Lab (CIIS-UCP) as part of a study to...
October 27, 2025
exposição_joana_romeiro
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Lecturer at the School of Nursing (Lisbon) and FCSE, she is one of the artists featured in the exhibition “Memória Viva: arte e dignidade no tempo” (Living Memory: art and dignity in time)

João Paulo II University Library will host the exhibition Memória Viva: arte e dignidade no tempo, an initiative promoted by CADOS – Católica Doctoral...
October 24, 2025
hope-cafe
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Hope Café fostered reflection on hope and integral care at UCP

Universidade Católica Portuguesa hosted the Hope Café, an event that marked the 10th anniversary of the Laudato Si’ Encyclical and promoted dialogue on...
October 16, 2025
scaldeira
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE professor participates in the 11th Mental Health and Psychiatry Conference

Professor Sílvia Caldeira, lecturer at the Faculty of Health and Education Sciences (FCSE), participated in the 11th Mental Health and Psychiatry...
October 13, 2025
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Press

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October 29, 2025
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Pós-Graduação em Perda e Luto

Ecclesia - Universidade Católica Portuguesa launches postgraduate course to train people to deal with loss and grief

A Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) has launched a new edition of its postgraduate course on loss and grief, starting in January 2026. “The postgraduate course is an educational opportunity, a chance to develop skills, and also a practical...
29/10/2025 - 17:03
RTP2
joana-rato-jn
October 20, 2025
Jornal de Notícias
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Jornal de Notícias - New Episode of the Podcast “Educar tem Ciência” (There's Science in Education)

What is the cost of unclear instructions? Ambiguity has costs. In this episode of “Educar Tem Ciência” (Educating Has Science), a podcast by Iniciativa Educação, produced in partnership with JN and TSF, Catholic University professor Joana Rato argues...
20/10/2025 - 12:05
Jornal de Notícias
luis-capelas
September 29, 2025
Saúde online
Portuguese Palliative Care Observatory

Saude Online - When death is an emergency: the challenge of dying with dignity - Opinion piece

Opinion piece by the Portuguese Observatory on Palliative Care. When death is an emergency: the challenge of dying with dignity Even without knowing how to name it, we all want the same thing: to reach the end with dignity. And it is at this moment, as...
29/09/2025 - 16:06
Saúde online
rstp
September 25, 2025
RSTP
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

RSTP - ERGUES launches second edition of dictionary and manual to strengthen inclusion of deaf people in education in STP

The second edition of the Portuguese Manual for the Deaf in São Tomé and Príncipe “is a revised and expanded version of the 2019 edition” and is aimed at students in the first cycle of basic education (grades 1 to 4), covering "topics related to the...
25/09/2025 - 13:59
RSTP
artigo opinião-desporto
September 1, 2025
Sapo
Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

Sapo - FIFA Football Nurse: when care becomes a winning strategy - Opinion piece

Opinion piece by Rafael Bernardes and Teresa Amaral, professors at the Schools of Nursing (Lisbon and Porto) and coordinators of the Postgraduate Program in Sports Nursing. The project, implemented in Malawi, offers a concrete, innovative, and...
01/09/2025 - 16:00
Sapo
FOTO-NEWS
August 11, 2025
TSF
Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

TSF - Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Breastfeeding in an interview

Speaking to TSF, pediatrician Graça Gonçalves, coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Breastfeeding at the School of Postgraduate Studies and Advanced Training of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing at the Portuguese Catholic University,...
11/08/2025 - 14:46
TSF
escape room
July 29, 2025
Imagens de Marca
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

Imagens de Marca: Universidade Católica creates escape room dedicated to the brain and Neurosciences

The Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) has created an escape room dedicated to Neuroscience, which combines reasoning, dexterity and teamwork. The new space is open to the public upon registration. “The Brain Unlocked” is the theme of the new space,...
29/07/2025 - 11:24
Imagens de Marca
rr
July 28, 2025
Renascença
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health

Rádio Renascença - CIIS researcher interviewed Physical restraint leads to feelings of “violation of dignity” in the elderly, study shows

Prof. Sérgio Dedoato, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Health Research Center of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Portuguese Catholic University, was interviewed by Rádio Renascença about the impact of physical restraint on the...
28/07/2025 - 10:38
Renascença
neurociencias
July 22, 2025
Renascença
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

Renascença - “Multitasking” and technology can cause more stress - Interview with the coordinator of the new degree in Neurosciences

This Tuesday is World Brain Day and Renascença spoke to Filipa Ribeiro, a researcher and professor in the field of neuroscience and neuropsychology, who guarantees that tasks are done "more slowly, the probability of making more mistakes is greater and...
22/07/2025 - 14:09
Renascença
CEREBRO
July 22, 2025
TSF
Licenciatura em Neurociência de Sistemas e Cognitiva

TSF - How new technologies tire our brains - Interview

Experts are already talking about an invisible epidemic of cognitive fatigue. The digital world leads us to pay attention to several things at once, for longer and longer. The result is not good, but there are tricks to give your head a rest. TSF...
22/07/2025 - 14:02
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Events

diplomas2023
14
Nov
16:30

Formal Ceremony for the Awarding of Bachelor's and Master's Degree Certificates

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Portugal
workshop3
18
Nov
11:30

Freeze or Fight? – Psychological First Aid for Panic Attacks

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
comunicar2025
28
Nov
09:30

COMUNICAR 2025

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal
nice-talk-teaser
28
Nov
11:00

NICE_Talks | Language, Bilingualism, and Deaf Education

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Portugal
brunout
02
Dec
14:00

Academic Burnout: strategies to regain balance

pro-stress
16
Mar
15:00

2nd Edition of the Stress Management Course Pro·Stress

Catholic University of Portugal

Portugal

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