The rector of the UJI calls for adequate funding and staff resources to place the potential of universities at the service of society



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## The rector of the UJI calls for adequate funding and staff resources to place the potential of universities at the service of society

21/09/2021 |
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The Universitat Jaume I has held the opening ceremony of the academic year 2021-2022. The event has been chaired by the rector of the UJI, Eva Alcón, accompanied by the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, and the rectors of the Valencian public and private universities.

In her speech, the rector of the UJI recalled the two historical demands of the universities: a new funding model, which is "the great unresolved issue", and the situation of the staff.

With regard to funding, Alcón stressed that "universities are asking for multiannual, sufficient and adequate funding to provide the quality public service that society deserves". Along these lines, she added that "what we are demanding is investment in line with the real needs of the universities".

On the other hand, she remarked the need to stabilise accredited university teaching staff, reduce temporary employment and facilitate staff renewal. "The elimination of the replacement rate and the application of the collective labour agreement are measures that cannot be renounced and cannot be postponed. We are not only asking for this as a legal matter, we are also asking for it out of institutional and ethical responsibility," she said.

Finally, the rector shared some of the challenges and projects for this academic year.

The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, said that "the university has proved to be the best social lift" and stressed that, this year, 128,000 young people will be in the classrooms of all Valencian public universities in a course full of expectations and hope for recovery and reactivation after this time of difficulties. "We want to walk hand in hand with the universities and invest even more in them because where there is knowledge, there is the future and prosperity and, above all, equal opportunities," he said.

**Inaugural lecture: serendipity in science**

Rosa Llusar Barelles, professor of Physical Chemistry at the Universitat Jaume I, gave the inaugural lecture for the 2021-2022 academic year entitled "Serendipity in science: discoveries where chance and talent converge", in which she analysed some examples of scientific milestones in which serendipity has played an important role, although she pointed out that the role of chance in scientific discovery should not be overestimated.

**Gold Medals**

The Universitat Jaume I gave the Gold Medal to health and social-health, educational and scientific collectives for "their professional response, full of empathy, shared effort, solidarity and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic that we will never tire of thanking", said the rector Eva Alcón.

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