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[โ€“] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Is it? We are completely underfunded and for our local universities 50-70% of buildings are in dire need of renovations. Granted, this has been exacerbated by the current administration, but the problems with the buildings have been brewing for years/decades.

I am in Berlin btw.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Real question: In which country is research properly funded?

    I heard that the issue in Germany is that the buildings are not funded nationally.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I am not exactly sure how the financing works. The city made the current cuts to the budget, so I guess they are least finance a part of the universities.

    In theory the TU Berlin has the money to renovate one of their most important buildings (physics), but as far as I know the proposal was turned down (either internally or externally)

    So yeah, half of the physics department is kind of losing their workplace and laboratories right now. They even had a nobel laureate from japan write the mayor to say: "this research is important, they need the funding if we are to work with the TU in the future"

    Sorry for ranting. It's a heated topic for me

    Edit: we are also talking about stuff like the ceiling coming down, no running water or (the opposite) pipes bursting. Some buildings are permanently closed now

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It sounds like TU Berlin doesn't have a facility management function or contractor. Very bizarre.

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