Interview with Francisco Michavila

Abstract

“We must position the university in the centre of the social scenery and make it an engine of economic growth, quality of life and social cohesion and progress”

Francisco Michavila, director of the UNESCO Chair of University Management and Policy at the Technical University of Madrid spoke to us of the main challenges that must be faced by the Spanish higher education system within the European Higher Education Area. He also spoke about the role the university should play in society from the perspective of social responsibility. Francisco Michavila took part in the round table entitled “Accreditation in the EHEA” during the Third International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education: “Accreditation for the Quality Assurance: What is at Stake?”