Overview
- The contest to replace rector Antonio López began Tuesday with Maite Flores, María José López Couso, Alba Nogueira and Rosa Crujeira declared as candidates, and voting set for February 12.
- At the Faculty of Mathematics, Crujeira outlined strategic roadmaps centered on her pillars to advance, innovate, care and account, including a 2026–2032 personnel plan to manage generational renewal and stabilize staff.
- Her governance proposal adds vice-rectorates for Culture, Language and Heritage and for Economy, Infrastructure and Sustainability, with a pledge to reactivate the Sustainable Development Office and align activity with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- On research, she proposes guaranteeing open access to publications and data, reinforcing quality and reproducibility, attracting and retaining talent, diversifying funding and creating a vice-rectorate to optimize scientific infrastructure and reduce administrative burdens.
- Academic and community measures include reviewing program structures, introducing dual degrees, simultaneities and microcredentials, planned national and international student recruitment, expanded psychological support and aid, a coordinated housing response in Santiago and Lugo, and parity and new degrees for the Lugo campus linked to Campus Terra.