Fish oil effects on kids’ IQ questioned

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A new study conducted at the University of Granada in Spain says taking fish oil during pregnancy has nothing to do with the babies’ intelligence.

Previous studies said adding omega-3 fatty acids including DHA and EPA to pregnant women’s diets could have a positive impact on both the «visual and cognitive development of the child.»

The new study, however, showed that taking fish oil during pregnancy does not seem to increase the intelligence of their progeny once the kids hit six years of age.

Researchers gave the pregnant women either fish oil, fish oil with folate, folate alone, or a placebo and six years later tested their children’s intelligence through a series of definite tests.

Findings showed that children of the mothers in any of the four groups had no significant difference regarding their IQ.

«We observed no significant effect of supplementation on the cognitive function of children, but maternal DHA status may be related to later cognitive function in children,» Dr. Cristina Campoy and colleagues wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Scientists didn’t record and analyze the studied kids’ diet from the time of their birth until they turned six years old, which may possibly have influenced their brain development after birth.

Some other studies have recently questioned the benefits of taking fish oil during pregnancy. A recent Australian study found that DHA did not help the visual development of babies while two other studies say the supplements neither prevent postpartum depression in mothers nor improve cognitive development or acquisition of language in babies.

Some experts, however, believe there are other reasons to take omega-3s during pregnancy besides hoping that the kids may become smarter.

The conflicting studies may confuse some women in deciding whether to take the fish oil supplements during pregnancy or not. Experts say the question may not be answered with confidence by now but women may get the best advice from their trusted doctors.
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New ‘intelligence’ on fish oil pills

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There is some evidence that taking fish oil pills during pregnancy can help children’s brain development, but a Spanish study suggests that the supplements make no difference in measures of intellect when the children are six years old.
The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, support the results of an earlier Norwegian study that also found no differences in IQ among seven-year-olds whose mothers did or did not take fish oil supplements while pregnant and breastfeeding.
Fatty acids, such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), that are found in fish and other foods, are considered to be important for the developing foetus.
The question has been whether adding more of these fats to mothers’ diets through supplements will further benefit the baby.
The researchers did find, though, that the children of women who had high levels of DHA in their red blood cells around the time they gave birth scored above average on the intelligence tests at age six.
“We observed no significant effect of supplementation on the cognitive function of children, but maternal DHA status may be related to later cognitive function in children,” wrote Cristina Campoy at the University of Granada in Spain, who led the study.
The mothers with high DHA in their red blood cells were not necessarily given fish oil supplements – rather, the result could reflect mothers’ intake of DHA from various sources over a longer period of time.
This could mean that long-term fatty acid intake “is more beneficial than receiving supplementation alone during pregnancy”, the researchers wrote.
The current study did not measure the diets of the children, something that could have influenced the results, said Ingrid Helland at Oslo University Hospital, who led the earlier Norwegian research.
“It might be that subtle beneficial effects of (prenatal fish oil) supplementation are being overshadowed by other factors (genetics, social stimulation, nutrition etc),” Helland wrote in an e-mail to Reuters Health.
But she is not totally abandoning the idea that taking fish oil might be beneficial.
“If a friend would ask me if she should take supplements or not, I would recommend supplementation, but emphasise that we still do not have any scientific proof that it benefits the child,” she added. – Reuters

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Se clausura la primera edición del curso “Diploma de Especialización en Asesoramiento Financiero”

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  • El acto tendrá lugar hoy martes, 4 de octubre, a las 18 horas en el Salón de Actos de la Sede Central de Caja Rural de Granada

El curso “Diploma de Especialización en Asesoramiento Financiero. I Edición”, finalizado en septiembre, culmina hoy con la entrega de diplomas. Este programa formativo ha sido diseñado a medida por parte de la Fundación General Universidad de Granada-Empresa con objeto de proporcionar al personal de Caja Rural de Granada la formación necesaria para acceder a la acreditación DAF expedida por la delegación española de la European Financial Planning Association (EFPA).

En el diseño del curso ha participado activamente el Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad de la Universidad de Granada. Han formado parte de la iniciativa un total de 50 profesionales de Caja Rural de Granada, desde marzo hasta septiembre de 2011.

