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Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Universidade Católica offers training for Peer Mentoring

The UCP4MENTOR training programme is an opportunity to strengthen skills, share experiences and grow alongside students, contributing both to academic...
October 9, 2025
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa

UCP2 Mental Health launches Open Call “UCP Students Voices” to promote mental health at Católica

The UCP2 Mental Health project has launched the Open Call “UCP Students Voices”, an opportunity for students at the Universidade Católica to actively...
October 6, 2025
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa

UCP reinforces its commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of the academic community

On 1 October, the Universidade Católica promoted the meeting ‘UCP2 Mental Health: what is changing in mental health and well-being at the Universidade...
October 6, 2025
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Career Opportunities

Recrutamento de Docente na área disciplinar de Ciências da Educação

EDITAL/0097/2025 CONCURSO DE RECRUTAMENTO DE PROFESSOR AUXILIAR PARA A FACULDADE DE EDUCAÇÃO E PSICOLOGIA DA UNVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA – ÁREA DE...
September 30, 2025
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Mestrado em Psicologia e Desenvolvimento de Recursos Humanos

Faculty of Education and Psychology Welcomes New Students of the Master's in Psychology and Human Resource Development

The Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Catholic University of Portugal (FEP-UCP) welcomed the new first-year students of the Master's in...
September 30, 2025
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Faculty of Education and Psychology

António Fonseca featured in Gulbenkian Foundation publication - Innovation in home care for older people

António Fonseca , Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEP-UCP) and researcher at the Research...
September 29, 2025
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Mestrado em Psicologia

Master’s in Psychology: welcoming new students for the 2025/26 academic year

Integration sessions, experience-sharing, and conviviality marked the welcome given to new students at the Universidade Católica in Porto . The Faculty of...
September 23, 2025
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Católica no Porto

Estudantes da Universidade Católica iniciam ano académico com ação de voluntariado ambiental

Em meados de setembro mais de 200 novos estudantes das licenciaturas da Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto trocaram as salas de aula por um espaço...
September 19, 2025
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Pessoas em Destaque

Catarina Ribeiro: “Psychologists should not become desensitized to human suffering.”

Catarina Ribeiro is a professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, a Clinical/Health Psychologist, and an Expert in Forensic Psychological...
September 12, 2025
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Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia

“Welcome to the beginning of a new journey”: welcoming the new Psychology undergraduates 2025/26

Between 4 and 11 September 2025, the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEP-UCP) welcomed the new first-year...
September 11, 2025
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Press

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October 5, 2025
Público
Opinion

José Matias Alves: "Professor: o “primeiro de todos os ofícios”"

Artigo de opinião de Matias Alves, docente da Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia. Convoco para o título desta evocação do Dia Mundial dos Professores uma tese de Pierre Bourdieu: “Ensinar não é uma atividade como as outras. Poucas profissões serão causa...
05/10/2025 - 16:59
Público
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September 27, 2025
Observador
Opinion

Vânia Sousa Lima: “Why do we so often fall in love with the wrong person?”

An article featuring Vânia Sousa Lima , lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto. “We tend to repeat past mistakes because we follow patterns without realising it. And, of course, this also...
27/09/2025 - 16:36
Observador
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September 25, 2025
Observador
Opinion

Patrícia Oliveira-Silva: "Why We Feel Politics More Than We Think It"

Opinion article by Patrícia Oliveira-Silva, lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Director of the HNL – Human Neurobehavioral Laboratory. It’s not just electoral programmes that win votes...
25/09/2025 - 17:53
Observador
Imprensa - José Matias Alves
September 22, 2025
público Online
Opinion

José Matias Alves: "Structure, Culture and Leadership: The Possible Axes of School Regeneration"

Opinion article by José Matias Alves , from Faculty of Education and Psychology, at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The traditional organisational grammar of schools — based on fixed classes, rigid timetables, and disciplinary compartmentalisation...
22/09/2025 - 12:55
público Online
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September 21, 2025
Visão
Opinion

Mónica Soares: “Psychology and the right to live in peace”

Opinion article by Mónica Soares, Researcher at the Research Centre for Human Development (CEDH) and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Even more accessible and more terrifying, the world...
21/09/2025 - 15:43
Visão
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September 5, 2025
Notícias ao Minuto
Opinion

Patrícia Oliveira-Silva: "Why does your brain hate the end of the holidays?"

An opinion piece by Patrícia Oliveira-Silva , a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and director of the Human Neurobehavioral Laboratory, one of the four research and community outreach units of...
05/09/2025 - 17:51
Notícias ao Minuto
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September 2, 2025
Visão
Opinion

Catarina Morais and Carlos Fernandes: "Leadership and psychological safety: what can we learn from great coaches?"

An opinion piece by Catarina Morais , a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and coordinator of the Postgraduate course in Sport and Performance Psychology , and Carlos Filipe Fernandes , a Sport and...
02/09/2025 - 15:29
Visão
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September 2, 2025
Sapo Online - 24 Notícias Online
Opinion

Catarina Morais and Carlos Fernandes: "Mental health in young athletes: between performance and well-being"

An opinion piece by Catarina Morais , a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and coordinator of the Postgraduate course in Sport and Performance Psychology , and Carlos Filipe Fernandes , a Sport and...
02/09/2025 - 14:55
Sapo Online - 24 Notícias Online
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August 29, 2025
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Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia

Universidade Católica abre nova Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desporto e da Performance

A Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa lança, em outubro de 2025, a Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desporto e da Performance, dirigida exclusivamente a psicólogos e acreditada pela Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, com...
29/08/2025 - 10:46
HealthNews Online
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August 5, 2025
Público
Opinion

Carlos Filipe Fernandes: "Psicologia do Desporto: Uma necessidade ou um luxo?"

Artigo de opinião de Carlos Filipe Fernandes, Psicólogo do Desporto e da Performance e um dos coordenadores da Pós-graduação em Psicologia do Desporto e Performance. A psicologia do desporto já não é um “luxo” reservado a equipas milionárias ou a atletas...
05/08/2025 - 15:32
Público
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Events

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10
Oct
09:00
University Psychology Clinic

First Conference of the University Psychology Clinic

Universidade Católica - Porto

Portugal
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10
Oct
09:30
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

11th International Student Meeting

Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Campus de Sintra

Portugal
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13
Oct
11:00
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Solemn Opening Mass of the Academic Year

Auditório Carvalho Guerra | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
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13
Oct
16:00
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

National Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2025-2026 and Graduation Ceremony

Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
FEP-DOUTORAMENTO-2025-THUMB
15
Oct
16:00
International Ph.D. in Applied Psychology

Welcome session for students of the International PhD in Applied Psychology

Universidade Católica - Porto

Portugal
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16
Oct
17:00
Católica Learning Innovation Lab

Webinar “Practices that Transform” – Católica Learning Innovation Lab

Online | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
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16
Oct
17:30
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Reset Performance Anxiety and Reprogram Your Mindset

Sala EC011 | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
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20
Oct
15:00
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

1st Edition of the Stress Management Course Pro·Stress

Online | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
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29
Oct
14:30
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Mirror, mirror, in my feed: do I accept the body I see?

Sala EC011 | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal
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30
Oct
17:30
Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Mirror, mirror, in my feed: do I accept the body I see?

Sala EC011 | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

Portugal

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