The Basque Government Reaches a Beginning in Agreement with the Ministry on University Reform

The Basque Government and the Ministry of Universities have reached a “principle of agreement” to unblock the negotiations on the decree drawn up by the Executive of Pedro Sánchez to tighten the requirements for creating new universities. With nuances, the Ministry has accepted the system of quality stamps proposed by the Councillor of Universities, Juan Ignacio Pérez, to determine the degree of excellence of a university. In addition, they have…

The reforms presented by the Spanish Government to modify Royal Decree 640/2021 on the creation, recognition and authorisation of universities caused a stir in the Southern Basque Country, but the situation seems to be improving. The Minister of Science, Universities and Innovation of the Government, Juan Ignacio Perez Iglesias, and the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government, Juan Cruz Cigudosa, hel…

A series of days of cessation of work in national universities that demand the reopening of paritarians and the updating of the funds for operating expenses for the institutions ends this Thursday, in a climate that also affects the national scientific sector. At the same time, deputies await a draft consensus between rectors and teaching unions to start their debate in commissions. “The union front, the Argentine University Federation and the r…