INFORMAZIONI UNIVERSITARIE

Since 2009, research centers and universities have seen their budgets cut by about 30% and 50% respectively. Salaries of scientists and faculty members have been cut by about 30%, leaving a typical lecturer/researcher with only €1,000 to take home each month. In 2003 the budget for research as a percentage of the GDP stood at 0.5% which in 2012 became 0.67% of a falling GDP (GDP has fallen by 25% in the last 6 years). The 2014 education budget will reduce funds by another billion, effectively condemning Greek science to a state of dormancy. There are no signs that the Greek government understands that long-term commitment to funding science and education must be part of the strategy to boost economic growth. The unemployment rate among young people has reached almost 60% and the best brains are flying away to join the 130,000 Greek graduates who, according to a 2011 estimate, are already living and working outside the country. Greek brain drain has reached alarming levels. There are no clear figures but according to a recent poll, 53% of university-age Greeks are considering emigration, and 17% have already made plans to emigrate.
(Fonte: http://tinyurl.com/p6dc4vv 20-09-2014)