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UDC Labels USC 'Inflexible' in Stalled Talks on Galicia’s Medicine Degree Overhaul

Control over who convenes new hospital‑linked professorships remains the sticking point in rectors’ closed‑door negotiations.

Overview

  • USC has rejected the seven‑point decentralization proposal backed by UVigo’s governing council, and the universities granted a one‑month extension to keep negotiating.
  • UVigo seeks to call at least half of the new Medicine teaching posts in its area and UDC is pushing for roughly 75%, while USC clings to the 2015 framework’s 15% reference and resists ceding convening rights.
  • Sources say USC made initial concessions in the latest trilateral meeting, yet the impasse on titularity of new posts persists.
  • UDC rector Ricardo Cao offered to collaborate to ease USC’s practical‑training strain from cohorts of up to 403 students, even as he continues to advocate for a standalone UDC medical faculty.
  • Galicia’s health chief urged “work” and “generosity,” USC criticized a breach of the agreed single spokesperson and plans a press conference next week, a group meeting is scheduled for Friday, and UVigo declined comment.