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HRK General Assembly 2005: "Financing Universities – Financing the Future"
The General Assembly of the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz – HRK) will be held in Munich on 2 and 3 May this year. In talks with politicians and with representatives of business and industry, the press and media, the heads of the universities plan to discuss how the financing of universities can be secured for the future and sensibly organised.The Bavarian Minister President Edmund Stoiber will hold the keynote speech.
Three discussion rounds will additionally examine the topic. These will address the needs for and requirements of higher education, respectively, investments in science and research despite the dire public finances situation, and, finally, ideal higher education structures and legislative frameworks for productive academic work. Among others, the President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), Professor Dr. Johanna Wanka, the Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of Finances, Gernot Mittler, and the Senator for Science and Research in Hamburg, Dr. Jörg Dräger, have confirmed their participation in the panel discussions.
The German Rectors' Conference sees itself as the Voice of the German Universities. It is the voluntary association of currently 262 state (public) and state-recognised universities. More than 98% of all students in Germany are matriculated in its member institutions. Practically all types of higher education institutions are represented: besides the universities and the Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences), these are also the universities of education, the colleges of art and music, and the church and theological colleges.
To access the full programme for the General Assembly please go to the website: http://www.hrk.de/de/home/1789_2466.php.
If you wish to attend, please register with the HRK Press Office by sending an e-mail to: presse@hrk.de.
The President of the HRK will be holding a press conference at the venue on 2 May. This will begin at 13.30. The HRK will be sending out separate invitations to this.
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