Chapter 740 Royal Academy of Sciences

As the annual summary approached, Arthur also began to have a headache.

The eight-year construction plan has requirements for almost doubling the number of universities, which also means doubling the current number of professors at the University of Australasia.

Where can one find such a large number of university professors and experts? Apart from digging a lot from the current United States and Europe, there is really no good way.

The good news is that the United States has made great achievements in education. The total population of the United States exceeds 100 million people, and the number of universities has already exceeded 500, which is almost 10 times that of Australasia.

This data is extremely exaggerated. You know, the population of the United States is about three times the population of Australasia.

This also means that in terms of universities, Australasia lags behind the United States by more than three times, and the number of college students trained every year is less than one-tenth of the number of college students in the United States.

This is not the future, college students are still relatively valuable. The degree system in Australasia is similar to that in the UK, with some fine-tuning based on the needs of the country.

The current degree system in Australasia can be divided into three levels, corresponding to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

After successfully graduating from a university recognized by the Government of the Kingdom of Australasia, you can obtain an ordinary bachelor's degree.

General bachelor's degrees are also divided into two types, corresponding to liberal arts and science.

On top of the ordinary bachelor's degree, there is also the slightly higher honorary bachelor's degree.

To put it simply, students studying for an honors bachelor's degree only need to study 1 or 2 subjects, but the requirements for the subjects they study become more stringent, and they must have certain research results to graduate.

Above the bachelor's degree, there is the master's degree.

A master's degree is a further study in a certain major after graduating from a bachelor's degree. It usually lasts 2 to 3 years, depending on the specific assessment results and learning situation.

Master's degrees are also divided into ordinary master's degrees and honorary master's degrees. The specific system is not much different from that of a bachelor's degree. The only difference is that if you want to obtain a master's degree diploma, you must have a thesis approved by professors and experts drawn from various universities. Just fine.

The highest level of degree is the doctorate, which is also divided into ordinary doctorate degree and honorary doctorate degree.

Generally speaking, general degrees are easier to obtain and are what most people choose to pursue.

The honorary degree has extremely high requirements for individual majors and also tests one's talent.

But what is more attractive is that when conducting research projects, the Royal Academy of Sciences will give priority to graduates and current students with honorary degrees to participate in research projects, even if they are just starting out.

You know, the experts owned by the Royal Academy of Sciences are all leaders in a certain field and famous figures in human history.

To help these people, even those who have achieved some success cannot do it, let alone these students who have just graduated from school or are still studying for a degree.

This is also the opportunity Arthur gave them, an opportunity to be promoted to the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Yes. The Royal Academy of Sciences founded by Arthur does not only recruit from the outside, but also has internal training channels.

Generally speaking, honorary degrees are the most promising ones for participating in research projects of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and then being trained by experts of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and eventually leading to the title of academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

As long as he enters the Royal Academy of Sciences, he will become an important national talent recognized by Arthur and the government, and the intensity of training he will receive is unmatched before.

But it is a pity that since the establishment of such a promotion channel, only a few people have been promoted from ordinary college students to academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and they are famous scientists who have left their names in history.

December 23, 1929, the day before Christmas Eve.

Christmas is approaching and the palace is already filled with festive atmosphere. A huge Christmas tree has risen from the ground and stands in the garden of the palace.

The Christmas tree has been decorated with colorful lights and hung with large and small gift boxes. It is very beautifully decorated.

Logically speaking, as one of the most important festivals in the West is approaching, Arthur and the government must put their work on hold to prepare for the arrival of the festival.

But in fact, the lights inside the Government Affairs Council were brightly lit because a relatively important meeting was being held.

Participants in the meeting were Prime Minister Raúl, Education Secretary Kelo Jefferson, Health Secretary Dison Briggs and Finance Minister Hunter Moncey Rolen.

This specification can be regarded as a small cabinet meeting. The reason why so many people participated is because Arthur expressed his emphasis on education and medical care and said that he would hold this meeting in person.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Arthur appeared in the conference room, took over as Prime Minister Raul, and began to preside over the meeting.

"Minister Kailo, how is the work of the Ministry of Education currently going?" Arthur asked.

