“…In Europe, the pressure on higher education institutions to supply the labour market with graduates having the skills necessary for the immediate needs of the economy, to promote the economic relevance of research and development, and the market deployment of innovations (Palmadessa, 2014) has been influencing the mandate addressed to higher education. This mandate claims for a closer articulation between education, research, and innovation (Magalhães and Veiga, 2018;Amaral, 2018) to promote stronger linkages between the missions of higher education institutions and the economy, and to enhance the quality and relevance of higher education.…”