SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Nov. 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The rector of the University of La Laguna, Francisco García, has conveyed to the members of the Governing Council the concern that he and his counterpart at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lluís Serra, have regarding the progress of the budgets of the University. autonomous community by 2024, of which an increase of only 2% has been known for higher education centers.
Francisco García pointed out that given the change in regional government it was evident that there was not going to be a program contract that would imply a stable and predictable financing framework for the university system, but neither was there going to be a horizon like this. “There has been a clear agreement with the Department of Universities regarding the financial insufficiency of public universities, and in fact in the case of La Laguna there has been a cut in the last 15 years of 24%. That is why we have received with surprise and disappointment in the forecast increase for 2024”.
The rector added that fiscal regulations prohibit the use of treasury remnants to control public spending, which he called “austericide” since it further aggravates the situation.
He explained that the two rectors have issued a public statement to show their unanimous position on this matter, and that they hope that in the parliamentary process the situation can be improved in the amendment phase.
“Just in the contracting of the usual services (cleaning, security, electricity…) there is more than four million increases since 2021, which until now have been addressed through the liquid treasury remnants. Without being able to make use of of this budgetary option the scenario becomes very complicated, and we would find ourselves in difficulties even in facing the consolidated salary increases derived from state regulations,” he said.
HONORIS CAUSE
The proposal for the appointment of the philosopher Eulalia Pérez Sedeño as an Honoris Causa Doctor by the University of La Laguna has received the unanimous approval of the Governing Council of this academic institution today, November 6, pending a pronouncement by the Senate. Professor Inmaculada Perdomo was in charge of presenting the initiative by the Department of History of Science, Education and Language and by the Philosophy center board.
Pérez Sedeño was a full professor at the Complutense University of Madrid until 1999, when she obtained the chair of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of the Basque Country. She later joined the CSIC, from where she will retire this academic year. Research professor at European and North American universities, the next Honoris Causa Doctor of the ULL has also been closely involved in institutional representation work.
She was director of the FECYT and has delved deeply into the role of women in science, while actively participating in issues related to the quality of the scientific system. She has been president of the Society of Logic and Methodology of Science in Spain and today she is coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of Science, Technology and Gender.
In recent decades, it has been a pioneer in initiating interdisciplinary studies of science, technology and gender in both Spanish and Ibero-American universities. She is the director of more than twenty doctoral theses, she has developed pre- and postdoctoral research and has been principal investigator of more than 25 national projects.
Inmaculada Perdomo also recounted the close relationship that Pérez Sedeño maintains with the University of La Laguna, and especially years ago with the deceased Amparo Gómez. He continues to participate in doctoral programs at the university and is part of doctoral thesis panels of this academic center.
OTHER AGREEMENTS.
On the other hand, the collegiate body learned of the creation of the Chair of Childhood and Adolescence, through an agreement between the Department of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands and the university, to carry out carry out studies and dissemination work on this matter. María Aránzazu Calzadilla, professor of Civil Law, will be the academic director of this initiative.
In addition, the vice-rector for Modernization and Digital Agenda, Vicente Blanco, proposed the inclusion of the academic center in the SOHA Association (Spanish Open Hardware Alliance), to promote open technologies. Membership on the Board of Trustees of the Canarian Living Lab Foundation for Research was also approved.
Likewise, the Doctorate Program in Educational Sciences of the two Canarian universities received approval, which will now be sent to the regional agency for final approval.
