Naslov
Life after the Phd

Autori
Popović, Helena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Global Supplementary Grant Program-Europe: Spring Conference

Mjesto i datum
Cambridge, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 24.03.2013. - 27.03.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
academia, higher education, public sector, massification, commercialization

Sažetak
In this presentation, I would like to address two broader challenges that every PhD graduate involved within the academia in contemporary Croatia has to face: The first level regards the deep structural changes that occurred with the implementation of the Bologna Declaration, with its three objectives: introduction of the three cycle system (bachelor/master/doctorate), quality assurance and recognition of qualifications and periods of study. This was introduced in the academic year 2005/2006 without any preparations, as a top down decision by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports in Croatia. The results of which are excessive bureaucratization of the entire system, the lack of premises, massification trends, large groups of students, and the overall commercialization of higher education – to mention just a few. The second level regards the positioning of science in the contemporary society. Not only is the budget allocated to public higher educational institutions decreasing from year to year - the public investment into higher education as a proportion of its GDP is lower than that of the EU-27 average - but the previously gained rights of the employees has diminished within the public sector in general as well. These measures are ‘legitimized’ by depicting public institutions as an unnecessary financial burden to society, both by the main political actors and the dominant media. Social sciences and humanities are particularly affected, since their ‘output’ is often not directly linkable to the market. One of the tangible problems that emerge as repercussions of the above mentioned trends is the abatement of academic employment opportunities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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