LONDON (Oct. 29) - This is what provides the university reform bill passed yesterday by the Council of Ministers. Nothing Budgets red, otherwise the inspector. If you do not have a healthy and transparent administration, and if not combatterannogli waste, the ministry will take into account: the funds will be lower. The "economic and capital accounts" should be analytical and must be adopted a three-year financial plan. The funds will partly be commensurate with the quality and results, are no better than the purely quantitative criteria. There will be a group of university assessment, made by a majority of professors outside, which will assess the performances. He is currently the contrary, members of the judging committee are all internal.
Federations. Mergers of universities and professors in mobility. Article 3, paragraph 1, states that 'in order to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of teaching, research and management, and in order to rationalize the distribution of universities, two or more universities may federate, has been limited to certain sectors of activity, or they can merge. " The federation or merger takes place on the basis of a project that includes the financial and logistical compatibility, and 'proposed relocation plan ". It means that teachers and researchers could go on the move (according to law 210 of 1998). The mobility of teachers and then the transfer can also take a "result of the review processes and streamlining of the training."
Students. Money and excellence "ratings" for teachers. Under Article 4 the Gelmini bill establishing a special fund for the credit, this time intended to fund "designed to develop excellence and merit of the best students, identified through national testing standard. In particular, the Fund is to provide deserving students' bags and vouchers to be used for the payment of taxes and contributions and to cover living expenses during their studies. " Easier even the "student loans". Students will also be asked to assess their teachers (in some universities the practice is already widespread). this assessment will determine the allocation of funds to universities by the Ministry of Education.
Nepotism. Against conflict of interest code of ethics in each university. Currently there are no rules to ensure transparency in recruitment and administration. In future, each university will adopt a code of ethics to prevent conflicts of interest and parentopoli phenomena. After approval of the law, the universities will have six months to approve statutes containing this rule. On the other hand, the universities will be forced to comply with new rules for who will not adopt transparent systems and manage the resources it will reduce bad loans from the Ministry. It could be a "cure" effective against the scourge of nepotism and parentopoli, phenomena that cut the road to so many deserving young people.
Rectors can not have more than two terms. The rector is given "legal representation and functions of the University address," in addition to the 'coordination of scientific and educational activities, according to criteria of quality, efficiency, transparency and meritocracy. " The rule of transparency will also cover the appointment of rectors. The heads of the universities will be the first to avoid conflicts of interest and mandates that will last "life". Point "c" of Article 2 of the Gelmini Law states that "the term of office rector will be no more than two terms and a maximum of eight years, six years in the case of single non-renewable mandate. " Are also counted his years before the reform.
Departments are prohibited from creating sites with less than 35 prof. E 'provided for the reorganization of departments, and are currently too fragmented, many have been put up with a few teachers. The policy goes against the waste to make stricter rules, "ensuring that each of them catch a number of professors, researchers and researchers-time role given not less than 35 ', that number rises to "45 universities with a number of professors and researchers from more than one thousand units." The Department, therefore, must be "grouped according to criteria of affinity specification. The Faculty, however, will change position: will function to coordinate and link, but also the rationalization of teaching activities.
governance: separation of powers between the Board and Senate. Among Academic Senate and Board of Directors will be a clear separation of functions. The first will govern all aspects inereneti academic life, by teaching the training offer. The second, however, will have exclusive tasks of top management and programming. The Senate will make proposals on future scientific, but the Board will have the clear responsibility of the expenses, recruitment and expenditure, which also relate to remote sites. Currently, however, between the board and the Senate there is a lot of confusion and ambiguity of responsibilities and functions. The objective is to improve the programming without creating overlap between the two governing bodies.
Recruitment: National certification and payroll for the best shots. Introduced national certification as a condition to become professors and ordinary. Will be given by a national committee on the basis of quality parameters. The seats are then allocated following a public selection procedures banned by individual universities, which can only access enabled. The committee members and influential Italian, for the first time, even foreigners. Attribution of the authorization number to open. Distinction between recruitment and career progression: Stop with the competition for only pretend to promote an extension. As for the money payroll, salary only the best shots, up to date with research and teaching.
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