Programa completo

El programa ha contado con una total de 227 horas, distribuidas de la siguiente forma: 82 horas de clases presenciales; 105 horas de tutorización específica tras las sesiones y trabajo del alumno y 40 horas de evaluación y seguimiento del desarrollo del curso por parte de la dirección académica y atención al alumno.

El título ha sido reconocido por la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad de Granada como titulo propio y ha sido impartido por profesores de la Universidad de Granada, así como profesionales de reconocido prestigio relacionados con la materia objeto de la actividad formativa.

CONVOCATORIA:

  • Día: Martes 4 Octubre
  • Hora: 18:00 horas
  • Lugar: Salón de Actos. Sede Central de Caja Rural de Granada

Intervienen en la Mesa de Clausura:

  • Dimas Rodríguez Rute. Director General de Caja Rural de Granada
  • Alfonso Roa Díaz-Regañón. Presidente del Comité de Certificación y Acreditación de EFPA.
  • José Manuel Aguayo Moral. Director Académico
  • Cipriano Palomar García. Jefe de Formación y Empleo de la Fundación General Universidad de Granada-Empresa

Fish oil pills don’t improve children’s intellect

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The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, support the results of an earlier Norwegian study that also found no differences in IQ among seven-year-olds whose mothers did or did not take fish oil supplements while pregnant and breastfeeding.

There is some evidence that taking fish oil pills during pregnancy can help children’s brain development, but a Spanish study suggests that the supplements make no difference in measures of intellect when the children are six years old.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, support the results of an earlier Norwegian study that also found no differences in IQ among seven-year-olds whose mothers did or did not take fish oil supplements while pregnant and breastfeeding.

Fatty acids, such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), that are found in fish and other foods, are considered to be important for the developing fetus. The question has been whether adding more of these fats to mothers’ diets through supplements will further benefit the baby.

The researchers did find, though, that the children of women who had high levels of DHA in their red blood cells around the time they gave birth scored above average on the intelligence tests at age six.

“We observed no significant effect of supplementation on the cognitive function of children, but maternal DHA status may be related to later cognitive function in children,” wrote Cristina Campoy at the University of Granada in Spain, who led the study.

The mothers with high DHA in their red blood cells were not necessarily given fish oil supplements — rather, the result could reflect mothers’ intake of DHA from various sources over a longer period of time.

This could mean that long term fatty acid intake “is more beneficial than receiving supplementation alone during pregnancy,” the researchers wrote.

The current study did not measure the diets of the children, something that could have influenced the results, said Ingrid Helland at Oslo University Hospital, who led the earlier Norwegian research.

“It might be that subtle beneficial effects of (prenatal fish oil) supplementation are being overshadowed by other factors (genetics, social stimulation, nutrition etc),” Helland wrote in an email to Reuters Health.

But she is not totally abandoning the idea that taking fish oil might be beneficial.
“If a friend would ask me if she should take supplements or not, I would recommend supplementation, but emphasize that we still do not have any scientific proof that it benefits the child,” she added.
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Miscarriage indictor ‘found in plasma’

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A new study may have highlighted a previously unknown contributory factor of miscarriages.

The Miscarriage Association states that the complication affects around 25 per cent of pregnancies in the UK. Now, doctors at the University of Granada have found that low levels of copper and zinc in the maternal plasma have a correlation with a higher chance of miscarriage.

«Despite the significant progress made in reproductive medicine, spontaneous abortion is still the most frequent complication during pregnancy,» said Jesus Joaquin Hijona Elosegui, a researcher at the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Granada.

In addition to blood tests, patients in the study were asked to participate in ultrasound scans and questionnaires.

These tests allowed the researchers to analyse valuable information about other variables such as homocysteine, iodine and folate supplements, thyroid dysfunction and the consumption of drugs in the crucial first weeks of pregnancy – when most miscarriages occur.

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Fish Oil Doesn’t Improve Kids’ Cognition

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A new study suggests that fish oil supplements do not make any difference in the intellect of kids, when they reach six years old. This is in contrast with the previous evidences that taking fish oil supplements during pregnancy speeds up the brain development of the child.

This recent study is also in support to the earlier Norwegian research which found no significant difference between kids of mothers who did or did not fish oil pills during their pregnancy and lactation. DHA or docosahexaenoic acid—type of fatty acid found in fish oil and other foods are said to be      significant in the fetal development. The question which remains unresolved is whether an increase of the amount of intake of this fatty acid will further benefit the baby’s development.

