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UFP and the - Universidade Fernando Pessoa

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A <strong>Universidade</strong> brindou os estudantes com estágios particularmente<br />

abrangentes, que incluíram trabalhos na área da anatomia<br />

patológica e microbiológica, na reconstrução de árvores<br />

genealógicas, na psicologia experimental e na robótica.<br />

Esta iniciativa, financiada pela Agência Nacional para a Cultura<br />

Científica e Tecnológica, proporcionou aos estudantes um<br />

primeiro contacto com o Ensino Superior Universitário e uma<br />

oportunidade de lidarem de perto com a Investigação Científica<br />

e Tecnológica que aqui se realiza. Obteve gr<strong>and</strong>e sucesso<br />

e uma avaliação muito positiva por parte dos estudantes, quer<br />

relativamente aos estágios, quer aos docentes da <strong>UFP</strong>.<br />

Psicologia:<br />

- A iniciativa “Laboratório de Psicologia – O pensamento em<br />

análise” pretendeu proporcionar aos jovens uma visão ampla<br />

do que é a psicologia numa óptica experimental, que lhes<br />

permitisse contactar com diferentes procedimentos de investigação.<br />

Procurou-se igualmente proporcionar aos jovens participantes<br />

a oportunidade de conhecerem, empiricamente, os<br />

cuidados na preparação de experiências, no registo de dados e<br />

na análise e interpretação dos resultados.<br />

- O interesse suscitado por este estágio e a procura elevada justificaram<br />

a sua reorganização para receber mais estudantes do<br />

que inicialmente previsto, tendo participado jovens de Leiria,<br />

Paredes, Porto, Rio Tinto, São Mamede de Infesta, Setúbal e Vila<br />

Nova de Gaia.<br />

Robótica, Second Life e Espaços Inteligentes:<br />

- O grupo de I&D ISUS (Intelligent Sensing <strong>and</strong> Ubiquitous Systems<br />

http://isus.ufp.pt) da <strong>UFP</strong> repetiu a sua colaboração em<br />

diversas iniciativas do programa Ciência Viva, propondo diferentes<br />

iniciativas que contribuem para divulgar e cativar jovens<br />

para a ciência e investigação realizada em Portugal.<br />

<strong>UFP</strong>… In REVIEw 59<br />

The University offered students particularly comprehensive internships<br />

that included work in <strong>the</strong> area of pathological anatomy<br />

<strong>and</strong> microbiology, in <strong>the</strong> reconstruction of family trees, in experimental<br />

psychology <strong>and</strong> in robotics.<br />

This initiative, funded by <strong>the</strong> National Agency for Scientific <strong>and</strong><br />

Technological Culture, provided students with an initial contact<br />

with University Higher Education <strong>and</strong> an opportunity for close<br />

contact with Scientific <strong>and</strong> Technological Research that takes<br />

place here. It was a great success <strong>and</strong> received a very positive<br />

response from students, with regard to both <strong>the</strong> internships <strong>and</strong><br />

to <strong>UFP</strong> teaching staff.<br />

Psychology:<br />

- The “Psychology Laboratory – An analysis of thought” initiative<br />

was intended to provide young people with a broad insight into<br />

psychology from an experimental viewpoint, with contact with<br />

different research procedures. The young participants were also<br />

offered an opportunity to acquire empirical knowledge of <strong>the</strong><br />

care required in setting up experiments, in data recording <strong>and</strong> in<br />

<strong>the</strong> analysis <strong>and</strong> interpretation of results.<br />

- The interest raised by this internship <strong>and</strong> high dem<strong>and</strong> justified<br />

its reorganisation to receive more students than initially planned,<br />

<strong>and</strong> young people from Leiria, Paredes, Porto, Rio Tinto, São<br />

Mamede de Infesta, Setúbal <strong>and</strong> Vila Nova de Gaia participated.<br />

Robotics, Second Life <strong>and</strong> Intelligent Spaces:<br />

- The ISUS R&D group (Intelligent Sensing <strong>and</strong> Ubiquitous Systems<br />

http://isus.ufp.pt) of <strong>UFP</strong> repeated its collaboration with<br />

various Living Science programme initiatives, proposing various<br />

initiatives that help to disseminate <strong>and</strong> attract young people to<br />

science <strong>and</strong> research carried out in Portugal.<br />

- Firstly, <strong>the</strong> group devised <strong>and</strong> organised, in July 2010 <strong>the</strong><br />

“Robotics <strong>and</strong> Second Life” week under <strong>the</strong> “Scientific Activity in <strong>the</strong>

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