Europe is not happy at the moment and that permeates the political, social and economic, without doubt that, just look at what the case with Ireland at the moment, another of the European economic miracle of the past decade, which is against the bailout resigned that grows its shadow on the Irish Government and a few others probably.
In this context, some governments have decided to implement reform and major changes in university systems, which basically consist of very similar steps: reduction of state budget contributions to universities, primarily grants and scholarships, increased fees from students and decreasing resources for research.
Yesterday, for the second consecutive week in the UK students took to the streets to protest against the actions of his government, which resulted in major confrontations and clashes with police.
In this context, some governments have decided to implement reform and major changes in university systems, which basically consist of very similar steps: reduction of state budget contributions to universities, primarily grants and scholarships, increased fees from students and decreasing resources for research.
Yesterday, for the second consecutive week in the UK students took to the streets to protest against the actions of his government, which resulted in major confrontations and clashes with police.
The rejection of British students the adjustment plan of Prime Minister David Cameron, which is triple the tuition fees paid by students their careers, a day that ended yesterday with 15 arrests and two policemen, a police car with extensive damage that was left abandoned in a police cordon to students, all this added to a number of classes suspended throughout the United Kingdom, which staged day of protests took place yesterday and they assume that most likely not be the last in case of the British Government continue its policy of increasing tuition fees, which as announced since taking power will extend to other areas.
Today, it was the turn of the Italian students have also been taken to the streets to reject the university reform project sponsored by the Government of Berlusconi, and that according to the reporting The Country has suffered a major political defeat.
In Spain, with much lower media noise, students Catalonia doctoral protested the rise in enrollment by 280% as a result of adaptation of these programs to the Bologna Process.
Apparently, the contagion effect not only have to analyze the macroeconomic and public finance in Europe, since apparently the university reforms or rather the budget cuts and rate hikes will extend the student movement for much of the continent.
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