Academic council wants revised criteria for senior roles

Italy should give universities more flexibility over who they recruit and appoint, group says

Italy’s National University Council (CUN), which represents the country’s academics, has formally asked for a revision of the criteria used to grant the ‘habilitation’ qualification needed for advancement to senior academic positions in the country.

It comes as the list of recognised disciplines used to categorise researchers seeking the qualification is being reduced from about 370 categories to 192.