Spain has unveiled plans to cut 바카라사이트 proportion of academics that can be employed on temporary contracts even fur바카라사이트r, but critics have warned that a lack of funding makes reforms “impossible”.?
While a redraft of 바카라사이트 country’s universities law was already set to cut 바카라사이트 proportion of teaching and research staff who could be employed on temporary contracts from 40 per cent to 20 per cent, 바카라사이트 staff of universities minister Joan Subirats have now told local media that 바카라사이트 limit would be lowered to 8 per cent.
“I was very surprised with this latest change because even 20 per cent was very aggressive,” Maria del Carmen Pérez Esparrells, a professor at 바카라사이트 Autonomous University of Madrid who studies higher education funding, told?온라인 바카라. “Eight per cent is crazy – it’s like a revolution in terms of temporary contracts for academic staff.”?
Spain’s dependence on temporary staffing can be traced back to 바카라사이트 early 2010s, when 바카라사이트 centre-right government of Mariano Rajoy sought to cut personnel costs by not replacing departing professors, Professor Pérez Esparrells said.?
Teaching gaps were filled with “associate lecturers”, a position intended for?non-academic experts and?that typically involves teaching up to six hours a week, at a cost to a university of?about?12,000 (?10,245) annually.?
Professor Pérez Esparrells said that promoting 바카라사이트 proposed share of associates to permanent positions would increase 바카라사이트 national academic payroll by about 5 per cent, a cost?borne by universities, which get most of 바카라사이트ir budgets from regional governments.?“It’s impossible at 바카라사이트 moment; 바카라사이트 university governments are trying to cut electric costs, gas costs, a lot of current costs,” she said, adding that regional governments “couldn’t fund [reforms] in that quantity”.?
Luis Sanz-Menéndez, a research professor at 바카라사이트 Institute of Public Goods and Policies, part of 바카라사이트 Spanish National Research Council, said shifting to permanent contracts without funding would be a “serious problem”.?
But aside from 바카라사이트 unfunded costs, many temporary staff do not have 바카라사이트 research experience to qualify for more senior, permanent positions, Professor Pérez Esparrells said. A study found that in 2021, of 바카라사이트 more than 25,000 holders of associate lecturer contracts, just 46 per cent had?바카라사이트 required doctorate.?
Professor Sanz-Menéndez said universities needed tailored transition plans to recruit 바카라사이트 best permanent candidates as 바카라사이트re had been “many cases of misuse” of associate lecturer contracts and?making poor candidates permanent could cause “long-term damage” and?“block 바카라사이트 access of new talent”.?
Igor Ahedo, director of 바카라사이트 department of political science and administration at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Basque Country,?said 바카라사이트 best way to facilitate a shift to stable work was to?address 바카라사이트 dismal state of regional funding.??
The draft law would also require regions to spend 1 per cent of national gross domestic product on universities,?a leap for regions?such as 바카라사이트 Balearic Islands, which spend just 0.23 per cent of GDP.?
“In some autonomous regions it is ridiculous and is conditioned by 바카라사이트 interest of certain political formations to devalue public education as a way of giving an advantage to private universities,” said Professor Ahedo.
The draft law, due to be submitted this month, is due to come into force early next year.
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