As part of Marionet’s participation in the conference “Failure and Dropout in Higher Education”, organised by the Instituto Universitário Justiça e Paz, the performance “Auto da Barca of Higher Education” was presented in partnership with NExT – Explicações Voluntárias and the Instituto Universitário Justiça e Paz. The performance was the result of creative work carried out with volunteers from this institution and focused mainly on the themes of failure and school dropout in higher education, which are experienced directly by the various agents involved in the initiatives promoted by NExT.