In the said experiment, the researchers interviewed expectant mothers during the mid-second to third trimester of their pregnancy and encouraged them to take fish oil, fish oil with folate supplement, folate pill, and another pill which contains no supplement at all (placebo type).

Dr. Cristina Campoy of the University of Granada, Spain facilitated an intelligence test about seven years later among 154 kids borne to those mothers who were involved in the study. As for the results of the test, the kids were said to have performed similarly and equally, regardless of the type of pill their mothers took during pregnancy. However, as published in the journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the study does not connote that fatty acids such as DHA are not important in the course of the pregnancy.

One important finding of the study is that the children of women with high DHA levels around their red blood cells during their delivery scored above average on the intelligence tests at six years old. The abovementioned mothers did not necessarily take fish oil supplements. The researchers said that the results might be a reflection of the mothers DHA intake from over a long period of time, even before they got pregnant. This might also mean that taking fatty acid supplements for a longer term is far more beneficial than receiving supplements during the term of pregnancy alone.

Also, a recent study conducted in Australia also found out that additional DHA supplements did not improve the visual development of the babies.

One of the delimitations of this study is that it did not focus on the diet of the children, which may have brought about any significant difference in terms of their performance in the IQ Test, according to Dr. Ingrid Helland at Oslo University Hospital, lead researcher of the earlier Norwegian study.

“It might be that subtle beneficial effects of (prenatal fish oil) supplementation are being overshadowed by other factors (genetics, social stimulation, nutrition etc),” Helland said in an email.

However, she’s not giving up on the possibility that fish oil might be of benefit to brain development as the results of the taking fish oil may manifest in the long run. This study only measured the effects of fish oil supplements during their 6th year.

“If a friend would ask me if she should take supplements or not, I would recommend supplementation, but emphasize that we still do not have any scientific proof that it benefits the child,” Helland added.
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Low zinc and copper levels might cause spontaneous abortion

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his hypothesis had never been proven before in humans, and it has been demonstrated by University of Granada researchers. Spontaneous abortion is estimated to affect 15 percent of women, mainly in the first trimester of pregnancy
Scientists at the University of Granada have confirmed that a low plasma level of copper and zinc in pregnant women may be a factor associated with spontaneous abortion, a hypothesis that had not been confirmed to date, and which had never been proven in humans before.

For the purpose of this study, 265 pregnant women participated in the tests. From these 265 women, 132 had suffered a spontaneous miscarriage during that year. The rest (other 133) were women with evolutionary pregnancy, selected among pregnant women attending an scheduled birth control appointment. All of them underwent an ultrasound examination, and were taken a blood sample for laboratory tests. Additionally, they were asked to answer a questionnaire. In total, 131 variables were assessed from each participant.

Differences in plasma concentrations

The data obtained from the group of women who had suffered a miscarriage were compared with those obtained from the group of women with a normal process of pregnancy. The results proved the existence of differences in maternal plasma concentrations of copper and zinc. This finding suggests that maternal deficiency of one or both trace elements may be associated with the occurrence of spontaneous abortion, which opens new and interesting lines of research in this area so far unexplored.

Apart from the influence that copper and zinc may have on the occurrence of abortions, the research conducted at the UGR has provided relevant information about other variables previously studied, but significantly unknown as homocysteine​​, preconception and prenatal supplementation with iodine and folate, thyroid dysfunction or consumption of drugs in the first weeks of pregnancy.

This study was carried out by Jesús Joaquín Hijona Elósegui, a researcher at the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Granada, and conducted by professors Manuel García Morillas and Juan Antonio Maldonado Jurado.

UGR scientists determined that most of pregnancies (64 percent) that ended in abortion in the study were planned, although only 12 percent of patients had used the recommended supplements of iodine and folate before attempting pregnancy (These substances have been proven to decrease the rate of abortions and malformations). In addition, a third of the women who had a miscarriage reported to be regular smokers and 16.6 percent regularly consumed coffee at a dose that exceeded the abortifacient and teratogenic threshold. The consumption of tobacco and caffeine on certain doses has been strongly associated with the occurrence of spontaneous abortion.

During pregnancy, 81.07 percent of the women who suffered a miscarriage had taken some drug officially contraindicated during pregnancy, and 13.63 percent were exposed to some drug considered dangerous during pregnancy.

