A Note on University Autonomy and the New Law on Higher Education in Serbia

At the invitation of Prof. Fuada Stankovic, Rector of the University of Novi Sad, recent signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum, the Observatory of the University Fundamental Values and Rights, in Bologna, delegated two of its members, Prof. Michael Daxner, former President of the University of Oldenburg and former International Administrator for Education in Kosovo, and Dr. Kenneth Edwards, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester and former President of the Association of European Universities, to discuss with representatives of all universities in Serbia the conditions of academic development - as envisaged by the new law on higher education. They were accompanied by Dr. Andris Barblan, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory.

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