Between September 25 and October 3, the Citizenship Week “Do I Know?” (“Será que Sei?”) — organized by the team of the UNESCO Chair on Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-IPL) — brought together more than 300 participants, most of them students from the School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS). The challenge […]
Between September 25 and October 3, Citizenship Week “Será que Sei?” (Do I Know?) will take place in various locations at IPL Benfica Campus. This is a civic and political literacy initiative, open to the public, with several activities that invite reflection on our condition as citizens and to deepen knowledge about the local elections, […]
Since 1967, International Literacy Day has been celebrated annually on September 8th. This year, the theme of International Literacy Day is “Promoting literacy in the digital era.” Literacy is a “fundamental human right” and is “crucial” for “a more just, peaceful, and sustainable society,” says UNESCO. Yet, in 2024, according to this organization, 739 million […]
On August 4, 50 young people between the ages of 15 and 18 participated in an online well-being workshop led by the UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-IPL), at Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, of the Polytechnic of Santarém. This was the opening activity of the second edition of CIS […]
The ESCS-IPL Eco-Schools Council has launched an initiative to make reusable fabric envelopes, for storing tests, exams and other student assessment materials, to replace traditional paper envelopes, thus reinforcing its commitment to sustainability. The campaign “had the support of several teachers, who donated new or reusable fabrics. A total of 6.8 kg of fabric was […]
The UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media Literacy, and Citizenship, at the School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS) of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon (IPL), was recently accepted as a member of UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance, a global network that brings together hundreds of organizations around the world working to promote media […]