The most frequent complication

As doctor Hijona points out “despite the significant progress made in reproductive medicine, spontaneous abortion is still the most frequent complication during pregnancy. It is estimated to affect 15 percent of pregnant women, mainly during the first trimester. Although most of the time it is not recurring, there is a recurrence of two to five percent among women who have already suffered a miscarriage.”

There are data available showing an increase in the number of miscarriages among the Spanish population. In recent years, the number of pregnant women who suffers a miscarriage has increased gradually. This is not only due to the increase in the number of pregnancies, but also to the increase in the percentage of miscarriages –from 10.39 percent in 2003 to 13.70 percent in 2010).

The results obtained in this study were published in the Spanish journals Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología (the official journal of the Spanish Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics), in Toko-Ginecología Práctica, and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Contact: Jesús Joaquín Hijona Elósegui. Department of Pharmacology. University of Granada. Cell phone: 0034 649 756 963. E-mail address: jesushijona@gmail.com
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Zinc deficiency ups miscarriage risk

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New Delhi: A new study from the University of Granada has for the first time confirmed that low blood levels of copper and zinc in pregnant women may be a factor associated with spontaneous abortion.

The hypothesis had not been confirmed to date, and had never been proven in humans before.

Jesus Joaquin Hijona Elosegui, a researcher at the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Granada, and his colleagues looked at 265 pregnant women, of which 132 suffered a spontaneous miscarriage during that year.

All study participants underwent an ultrasound examination, and were taken a blood sample for laboratory tests.

The results proved the existence of differences in maternal plasma concentrations of copper and zinc.

The finding suggests that maternal deficiency of one or both trace elements may be associated with the occurrence of spontaneous abortion, which opens new and interesting lines of research in this area so far unexplored.

The results were published in the Spanish journals Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecologia , in Toko-Ginecologia Practica , and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology .

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La Madraza cuenta su historia

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  • Durante el mes de octubre las cátedras “Emilio García Gómez” y “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz” se dan cita en el emblemático edificio de la UGR con actividades en las que se da cuenta de la historia de la que fue primera Universidad árabe de Occidente

La historia de La Madraza es el centro neurálgico de las actividades programadas en este monumento nazarí para el mes de octubre por el Secretariado de Extensión Universitaria.

En el remodelado edificio se dan cita durante el mes de octubre, entre otras actividades, las cátedras “Emilio García Gómez” y “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”, con un motivo central: la historia, el patrimonio y la cultura de la llamada “Casa de la Ciencia”, que fuera inaugurada por el rey nazarí Yusuf I en 1349, y que albergara durante siglos distintas dependencias públicas hasta convertirse en sede cultural de la Universidad de Granada.

Así, entre otras actividades culturales, La Madraza contará su historia en la voz de conferenciantes especialistas.

El programa de octubre es el siguiente:

Actividades: Día 18, martes

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “La madraza yusufiyya en el contexto histórico de la Granada nazarí”
  • A cargo de: Emilio Molina López
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Emilio García Gómez”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 19.30 h.

Día 19, miércoles

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “La Madraza de Yusuf I, foco cultural de la Granada nazarí”
  • A cargo de: Celia del Moral Molina
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Emilio García Gómez”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 19.30 h.

Día 20, jueves

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “Estudio previo a la restauración de las yeserías del Oratorio de La Madraza. Materiales y técnica de ejecución”
  • A cargo de: Ana García Bueno y Víctor Medina
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Día 24, lunes

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “La intervención arqueológica y la rehabilitación de la Madraza”
  • A cargo de: Antonio Malpica Cuello
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Día 25, martes

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “La Madraza: historia artística de un edificio excepcional”
  • A cargo de: José Manuel Gómez Moreno Calera
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Día 26, miércoles

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “Los caballeros 24: una élite de poder en la Granada de la Edad Moderna”
  • A cargo de: Enrique Soria Mesa
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Día 27, jueves

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Conferencia: “La restauración arquitectónica de la Madraza”
  • A cargo de: Pedro Salmerón
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Antonio Domínguez Ortiz”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Salón de Caballeros XXIV
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Día 28, viernes

  • Ciclo: “La Madraza de Granada: Historia, patrimonio y cultura”
  • Concierto: Grupo Zéjel. “La memoria de Oriente. De la música cristiana a las melodías orientales”
  • Organiza: Cátedra “Emilio García Gómez”
  • Lugar: Palacio de la Madraza. Sala del Mural
  • Hora: 20.00 h.

