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Nepotism: Italian academia is a family business, statistical analysis reveals. Public release date: 3-Aug-2011 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Robert Mitchumrobert.mitchum@uchospitals.edu 773-702-6241University of Chicago Medical Center Unusually high clustering of last names within Italian academic institutions and disciplines indicates widespread nepotism in the country's schools, according to a new computational analysis.

By comparing the frequency of last names among more than 61,000 professors in medicine, engineering, law, and other fields, University of Chicago researcher Stefano Allesina found the pattern to be incompatible with unbiased, equal opportunity hiring. The analysis, published online in the journal PLoS ONE, refutes the notion that recently publicized cases of academic nepotism in Italy were isolated incidents. "It's not a few bad apples, it's really bad," said Allesina, PhD, assistant professor of ecology & evolution. Allesina used the pool of last names to run a simple analysis of name frequency. UNIRIOT Il Network Delle Facoltà Ribelli. Chaîne de Uniriot. Global Project.

Italiaans dorp roept eigen onafhankelijkheid uit - Buitenland. Sacha Kester − 04/09/11, 10:17 © reuters.

Een klein dorpje in centraal Italië heeft de onafhankelijkheid uitgeroepen en is zijn eigen bankbiljetten gaan drukken, uit protest tegen bezuinigingsmaatregelen die door Rome worden opgelegd. © epa.De burgemeester met zijn eigen munt © reuters.Het wapen van Filettino. Alle Italiaanse gemeenten met minder dan 1000 inwoners moeten fuseren met hun buren, en Filettino, dat 550 inwoners telt, moet daar niet aan denken. Ook andere dorpen protesteren hevig. Gekroond tot prinsMaar de burgemeester van Filettino, die zijn baan zou verliezen als de fusie met buurgemeente Trevi doorgaat, had een beter idee.

De burgemeester zegt tegen de BBC dat er enthousiast is gereageerd op de onafhankelijkheid van zijn dorp - dat ook over een eigen wapen en een website beschikt. MIlano corteo studenti - 14 novembre - con "azioni" #15N - Assediamo i Palazzi del Potere, riprendiamoci le Scuole! [diretta dalle piazze!] An account of the day / translation of the students' statement in English Mentre volgono verso la conclusione i cortei che hanno animato questa mattinata di lotta a trazione studentesca in tutta Italia, esponiamo alcune considerazioni sommarie ..

Crediamo sia davvero importante quanto successo oggi: cortei determinati che hanno praticato diversi momenti di riappropriazione, che hanno saputo attaccare i luoghi dell'austerity (comuni,province,regioni), che hanno saputo difendersi dalle provocazioni poliziesche, che hanno saputo legarsi con i comitati di lotta sul terreno dell'abitare e contro le devastazioni ambientali. Particolarmente imponente la mobilitazione palermitana, ma in tutte le principali città in migliaia hanno dimostrato la centralità della componente studentesca all'interno del processo di mobilitazione che si sta sviluppando intorno allo slogan "Una sola grande opera, casa e reddito per tutt*! " Ascolta il contributo con Nanni del KSA Torino (Radio Onda d'Urto) Ada_bologna : #15N #Bologna sanzionamento... 15MBcn_int : Mañana #15N habrá una... EnricoMazzo : A #vicenza gli studenti... Manifestazione Studentesca 15/11/13 Kollettivo Studenti in Lotta.

#15Novembre: l'assedio non si ferma! MANIFESTAZIONE NAZIONALE. MOBILITAZIONE NAZIONALE STUDENTESCA. CORTEO STUDENTESCO 15 NOVEMBRE!!! #15NOV ♦ CORTEO NAZIONALE ♦ Assediamoli. #15N CORTEO_ri vendichiamo sapere e futuro, anche gli studenti si sollevano! #15N CORTEO NAZIONALE - OCCUPIAMO LE SCUOLE, ASSEDIAMO I PALAZZI DEL POTERE. #15N CORTEO NAZIONALE - OCCUPIAMO LE SCUOLE, ASSEDIAMO I PALAZZI DEL POTERE. #15Nov SOLLEVAZIONE STUDENTESCA NAZIONALE @RAVENNA! #15N-TORINO-CORTEO NAZIONALE. 15 NOV. CORTEO STUDENTESCO DEGLI STUDENTI MEDI IN MOBILITAZIONE. Infoaut : #15N #Torino la polizia fa... Studenti Indipendenti - Torino. RETE dellaConoscenza (reteconoscenza) sur Twitter. Cua Bologna (CuaBologna) sur Twitter.

Infoaut (Infoaut) sur Twitter. UnionedegliStudenti (UdS_Studenti) sur Twitter. StudentiIndipendenti (SI_Torino) sur Twitter. UDU Palermo (udu_palermo) sur Twitter. LabCom Bologna (LabComBologna) sur Twitter. Udu-sind.studentesco (udu_sind) sur Twitter. Milano, Italy: Police Violently Charge Students March Against Education Cuts. Dec 16, University Students gathered to protest against cuts to public education and the refinancing of private schools.

During a budget session of the regional council to discuss and vote on the budget package that confirms the public funding of € 30 million to private schools, but at the same time download on the shoulders of families the full weight of budget cuts, reducing the funding of “dowry for income support” from 23.5 million to 5 million and eliminating even the one for “merit”, which would decrease from 5 million to zero.

Students marched with banners critizing the ‘bleeding dry of public education’ and the politics of Maroni: “neither Maroni, nor pitchforks.” The police response was not long in coming: with violent and indiscriminate charges to disperse the procession. Due to the violent police charges and resistance of students the meeting of the Board has been suspended for now. SourcesDynamoPressRepubblica.