The first year of the eight-year construction plan is almost over, but no university has been built yet, and the number of universities that have even started construction is less than ten. This also makes Arthur doubt whether the education department can complete the work of the eight-year construction plan. .

“We are currently encountering certain difficulties.” Minister Kailo said with a wry smile: “All states are asking the Ministry of Education to allocate more university quotas to them, and some states are even quarreling over the allocation of university quotas.

For now, it is unrealistic to double the number of universities according to the current distribution. There are still some cities and regions that do not have universities distributed, which is also the key to building universities. "

Minister Kelo explained: “But it is still relatively difficult to build a university in these areas.

The first is our teaching staff. At present, our talent pool can only support ten universities at most, and there are still nearly 40 universities with vacant teaching staff, which requires us to recruit from Europe and the Americas.

In addition, the type of major of the university, the location of the university, the scale of the university's construction, and the naming of the university, etc., all require a certain amount of time to prepare.

It is expected that next year, 7 universities will start construction and at least 3 universities will be completed. After enriching our teaching staff reserve, we will complete our education construction plan in seven years at the rate of seven universities per year. "

To put it bluntly, university construction is not that simple. What's more, the current university construction plan in Australasia basically doubles the number of existing universities.

In addition to considering location and scale in the construction of a university, teaching equipment, scientific research equipment and talent reserves are very important.

These things take a certain amount of time to accumulate, which is why the work of the Ministry of Education is currently on hold.

"I do have some ideas about the construction of universities." Arthur said: "Our Royal Academy of Sciences has made great achievements, and the number of people has exceeded 1,200.

Such a large number of experts should be put to good use to build a university that cooperates with the Royal Academy of Sciences. Some experts from the Royal Academy of Sciences should be used as a reserve of teaching staff. Other experts can also give lectures when they are free, which can also improve the teaching level and quality of the university. , how about this proposal? "

After hearing Arthur's question, Education Minister Kailo did not dare to answer immediately. He thought about it carefully for a while and then said: "What an amazing idea, Your Majesty. In this way, not only can the experts of the Royal Academy of Sciences be effectively utilized, but also It can solve part of our teaching staff vacancy problem.

These excellent experts are completely sufficient to serve as lecturers for college students, and they may even be able to train more academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences for us.

But, where should such a university be established? How should we name it? "

In fact, this is not Minister Kailo's problem. The reason why I asked this was because Minister Kailuo had the good sense to hand over the naming rights of this university to Arthur, as well as the location of the university.

"Since it is a university that cooperates with the Royal Academy of Sciences, then the name might as well be called the Royal Academy of Sciences." Arthur nodded and said flatly: "Since there is the word "royal" in it, then the royal family should fund it. I hope this university The university can be more oriented towards scientific research and professionalism, and can cultivate more scientific research talents for the country, so it is best to join the Royal Academy of Sciences."

With the word "royal" in mind, Arthur naturally hopes that the royal family will provide funding. Because the talents trained by the Royal Academy of Sciences are born with the imprint of the royal family.

These talents can also be regarded as being cultivated by Arthur, and their loyalty to Arthur will naturally be higher.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Arthur said this, and others would naturally have no objection.

"In addition to building another Royal Institute of Technology, the professional fields involved are our very important industries." Arthur continued: "The location of the Royal Academy of Sciences is set to be in Sydney, and the location of the Royal Institute of Technology is Let’s put the address in Melbourne.”

Arthur did not choose St. Arthur's Castle. After all, the population of St. Ansel's Castle was enough to have two universities.

The populations of Melbourne and Sydney have exceeded 3 million, so they can naturally afford more universities and have more university students.

Although the capital was moved to St Arthur's Castle, the importance of Sydney and Melbourne did not diminish.

The two largest cities in Australasia have now developed into huge cities with a population of more than 3 million.

In addition, the two cities each have three universities, and one is about to be built.

Even though St. Arthur's Castle has developed rapidly in recent years, Sydney and Melbourne are still the most impressive places for people.

These two huge cities that represent Australia and even Australasia are also affectionately called the Southeast Twins by Australasians.

"If the construction of these two universities goes smoothly, we can also consider building branch campuses in other cities in the future to further increase the number of universities with our professional attributes." Seeing that his proposal was quickly approved, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and added .

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