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High Education and University Teaching and Learning Processes: Soft Skills Ragusa, Antonio Caggiano, Valeria Trigueros Ramos, Rubén González Bernal, Jerónimo Gentil Gutiérrez, Ana Amparo Moreira Carvalho Bastos, Susana Adelina González Santos, Josefa Santamaría Peláez, Mirian Teaching competences Soft skills Cultural values European education system Educación Salud Psicología Education Health Psychology In the era of globalization and technology, society demands young generations of citizens able to work in a kind of environment characterized by complexity and diversity. Therefore, the education system faces a new kind of challenge, as graduates are reported to need transversal skills, which are unlikely to be learned through traditional classroom teaching. The overall aim of this article is to examine the needs for these skills and their acquisition by higher education teachers to cope with the evolving European labour market of the 2020s. The article envisions the importance of soft skills in the teaching profession. The empirical part consists of a comparative study with Italian and Portuguese teachers, highlighting the status of a set of crucial soft skills (assertiveness, networking skills, teamwork, sensitivity, socialization, action-orientation, ability to work under pressure and social desirability). This research was funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Commission within the scope of the Strategic Partnership for Higher Education (2017-1-ES01-KA203-038589), In addition, this work was funded by the Annual research project, Il lavoro con le soft skills, 2020, supported by the Department of Education Science of Rome TRE University. 2023-03-22T13:17:12Z 2023-03-22T13:17:12Z 2022-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7585 10.3390/ijerph191710699 1660-4601 eng International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022, V. 19, n. 17, 10699 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710699 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/Erasmus+/2017-1-ES01-KA203-038589/EU/Core Skills for 21st Century Professionals/CoSki21/ Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf MDPI