Re(vista) da imprensa NEWS CLIPPING Re(vista) da imprensa Destaques sobre educação Apoios do GAES serão canalizados através do Fundo do Ensino Superior Com a nova lei do Regime do Ensino Superior, os recursos do GAES para as instituições públicas e privadas deverão ser geridos pelo Fundo de financiamento [do Ensino Superior] a ser criado por regulamento administrativo posterior. Education ‘hits’ Revisão da Lei do Ensino Superior chegou à AL USJ vai ter licenciaturas sino-lusófonas Mantidos quatro anos para licenciaturas A Universidade de S. José vai ter duas licenciaturas em estudos luso-chineses e sino-lusófonos, tendo em vista o emprego na área de tradução. A vice-reitora Maria Antónia Espadinha referiu o facto de ambos os cursos incluírem um período de estadia em Portugal ou na China. Elevar o nível de qualidade e a autonomia das instituições são os dois objectivos principais da proposta de revisão do Regime do Ensino Superior. No diploma mantêm-se os quatro anos lectivos como duração mínima das licenciaturas. Jornal Ponto Final The Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao (IFT) was invited […] to provide training programmes and co-organise selection trials for “Western Cuisine” and “Pastry and Sweets” categories of the 43rd World Skills Competition. Winning participants of the selection trials will represent Macao to compete the world champion in the final competition in São Paulo, Brazil this August. […] 43 post-90s teenagers were attracted to take part in the selection trials of the two categories co-organised by IFT earlier. Three winners received cash prizes while the champions and the 1st runner-ups were offered a local and overseas intensive training of more than 500 hours for enhancing their culinary and pastry skills. Besides, they will attend an 8-10 days training programme in Ferrandi French School of Culinary Arts in Paris, France and Atelier des Arts du Sucre – Patisserie Kelin in Belfort. In August, the champions will compete with other global rivals in São Paulo, Brazil accompanied by the two Institute’s experts. […] Jornal Tribuna de Macau Jornal Tribuna de Macau Centro de Macau vai formar professores de Português na China O Centro Pedagógico e Científico de Língua Portuguesa, em Macau, promove este ano a formação de professores de Português em universidades chinesas, num “ano de viragem”, disse o presidente do Centro do Instituto Politécnico, Carlos André. NEWS CLIPPING Politécnico lança licenciatura na área do comércio China-Lusofonia O curso, com a duração de quatro anos, tem uma forte componente do ensino de língua, e dois anos de disciplinas aplicadas. Ponto Final Ponto Final Wei Zhao quer avaliar necessidades dos cursos de Português A student from the University of Macau (UM), Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon, has outperformed other 100 thousand contestants in the “21st Century Coca-Cola Cup” National English Speaking Competition, taking home the championship prize. The contest was attended by talented English speakers from across China. It was the first time since the national speaking competition’s first edition in 1996 that a local student has snatched the top title. This year, the annual competition was held at Henan University. The student, from the UM’s Department of Government and Public Administration and also a member of UM’s Public Speaking Team, charmed the panel of judges with her charisma and eloquence onstage in the grand final of the nationwide competition, defeating 64 other finalists from among the staggering 100 thousand rivals who participated from the contest’s first stage. Source: Macao Daily Times […] The programme is celebrating its 10 years this year. Till now, this programme has trained up 123 professional cultural heritage guides in Macao and they play an important role to promote cultural heritage tourism in Macao. The programme quality of IFT is worldwide recognised while the Institute is the first UNWTO Tedqual Certification institution of tourism education in 2000. Reitor admite reforço “gradual” do quadro docente do departamento de Português da UM In 2005, within the framework of Asian Academy for heritage Management established with the support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), UNESCO and the Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao (IFT) have jointly developed the Cultural Heritage Specialist Guide Traning and Certification Programme for UNESCO World Heritag Sties and IFT’s faculty designed the outline and content of the programme. The programme has been recognized by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) with the 2007 PATA Gold Award under the category of “Education and Training”, and by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st Session as “a best-practice example of an initiative aiming at integrating the conservation of World Heritage within the wider sustainable development framework for the benefit of local communities”. Source: Hou Kong Daily Jornal Tribuna de Macau 82 N ú m e r o N o v e Source: Hou Kong Daily J u n h o N i n t h I s s u e J u n e 83