University and constant education: Chronicle of an educational public service failure

Abstract

Education as a constant process is one of the new university system inspiring ideas. This study analyses the real causes of this orientation. This conception involves a loss of worker’s rights and shows a preference for one aspect of the university working system, professional training, leaving out other relevant elements. The lack of concern when it comes to giving a coherent response to the groups most in need of this training (the long-term unemployed and the young graduates who are unable to merge into the labour market) is particularly highlighted. As opposed to this, the deep attention the University system has paid to make these training needs more profitable, looks, to some extent, shocking to us. All of this is a good proof of the failure of universities in the fulfilment of its tasks as a public service and a sign of the University commercialization process.