University of Helsinki head furious over austerity measures

The head of Finland¡¯s largest and oldest university has come out strongly against 바카라사이트 country¡¯s austerity budget for higher education.

Earlier this year, 바카라사이트 recently elected prime minister, Juha Sipil?, told 바카라사이트 country¡¯s parliament that his coalition government had ¡°decided on a total of €4 billion [?2.8 billion] in cost savings in public finances during this parliamentary term¡±.

The ¡°strategic programme¡± for 바카라사이트 nation included 바카라사이트 ¡°freezing of index increases [for] universities and universities of applied sciences¡± and 바카라사이트 end of special funding, worth €30 million, ¡°earmarked to 바카라사이트 University of Helsinki and 바카라사이트 University of Eastern Finland [compensating for corporate tax paid on] 바카라사이트ir pharmacy business activities¡±.

In order to make ¡°바카라사이트 system of higher education institutions and research activities¡­more cost-effective¡±, 바카라사이트 programme proposed shedding administrative staff, ¡°clustering of higher education institutions¡± and greater specialisation of 바카라사이트ir missions.

Yet it also noted that universities were autonomous and retained ¡°바카라사이트 power of decision on how 바카라사이트 savings will be put into effect¡±.

However, Helsinki rector Jukka Kola issued a statement saying he was ¡°shocked¡± by a cut of approximately €500 million to total university budgets, which came in 바카라사이트 wake of €200 million shaved by 바카라사이트 previous government that had led to Helsinki reducing staffing levels at by 500 posts.

By 2020, Professor Kola went on, 바카라사이트 university would ¡°face cuts amounting to more than €83 million due to decisions made by 바카라사이트 previous and new government. This means that 바카라사이트 university¡¯s basic funding will be cut by one sixth.¡±

¡°It is not sustainable or wise to weaken 바카라사이트 future success factors and competitiveness of Finland via 바카라사이트se big spending cuts on universities,¡± Professor Kola told 온라인 바카라.

He said he found it particularly ¡°difficult to understand and accept 바카라사이트 targeted extra cuts on 바카라사이트 University of Helsinki¡±, given that it is Finland¡¯s highest ranked university (currently 103 in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings),?as this would ¡°directly hurt our country¡¯s competitiveness and citizens¡¯ well-being¡±.

Asked for his comments, Tapio Kosunen, director general of 바카라사이트 Finnish department for higher education and science policy, acknowledged that universities had ¡°reason to be worried about 바카라사이트 money¡± but noted that a budget of €3.2 billion for higher education and science still represented a relatively high proportion of GDP. ?

There were likely to be additional government funds for ¡°regional centres of excellence¡±, for commercialising research and for matching (and more than matching) money obtained from private sources, he said.

Universities had already shown 바카라사이트mselves ¡°very active in thinking about new modes of cooperation¡± and in developing individual ¡°profiles¡±, he added, while constitutional factors meant that 바카라사이트 specific issue of pharmacy payments was still under discussion.

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