CRUE highlights the role of the university in positioning Spain as the tenth power in research



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## CRUE highlights the role of the university in positioning Spain as the tenth power in research Alcón is committed to an Ibero-American Knowledge Space as an opportunity for growth in the region

16/07/2019 |
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The president of [CRUE Spanish Universities](http://www.crue.org/SitePages/Inicio.aspx) and rector of the University of Cordoba, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, has highlighted the important role of the university to place Spain among the top ten powers in the field of research, as well as its role in facilitating social and territorial cohesion.

Gómez Villamandos, who participated in Benicàssim (Castelló) in the inauguration of the summer course ["The Ibero-American space of knowledge. Contributions from the university to an advanced and sustainable economy in the region"](https://www.uji.es/cultura/base/uestiu/cursos/economia/), also pointed out that the lack of a clear financing model for Spanish universities is detrimental and does not allow them to adequately plan their teaching, research and transfer functions. In this sense, he has demanded legislation that regulates how universities should be financed by the different autonomous governments.

During the inauguration of the summer course, jointly organised by CRUE Spanish Universities, the [CyD Foundation](https://www.fundacioncyd.org/) and the Universitat Jaume I, the president of the rectors demanded an increase of 10 to 15% in the public funding of the universities so that they can adequately position themselves in the international rankings. "We are not in the rankings because human capital does not have the means to exploit all its capabilities and this situation is already becoming critical", he said.

Finally, the president of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities has estimated at about 500 million euros a year the additional increase that universities need to adequately develop their activity in the field of research and development, while recalling that 70% of Spanish R & D is carried out precisely in universities. Villamandos has acknowledged that it is a very important funding deficit that cannot be resolved in a single year, but he is confident that the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities can resolve it in a period of three to four years.

On the other hand, the rector of the Universitat Jaume I, Eva Alcón, pointed out that the creation of an Ibero-American Area of Knowledge is an opportunity to make the 22 countries that make it up a "more cohesive, more sustainable and more supportive region". In this sense, she pointed out that it is essential to establish common legislative frameworks that favour the validation of studies, but it is also necessary to advance in joint university training programmes, especially at postgraduate level.

She also pointed out that one of the most important challenges facing the Ibero-American Space of Knowledge is the lack of research capacity of a large majority of Ibero-American universities. "Nearly 93% of the more than 4,000 universities in Latin America are purely teaching institutions, while the Spanish university generates 70% of research in our country. It therefore seems obvious that Spanish universities must assume a clear leadership to balance these two realities", she said.

Also taking part in the inauguration of the summer course were the regional secretary for Universities and Research of the Generalitat Valenciana, Rafael Tabares, and the vice-president of the CyD Foundation, Francesc Solé.  During his speech, Tabares vindicated the critical role of the university and the promotion of interdisciplinarity, while Solé encouraged a joint analysis of the problems of Latin American universities in order to seek solutions and challenges.

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