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Civil law professor José Antonio Gómez Cobacho has today taken up his post as chancellor of the University of Murcia after being reelected for another term in elections that were held in late March.

In the event, which was developed in the Social Centre with a large number of officers and members of the university community and representatives of political, economic and social development of the Region of Murcia, also took over the vice presidents that make up the new team .

Joaquín Lomba is Maurandi, secretary general, Jose Maria Ruiz Gomez, Vice Chancellor for Faculty, Concepción Palacios Bernal, Vice President for Studies, Manuel Anton Vidal Sanz, vice president for Institutional Relations and Health Sciences, Pilar Arnaiz Sánchez, rector of International Relations and Innovation, Antonio Calvo-Flores Segura, Vice Chancellor for Economic and Infrastructure, Maria Isabel Sánchez-Mora Molina, rector of Students and Employment; Francisco Guillermo Díaz Baños, Vice Chancellor of University Extension, María de los Ángeles Esteban Abad, Vice President for Coordination & Communication , Juan María Vázquez Rojas, Vice Chancellor for Research, Fernando Martín Rubio, vice president of Strategic Development and Training, and Pedro Gálvez Muñoz, manager.

In his speech, the Rector, who appreciated the participation and support for a community college in the election and had words of praise for the outgoing general secretary, Jose Fulgencio Narrow, reviewed the projects and goals of the University of Murcia for the next years, which he said is at the height of the top Spanish universities.

Cobacho also referred to efforts made by members of the institution to tailor the qualifications to the requirements of the Bologna Process, but admitted that the way to implement the ERA has generated criticism, some justified, among certain sections college, especially among students .

The rector, finally, asking not to fall into conformism and complacency because the University, he said, has room for improvement.

The President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, expressed the hopes and expectations of the Region of Murcia in the proposed Health Campus, for which said there would be to find imaginative ways to their operation.

In this context of economic crisis, the president of the autonomous government welcomed the regional universities are avoiding the difficulties due to the 2007 funding agreement, in contrast to what happened in other communities where they have cut funding for them.

Valcárcel referred to the common goals which has its governance with the University, as the transfer of knowledge to society Murcia point where, in his opinion, needs to be done.

The president congratulated Cobacho and his team and said that in these challenging times is needed for someone like him, his effort and responsibility.

Source: Universidad de Murcia