It all started with a book. Then came the questions, the ideas and the imagination. On 9 September, 15 children aged between 5 and 11 took part in the activity “Words at play”, led by the UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS/LIACOM) as part of the Play and Learn programme […]
The UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-UPL/LIACOM) is in Paris, at UNESCO headquarters, for the annual Digital Learning Week conference, this year dedicated to the theme “Education in the age of AI: Facts | Frictions | Frontiers.” The ESCS/LIACOM UNESCO Chair is represented at the event by two ESCS professors […]
“Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity”: this is the theme chosen by UNESCO for this year’s International Literacy Day, highlighting that literacy is a fundamental human right for all and opens the door to greater freedoms and global citizenship. Observed on 8 September, International Literacy Day was established by UNESCO in 1966 to annually […]
If you had to complete the sentence “Today I need a book to…”, what would you write? This was the challenge that opened the 11th session of the EntreLinhas Reading Club, dedicated to the theme “Books for days like these,” held on July 28 at the library of the School of Communication and Media Studies […]
The pilot edition of LIDERA – Reading Daily Information to Choose, Reflect and Act came to an end in May this year, confirming the potential of a cascading training model to strengthen media literacy and critical news reading in Portugal. A new edition, to be held in the next school year, is already being planned. […]
Under the theme “A collective journey in three acts – Identity, Connection and Action,” around 40 lecturers and researchers from ESCS gathered on 14 July 2026 at Universidade Atlântica – Fábrica da Pólvora, in Oeiras, for the 2nd LIACOM Researchers’ Meeting and the 2nd Residency of the ESCS UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information […]
