José Manuel Pastor, expert economist and editor of the report entitled “The Socioeconomic Contribution of the Spanish University System”, spoke on the socioeconomic impact of Spanish universities as part of the Breakfast Lectures organised by the ULPGC Social Council. Professor José Manuel Pastor, researcher at the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (IVIE), today highlighted that […]

The chairman of the Social Council called on the Rector of the ULPGC to increase, in the first quarter of 2020, the “precautionary measures necessary in order not to breach legislation, which could incur financial sanctions”. The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s Social Council plenary has today, 26th February, approved the temporary postponement […]

The ULPGC Social Council plenary has expressed its full support of the ‘emergency measures’ that the Conference of Social Councils (CCS) has demanded from the new Minister of Universities, Manuel Castells. The plenary supports a new Universities Act which considers the reforms required for greater social engagement in university management. In an extraordinary plenary session, […]

Establishing a Ministry of Universities, should allow efforts to be focused on tackling the urgent changes needed to higher education so as not to continue becoming increasingly distanced from international standards. The Conference of Social Councils of Spanish Universities (CCS) believes that universities should be a priority for the new government. For the CCS, which […]