TechUP Brazil

TechUP Brazil

Inclusive Digital Skills for Employability and Transnational Education

Project Overview

Funded by the British Council as part of the Transnational Education Strategy 2025-27, this 17-month project is the only one selected to collaborate with Brazil (max. 1 project per country). It leverages the UK TechUP model and experiences from the MESSENGER project 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). 

The TechUP team are very excited to be taking part in this project, sharing our experience with the Brazillian team so that the TechUP model can be applied to new tech training programmes in Brazil.

Project Objectives

• 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.

Project Team

TechUP Team, UK:

• Professor Alexandra I Cristea
• Professor Sue Black
• Johanna Waite

Brazil Team

• Professor Elaine Harada Teixeira de Oliveira
• Professor Isabela Gasparini
• Professor Rafael Mello