In addition, a series of changes have been approved in the regulation that regulates the development of the Final Degree Projects and Final Master's Works and the public prices of the Sports Activities Service.
The Governing Council of the UMU has approved the Public Offer of Employment of Administration and Services Personnel for the year 2018. The total offer is 190 jobs, broken down into 25 positions of the A1 Scale, 36 of the scale A2, 109 of the C1 scale and 20 positions of the C2 scale.
The majority of these positions pursue the consolidation of jobs currently occupied by interns (176 of 190), within the process of consolidating interim and temporary positions in public administrations in compliance with the General State Budget Law.
The rest corresponds to cover the retirements that have recently occurred among the workforce.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Rector has informed the meeting of the Council of Universities and the CRUE Assembly, in which the manifesto of the conference of rectors was presented before the different controversies that have occurred in the last months about the quality of the degrees taught.
In this communication, the rectors recall the transcendent role played by the university in its public service of higher education.
Similarly, the Rector has reported the act held last Wednesday in the Room "Ernest Lluch" of the Congress of Deputies during which the president of CRUE, Roberto Fernandez Diaz, asked lawmakers to update the framework of organic law that regulates the Spanish university system.
The Delegate of the Rector for Social Responsibility and Transparency has informed about the project that is launched in the UMU related to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
Starting in February, and on a monthly basis, the different centers will discuss what can contribute to the fulfillment of these objectives framed within the 2030 Agenda. This project will involve organizations and institutions from the social context, especially the third sector.
The Delegate of the Rector for the Digital University has informed about the projects that are currently being developed in the area of ​​Information Technologies, among which is the connection to the Service of Interconnection of Public Administration Records (SIR), and the qualification of our Assistance Offices in Registration Matters (OAMR) to offer electronic processing with any public administration to the citizen.
It is expected that Phase II will be completed on October 3, which will allow communication between public agencies electronically without the need for paper with greater traceability and less risk of document loss.
At the proposal of the Faculties of Law, Education, Economics and Business and Law, the Commission of Planning of the Teachings has elaborated a proposal of modification of the regulation of the final works of degree and of master.
With the modified norm, the faculties will be able to organize conveniently and in a way adjusted to their internal functioning the evaluation system of these subjects.
Likewise, the TURNITIN anti-plagiarism program has been renewed and the training will be extended to guarantee the optimal use of this tool.
Among the other matters dealt with in the Governing Council, a technical modification of the academic calendar of the Faculty of Economics and Business has been approved, the composition of the curriculum evaluation committee has been approved for compensation, and the procedure has been approved. of various collaboration agreements by the Vice-Rector for Employment, Entrepreneurship and Society, among which the collaboration agreement between the University of Murcia and the Association of Retina Affected of the Region of Murcia (RETIMUR), for a congress annual report on diseases of the retina.
Finally, the Governing Council has given its approval to the proposal to modify the public prices of the Sports Activities Service for the 2018-19 academic year presented by the Vice-Chancellor for Students.
Source: Universidad de Murcia