The university as a right

On November 5th and 6th, the International Congress " The University as a Right. Perspectives from the South " was held at the National University of Quilmes, Argentina, with the participation of leading figures in the field of study and debate on university issues, as well as representatives of higher education unions from different regions of the world.

CLACSO Radio consulted Yamile Socolovsky (Conadu), Alejandro Villar (Rector of UNQ), Fernanda Saforcada (IEC-Conadu, UBA, UNSAM), Freddy Álvarez (Rector of the National University of Ecuador) and, for CLACSO, Karina Batthyánny (Executive Secretary) and Nicolás Arata (Director of Training and Editorial Production).

On the 70th anniversary of the elimination of tuition fees for university studies in Argentina, in a context of global advancement of the neoliberal project of commodification of all spheres of life, whose consequences are also seen in the university sphere, CONADU, the National Federation of University Teachers, convened this space for debate and political positioning of the status of education and knowledge as a personal and collective human right, as a common and strategic good for the exercise of sovereignty.

The Congress also hosted an exchange between university teachers' unions from Germany (GEW), Argentina (CONADU), Brazil (PROIFES), Canada (CAUT), Chile (FAUECH), Colombia (ASPU), Palestine (PPU) and the Dominican Republic (FAPROUASD).