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The University of Murcia will host from 6 to 8 September of a conference of the European Commission that will address new models of funding higher education institutions, announced today at the Convalescence Luis Delgado, deputy director general of the Ministry of Education.
Delgado, who is deputy generates Modernization and Promotion of University Research, said that this meeting will discuss on whether to give more weight to indicators related to outcome in financing the universities, "abandoning traditional indicators as the number of students and beginning to value them more for those who really make for what they are, "he said.
The senior, who was speaking at a news conference after meeting with the rector and his team, said that the conference will discuss how universities should be funded in the future and "the role played by these institutions to emerge from the crisis Spain and adopt a more sustainable production model. "
He added, will address the new situation of increased student that is taking place in Spanish universities in the absence of labor market prospects.
Luis Delgado also referred to the establishment of universities in recent years, which labeled it a positive in that it has been a universal education, but the Bologna framework requires a reverse process of concentration and aggregation of universities "to compete internationally "he said.
Asked about the chances of Mare Nostrum project with the University of Murcia and Cartagena Polytechnic attend the Campus of Excellence, Delgado said the relevant committee will decide, but in any case, the options are greater than if they come separately.
The PLA (Peer Learning Activities), held for the first time in Spain in Murcia to meet 30 experts from ten European countries, who focused on the costs of research and adoption of new models of these (cost calculation) for the Eighth Framework Programme which will take effect in 2014.
The rector of the University of Murcia, José Antonio Cobacho, referred to the timing of the economic crisis to review the arrangements for funding and make major changes in the field.
In this regard, Cobacho noted that the University of Murcia has no complaints so far with the financing of the Autonomous Community, although they acknowledged being concerned about the implementation of qualifications Lorca campus by not counting today with the necessary funding , but was optimistic about getting the situation resolved.
Source: Universidad de Murcia. Fotos: Juanchi López
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