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de Carreras, Francesc
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
A new era for the European university
La Vanguardia newspaper writes that the Bologna Process will create a new model for university education: "The Bologna Process solemnly marks the end of one era and the start of another for the European university. This change began some time ago. As rash as it may sound, we could put the date at 1968. Since the beginning of the 19th century the university has been a sanctuary of higher education par excellence, or at least it strove to be. From now on this will no longer be the case. The university will be a blend of specialised training programme and technical college, mixed with a small remainder of the former university. I am not saying this is good or bad. Certainly it will answer some of today's social and economic problems. But in return it will also raise others, and in any case it will have important cultural and social consequences."
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No democracy without pluralist media
The debate in Spain over the role of the state in the media is the backdrop against which law professor Francesc de Carreras stresses the need to ensure the independence of the media. "Democracy cannot be reduced to elections. It is also about free, pluralistic, sensible debate, which enables citizens to build their own informed arguments and to vote according to their ideas or interests. There can be no democratic political institutions if there is no free public opinion. But the free play of competition between privately owned media businesses is no guarantee of free public opinion either. Because they play a key role in democracy, they, too, should have to comply with rules."
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