Claves para conseguir fondos de investigación

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Organizado por Universia y SCIMAGO, llega el seminario «Visibilidad internacional de la investigación», que se desarrollará del 21 al 23 de noviembre en EE.UU, impartido por los reconocidos investigadores españoles Félix de Moya y Atilio Bustos. Está dirigido a los responsables e interesados en mejorar y destacar la exploración generada en el sector académico, y así lograr un posicionamiento de calidad y exitoso a nivel mundial.

En una nueva iniciativa de Universia, con la colaboración de SCIMAGO, un renombrado grupo de investigadores dedicado al análisis de información y desarrollo de herramientas de ranking sobre investigación desarrollará el seminario «Visibilidad internacional de la investigación».

El encuentro está dirigido a los responsables e interesados en mejorar y destacar la investigación generada en el sector académico para lograr un posicionamiento de calidad y exitoso a nivel internacional. Se llevará a cabo el 21, 22 y 23 de noviembre en el Hotel Conrad de Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos, bajo la asesoría de los reconocidos investigadores españoles Félix de Moya y Atilio Bustos.

Durante tres días, vicerrectores de investigación, responsables de la dirección y gestión de la investigación universitaria y directores de centros de investigación públicos y privados fortalecerán sus herramientas de reforzamiento enfocadas a los canales de investigación, y obtendrán ejemplos tangibles para mejorar la investigación académica de sus instituciones.

Los objetivos generales del seminario son:

>    Conocer las mejores prácticas para lograr la calidad, visibilidad y excelencia de la investigación académica.
>    Identificar las mejores fuentes de información para el análisis y la evaluación científica.
>    Conocer las mejores herramientas de evaluación de la investigación.
>    Identificar los mejores medios para difundir las investigaciones con el fin de alcanzar una mayor visibilidad nacional e internacional.
>    Formar parte de una red de trabajo que permita a los participantes involucrarse en la reflexión y constante diálogo sobre la investigación académica en Iberoamérica y la visibilidad de ésta internacionalmente.

Es importante destacar que el seminario será impartido por dos expertos en materia de investigación académica: Félix de  Moya y Anegón, doctor por la Universidad de Granada en Filosofía y Letras  desde 1992. Es investigador principal de la Unidad Asociada de Grupo SCImago, y se destaca por desarrollar proyectos tales como  “Ranking Iberoamericano de Instituciones de Investigación – RI3”, “SCImago Journal & Country Rank-SJR”, “SCImago Institutions Rankings” y el proyecto “Atlas de la Ciencia”, el cual se encuentra en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú, Portugal y Venezuela.

El otro invitado es Atilio Antonio Bustos González, quien cuenta con una Maestría en  Gestión y Política Universitaria por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Es investigador asociado de Grupo SCImago. Entre sus proyectos más destacados, se encuentran “Atlas de la Ciencia, Ranking Iberoamericano de Instituciones de Investigación” y “SCImago Journal & Country Rank”.

Vale remarcar que Universia, en colaboración con entidades internacionales vinculadas a la educación superior, impulsa seminarios que promueven el cambio y la innovación, además de  ayudar a generar nuevas oportunidades para la comunidad universitaria. El objetivo y los contenidos de estos seminarios atienden a la demanda de gestores y directivos universitarios, pertenecientes a las 1.216 universidades iberoamericanas socias.

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El Universidad arranca la Liga con un empate en casa

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El partido entre el Universidad de Granada y el Ciudad de Jerez, estreno granadino de la temporada oficial en categoría femenina, acabó en empate, con gran igualdad entre los dos contendientes, cuando quizás fue el Jerez el que se mostró menos nervioso y con más seguridad en la cancha del equipo granadino.
La primera parte era de claro dominio granadino con Jerez jugando al contragolpe y llegando de manera más clara al área granadina con Isa eliminando el peligro. El control del juego no iba acompañado de ocasiones ya que apenas se tiró a portería, el juego de contragolpe se vio favorecido por el excesivo nerviosismo del Universidad de Granada, que aún llevando la iniciativa daba ventaja al contrario con pases errados.
En la segunda parte el equipo local salió con menos nervios, por lo que hubo bastante peligro para la portería visitante, se empezó a presionar el juego de las jerezanas y así llegó el 1-0 en una buena jugada colectiva, finalizada con coraje por Ele. A pesar del buen juego granadino, el Ciudad de Jerez aprovechó después una indecisión en defensa para empatar el partido por medio de Carmen. A partir de ahí el dominio granadino se hizo más patente aunque sin goles.

