ITALIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PRESENTS THREE-YEAR PLAN FOR UNIVERSITIES

ITALIAN government officials are finalising a major funding and standards scheme for universities, which they hope will be enacted despite Italy’s endemic political instability. The plan has been developed by Italy’s ministry of education, university and research (MIUR), and will span three years (2013-2015), setting higher academic standards for both state and non-state universities. It also seeks to further internationalise higher education in the country. Assuming overall 2013 higher education funding is maintained next year, the programme will spend up to ...


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