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  • PORTUGUESE ENGAGED RESEARCH AND LEARNING COMMUNITY
    Publication . Carreira, R.; Peixoto, C.; Espino, Y.; Ruão, S.; Azevedo C.
    The current research was performed within the ENtRANCE Erasmus+ project in order to identify how may Portuguese Higher Education Institutions (HEI) provide independent participatory research support in response to concerns experienced by civil society, namely based on EU societal challenges. Even though the Biosense project [1] assumed the creation of the first Science Shop in Portugal, it was only active between 2011 and 2013 and there is still no formal evidence of any other one. Nevertheless, several Portuguese HEIs already provide informal services on behalf of citizens and local civil society.
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  • THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERING AND THE ACQUISITION OF SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICE
    Publication . Oliveira, S.; Fernandes, M.; Brandão, M.; Campos, S.; Carreira, R.
    This study intended to assess the impact of volunteering on society and understand how its practice allows the acquisition of skills. In addition, it would make the population aware of the value and importance of the different ways of volunteering. One of the central points of this investigation was to understand how institutions should recruit and attract volunteers and ultimately how to retain them, by understanding whether or not the volunteers’ initial motivations (i.e. which attract them) remain unchanged along time. This study was carried out within the scope of the ENtRANCE Erasmus+ project, by students of the Research Methods and Techniques course integrated in the Communication Sciences degree at Maia University Institute and had the collaboration of the Volunteer School, Pista Mágica by contacting its volunteers and clarifying relevant information. Several scientific articles were analysed, such as [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]; [5] which allowed a first approach to such topic but with no answers found.
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