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Occupation of the Autonomous University of Bologna - students complain of a 'market takeover' of higher education (Photo: Gulserendipity)

Academic rebellion against Bolognese bureaucracy justified

Ten years after the start of the ‘Bologna Process' – which aims to make university degrees comparable and compatible across Europe – higher education ministers are meeting to compare notes on 27-29 April. Yet their Louvain meeting is being faced by a counter summit, a ‘European wave' of students and academics opposed to the process.

The Bologna Process has sparked rebellion almost since its inception, including strikes in France in 2002-3 and 2007; 5000 students demonstrating in Zagreb,...

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Occupation of the Autonomous University of Bologna - students complain of a 'market takeover' of higher education (Photo: Gulserendipity)

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