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2009 December 21st

• Out of 2100 research positions that were promised by th Education Minister, only 696 really exist

 2009 december 11th

• Success for the national protest and strike of public services including knowledge workers and students ; incidents between students and police
• Video : tensions between students and the police

 2009 November : Wide protests against the Gelmini reform of research (researchers recruited on contracts only) and universities (increased power for presidents, 40% of external persons in direction boards, students grants mainly based on academic performance :

• For the content of the reform http://www.repubblica.it/2009/01/sezioni/scuola_e_universita/servizi/universita-2009-1/riforma-cdm/riforma-cdm.html
• For the reactions (occupation of the Education Ministery, sit-in in front of local State headquarters , and national demonstration in Roma) http://www.repubblica.it/2009/01/sezioni/scuola_e_universita/servizi/universita-2009-1/reazioni-riforma/reazioni-riforma.html
• "Appello per l’Universita’ pubblica" :http://www.aprileonline.info/notizia.php?id=13439

 2009 June

• Due to the fact that retired professors are not replaced, faculty staff is increasingly becoming old
• Faculty staff teach without being paid

 2009 March Knowledge workers on strike

 2009 February

• One reaction among many to Budget cuts
• Courses suppressions follow budgets cuts in universities