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Los profesores, en clase hasta los 75 años

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ubilación a los setenta y cinco años en vez de los setenta. Eso sí, para los profesores universitarios y para los que cumplan una serie de requisitos y además lo soliciten. Esas son las informaciones que tienen en la Universidad de Granada (UGR), aunque no hay nada concretado. El Ministerio de Educación está trabajando en la elaboración de un decreto en el que se establezca esta nueva medida. El debate está servido y, aunque no se vislumbra tan encarnizado como el ocasionado en todo el país con motivo del cambio normativo general de jubilación -a los 67 años- los sindicatos -a nivel nacional- ya han levantado la voz. Aseguran que con esta medida se favorece el envejecimiento de las plantillas docentes universitarias.

En la institución universitaria granadina actualmente hay 114 profesores funcionarios con más de sesenta y cinco años. A ellos hay que sumar 33 docentes no funcionarios. En la Universidad granadina hay unos 3.800 docentes. De menos de 30 años hay veintiséis profesores contratados; entre treinta y cuarenta años son 705; entre cuarenta y un años y cincuenta, 1.207; entre cincuenta y uno y sesenta, 1.252; y entre sesenta y uno y sesenta y cinco, 415.

Una plantilla en la que, según defiende el vicerrector de Ordenación Académica, Luis Jiménez del Barco, están trabajando para que rejuvenezca «en la medida de la disponibilidad presupuestaria». La posibilidad de jubilarse a los setenta y cinco años -preparado en un real decreto- es una enmienda de CiU a la Ley de Acompañamiento de Ley de Economía Sostenible. Jiménez del Barco hace hincapié en que sería de forma extraordinaria y siempre que el profesorado cumpla unos requisitos. «Ahora mismo estamos pendientes de la regulación del Gobierno por lo que no podemos saber cuántos profesores podrían acogerse o estar interesados».

Lo que sí saben es que en la UGR hay 147 docentes de más de 65 años de edad. Eso sí, los 33 no funcionarios lo más probable es que no pudieran acogerse si se mantienen los requisitos que se han filtrado. Los docentes que quieran hacerlo han de sumar entre nueve y diez reconocimientos entre méritos docentes -quinquenios- y de investigación -sexenios-. Lo que supondría una media de treinta años como trabajadores de la Universidad.

El vicerrector de Ordenación Académica insiste en que sería voluntario y que para poder prolongar su vida laboral el profesorado debería someterse a una evaluación, según los primeros datos que han trascendido. Jiménez del Barco incide en que tanto esta medida como la posibilidad de rejuvenecer la plantilla dependen de la disponibilidad presupuestaria y ahora, «como en cualquier institución pública, los recursos son limitados».

Hasta el momento la única posibilidad de continuar en la Universidad de Granada tras cumplir la edad reglamentaria es a través de la figura de profesor emérito. En la actualidad hay once. Según la normativa puede ser hasta el 3%, en relación al conjunto de la plantilla. También deben cumplir una serie de requisitos académicos. Lo habitual es que no den clases en los grados -titulaciones- y se centren en dirección de tesis y alguna lección en posgrado e investigación. Siempre hay algunas excepciones. Con la nueva medida normativa se estaría en la Universidad hasta los setenta y cinco años de edad con todos los derechos y deberes, y no con connotaciones como es el caso de los eméritos ahora.

En el lado opuesto a la jubilación a los setenta y cinco años están las prejubilaciones, los incentivos a la jubilación. Según los datos aportados por el vicerrector de Ordenación Académica este año -con efectos a 30 de septiembre- se han acogido a los incentivos de jubilación anticipada un total de 56 docentes en la Universidad granadina. Por el momento, Jiménez del Barco declara que este programa se mantendrá mientras no haya un cambio normativo y «no tenemos información alguna a ese respecto».

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