RE: [mcfa-es] recognition of academic titles/SOLVIT

["Aaike Oosterkamp" <aaikeoosterkamp@DROPMEhotmail.com>]

Hi,

What would happen if all European states would have similar procedures? Then 
no-one would be able to hold a university position outside his own country.
To me these procedures are 'import' restrictions imposed by the Spanish 
government : 'Let's make sure that no foreigner ever gets a Spanish 
university position'.

I think that Mark van Raay has done a great job with his letter to the EC 
parlament. Let's hope that the infrignment procedure that the EU has started 
against Spain has some result.


Cheers,

Aaike Oosterkamp




> From: "Erik-jan Malta" <erih.malta@DROPMEuca.es>
> To: "MCFA ES list" <mcfa-es@DROPMEmariecurie.org>, <mcfa-int@DROPMEmariecurie.org>
> Subject: [mcfa-es] recognition of academic titles/SOLVIT
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:07:58 +0200
>
> Dear all,
> Those of the Spanish MCFA list are familiar with this case, I'll shortly 
> explain for the others. I hold a Dutch PhD title in sciences from the 
> university in Nijmegen. I am living in Spain and trying to apply for a job 
> as assistent professor at a spanish university. This means trouble. All (or 
> most there might be some good ones around) universities and other 
> government institutes do not accept the foreign title but require a 
> so-called homologation by the spanish ministry of both the PhD and MSc 
> title. This procedure costs about 300 euors and takes 6 months at the very 
> least, usually longer - check the MCFA-ES archives for horror stories on 
> this subject. The point is, that to my (and others) best knowledge this is 
> illegal and Dr titles should be accepted in the entire EU. However, when I 
> try to apply for a job they always exclude me because of this. I am now 
> going to try and fight it using the SOLVIT agencies of the EU DG Internal 
> Market. Therefore I would like to know if there is anyone among you who 
> tried this before and what your experiences are. I am also very interested 
> if someone has tried to fight a similar problem in Spain or another 
> European country before. Let's try to break down these mobility barriers!
> Thanks,
> Erik.
>
> Dr. Erik-jan Malta
>
> Dpto. de Biología
> Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
> Universidad de Cádiz
> Pol. Río San Pedro S/N
> 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz)
> Spain
>
> Tel. +34 956 016026
> Fax +34 956016019

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