{"id":912,"date":"2018-06-07T06:52:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T06:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/?p=912"},"modified":"2018-06-07T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T07:00:30","slug":"luso2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/2018\/06\/07\/luso2018\/","title":{"rendered":"LUSO2018 press release on Lancaster University website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The press release for LUSO2018 is now available on the Lancaster University website. Amazing opportunity to discuss challenges in higher education with a great group of speakers and colleagues. Join us on Saturday, June 16, <a href=\"http:\/\/luso2018.org\">registration<\/a> closes on June 12.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-915 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2018\/06\/annes-pic-636637976106313934.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2018\/06\/annes-pic-636637976106313934.png 874w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2018\/06\/annes-pic-636637976106313934-300x99.png 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2018\/06\/annes-pic-636637976106313934-768x254.png 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2018\/06\/annes-pic-636637976106313934-676x224.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>LUSO 2018 provides unique opportunity to tackle HE challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>June 6, 2018 &#8211; click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/news\/luso-2018-provides-unique-opportunity-to-tackle-he-challenges\">here<\/a> to read the text on the Lancaster University website<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-text\">\n<p>Portuguese government officials and officers from top English and Portuguese universities will join academics to discuss current and future challenges for research and higher education in the UK, Portugal and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The one-day conference, LUSO 2018, on 16 June at Lancaster University will also provide an opportunity to engage with academics and professionals who have crossed borders in research and developed their work at the interface of different knowledge fields.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/luso2018445917826.wordpress.com\/\"><u>LUSO<\/u><\/a>\u00a0is the annual meeting of the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the United Kingdom (PARSUK).<\/p>\n<p>Speakers on the future of higher education and research will include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tiago Brand\u00e3o Rodrigues (Portugal\u2019s Minister of Education)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Professor Sharon Huttly (Pro Vice-Chancellor Education, Lancaster University)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Professor Robert Geyer (Lancaster University Academic Director (International)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mike Galsworthy (Scientists for EU)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Francisco Veloso (Dean of Imperial College Business School)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lu\u00eds Oliveira e Silva (Professor of Physics at Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, Lisbon, Portugal)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Joana Lobo Antunes (Head of Science Communication Office at ITQB Nova University of Lisbon)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Helena Carreiras (President of ERGOMAS \u2013 European Research Group on Armed Forces and Society)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Maria Jo\u00e3o Valente Rosa (Director of Pordata, the Database of Contemporary Portugal)<\/p>\n<p>The event is supported by the University\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences International Fund and is a joint initiative of Portuguese academics at Lancaster University (Dr Ceu Mateus FHM, Dr Patrick Rebuschat FASS, Dr Elizabete Carmo-Silva LEC, and Dr Ricardo Z\u00f3zimo LUMS) and PARSUK.<\/p>\n<p>Dr C\u00e9u Mateus said: \u201cLUSO 2018 will provide a unique opportunity for all those interested in reflecting about challenges in higher education in providing students with the skills required to face a world in permanent mutation where people are likely to pursue more than one career throughout their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet\">\n<li>LUSO is a familiar prefix referring to all things Portuguese and is an abbreviation of the ancient Roman province of Lusitania.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The press release for LUSO2018 is now available on the Lancaster University website. 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