80 students and lecturers met today for a rally on Odeonsplatz in Munich.
You criticize the planned reforms of the Bavarian Higher Education Act.
Munich
- Behind Christmas trees and the Feldherrnhalle, around 80 students, professors and interested parties have come
together for a rally
on Munich's
Odeonsplatz
.
In
several speeches, the
Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative
heavily criticized the planned reforms of the
Bavarian University Act
.
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Natan Wille (19) is a sociology and philosophy student at LMU.
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“I think the planned amendment to the Bavarian University Act is terrible, for the students and the lecturers.
I consider the freedom of science to be extremely important.
It seems as if the will is there to invest less money in education at colleges and universities.
In the future it will be like this: If money is missing somewhere, we are missing it first.
The STEM sciences have their investors. "
Natan will
In the future, universities should become more entrepreneurial.
An approach that bitterly offends the students and lecturers concerned.
"I am strictly against the economization of the university," said Eduard Meusel into his microphone.
“The university is a place of knowledge acquisition.” Meusel, the organizer of the event, is himself a
lecturer for indigenous languages
at the
Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich
.
A subject that only two dozen students enroll in each semester.
That's why the course is particularly at risk, said Meusel.
In contrast to the natural sciences, computer science, technology or mathematics (MINT sciences), it is
difficult to show the economic added value
in smaller subjects in the
humanities and social sciences
.
However, they are just as important.
"We are very concerned about whether we will still be able to carry out our science properly in the future, or whether it will still exist," Meusel said to the crowd.
“We don't want to compete with the
STEM sciences
.
Your support is important, but so is ours. "
Reforms could have dire consequences for the humanities and social sciences
However, the financial difference to the STEM sciences has already been noticeable in recent years.
The reforms, which are to be decided in the spring, could put an end to the small subjects of the humanities and social sciences.
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Susanne Lüdemann (60) is professor for modern German literature at LMU.
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“I'm here out of solidarity with my employees.
The planned changes to the Bavarian Higher Education Act are not in order.
The universities are being completely converted to usable and measurable knowledge.
What we do in the humanities and social sciences no longer occurs.
I am also bothered by the restructuring of the universities.
They should become companies. "
Susanne Lüdemann
