VFU "CHERNORIZETS HRABAR" SIGNED THE THE MAGNA CHARTA UNIVERSITATUM 2020 (THE GREAT CHARTER OF UNIVERSITIES)
17 June 2021
The President of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" Assoc. Prof. Krasimir Nedyalkov, PhD re-signed the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020 (the Great Charter of Universities) in the year in which Varna Free University celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The university leadership participated in the ceremonial session dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the Magna Charta, which discussed university values and responsibilities in response to the challenges of the future. The online event is attended by more than 190 presidents and rectors of leading universities from around the world.
Varna Free University is one of the first three Bulgarian universities to sign the Great Charter of Universities in 1988. 14 years ago - on 21 September 2007 in Bologna, the declaration was signed by Prof. Anna Nedyalkova, D.Sc. who is now chair of the University Board.
"I signed the Magna Charter 2020 because the VFU community" Chernorizets Hrabar "upholds and applies the principles of academic freedom and independence. They are set in the Strategy for Development of our university, in our values, in the educational programmes, in the work and in the attitude towards the students, in our partnership with other educational and scientific institutions", said the President of the Varna Free University. The university is a place for innovation, development and growth. It is a community that brings together the energy and ideas of students, faculty and scientists, leading to the advancement of different communities, local cultures and ecosystems in the global world. "I believe that academic freedom is our life force!", added Assoc. Prof. Krasimir Nedyalkov.The Magna Charta Universitatum was created in 1988 to mark the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. The Charter affirms the basic principles of independence enshrined in the mission of universities. Research and teaching must be intellectually and morally independent of political influence and economic interests. The second principle is that teaching and research should be inseparable - with the participation of students engaged in the search for knowledge. The third principle defines the university as a place for learning and debate, characterised by openness to dialogue and rejection of intolerance.
The Great Charter marks the beginning of the Bologna Process with the creation of a single European Higher Education Area.
The Magna Charta has been signed by 904 universities in 88 countries around the world.
