TechUP Brazil: Inclusive Digital Skills for Employability and Transnational Education

Funder: British Council

This 17-month project is the only one selected to collaborate with Brazil in this Call (max. 1 project per country). It leverages the UK TechUP model and experiences from the MESSENGER project (MESSENGER – AIHS) to co-develop a transnational education (TNE) initiative focused on employability and inclusion. The grant is with Universidade Federal do Amazonas – Distance Education Center (CED/UFAM, Brazil), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC, Brazil),  Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRP, Brazil).  Objectives are: 1. Diversify UK TNE provision by addressing barriers to academic and research qualifications. 2. Enhance employability skills through digital and socio-emotional training. 3. Expand access to higher education for disadvantaged communities in Brazil, with emphasis on remote areas of the Amazon and southern regions.

PI: AI Cristea, CoI: S. Black, PM: J. Waite (Durham University)

CoI Brazil: Elaine Harada Teixeira de Oliveira (UFAM), Isabela Gasparini (UDESC), Rafael Mello (UFRPE)

Links:

• Home – TechUP
• Transnational Education Strategy 2025–27 | British Council
• SCENE Lab