At the Complutense Faculty of Information Sciences, the walls need to be repainted, but as they have not yet been able to be repaired, a tarpaulin occupies the entire wall.
The lack of maintenance is one of the obvious consequences of the underfinancing provided by the rectors who have supported for 15 years with a frozen investment out of 7 and a half million. The vice dean of communications, Cristóbal Fernández, denounces that “investments” are necessary to be able to repair these things.
For his part, the dean of Information Sciences, Jorge Clemente, asks “that basic needs and services be covered to be able to attend classes.” “There were years when due to breakdowns we were at 13 degrees”he added.
Community transfers to these universities have only increased by 5% since 2009 while the cost of living has increased by 35%, which inevitably also harms conditions for workers.
The spokesperson for CSIF Madrid, Paula Coello, denounces “the ridiculous increase in the 2025 budget of the Community of Madrid”. This disproportion inevitably also weighs on conditions of workers.
The dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences of the Complutense University, Antonio Bru, explains that “the models are more and more delayed“. “The models of university professors and the models of service administration personnel. There is a natural aging that we cannot cover and we cannot increase the workforce,” insists the dean. To this, we must also add the temporary nature of the contracts, which, according to them, is almost 50%. .
Ayuso maneuvers to receive the 169 million for the public university
The Government of Madrid announced that it would finally subscribe to the María Goyri program through which the Central Government would finance the recruitment of around 650 teachers for the public university in exchange for the Community to do the same with 435 others. However, those from Ayuso announce that they are “working on an alternative proposal to the agreement, which they will send to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities so that it can be signed.” by all parties as soon as possible A proposal which, for the most popular, would be “adapted to the reality of Madrid”.
The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, does not trust this hypothetical rectification. In addition, sources from the ministry confirm to laSexta that nothing is being negotiated, that they have not received any proposals and that they have not even responded to the agreement sent two months ago to the regional government for Ayuso to sign it. “It is a pretext with which Ayuso wants to take the pressure off,” they add. At the press conference following the Council of Ministers, Morant was energetic. “It seems that he is saying that he will come back. I don’t know whether I should be happy with the title or think that we are again faced with a new excuse not to sign,” the minister said.
.
