Conference “Prepared to work?”
Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, do Politécnico do Porto
ISCAP/IPP, 14th november de 2014
This conference aims to present and reflect on the results of the study conducted nationally
among some 7000 recent graduates of higher education and employers 800 (Project "Ready to
work"?; POAT / 2013404267 ESF) under the Consortium Greater employability which
comprises “Fórum Estudante” and 13 Portuguese Higher Education Institutions.
10:00 Opening Session
10:30 Presentation of the results of Study "Prepared to work?"
Ana Paula Marques (Universidade do Minho)
Diana Aguiar Vieira (Politécnico do Porto)
11:40 Coffee break
12:00 Employment and labor market in Portugal 2007-2013
Jorge Gaspar (Instituto do Emprego e da Formação Profissional)
12:30 Lunch
14.00 Higher education and employability in Europe
Marc Vandewalle (Secretary General of the Flemish Council of University
Colleges; member of the Eurashe Board)
14.30 Panel "Transition-to-work of Higher Education Graduates: future directions"
Objective: Taking as starting point the results of the study "Prepared to work?", it is intended
in this panel to discuss strategies and / or methods of promoting graduates’ employability
across educational, business, social, and economic prospects / or policies.
Moderador: Rui Marques (Fórum Estudante)
Comentadores:
António Pêgo (AEP)
Natália Alves (Universidade de Lisboa)
Paulo Simões (Egon Zehnder)
16.30 Closure