Janevska: Top students with honours will receive hiring priority at university faculties
The minister linked the change to a package of three draft laws in parliament and highlighted increased science funding and international cooperation.
Minister of Education and Science Vesna Janevska announced that top students who hold honors awards – such as the "Engineering Ring" or other recognitions for academic achievement – will receive hiring priority when universities recruit teaching staff. She made the statement today while opening the IV International Medical Congress organised by the Faculty Student Council at the Medical Faculty of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.
Priority hiring and legislative changes
Janevska linked the planned hiring preference to a new concept for science and higher education that is being translated into a package of three draft laws currently in parliamentary procedure. She said she expects those legislative proposals to be adopted by the legislative body by the end of the year, and that they will open improved opportunities for professors, researchers and early-career scientists at higher education institutions across the country.
Speaking at the congress, the minister underlined the importance of international networking and mobility in higher education and research, calling them essential for exchanging experience, adopting good practice and launching joint projects with the wider scientific community.
Janevska also described recent government measures she says have reactivated the country’s research activity since her team took office two years ago.
"In two years we more than doubled the science budget. In 2025 we financed about fifty research projects of public interest, with a total value of 6 million euros, and we provided free access for our professors, scientists and students to the well-known global scientific databases – Web of Science and Scopus," Janevska said.
She added that cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has deepened, opening access to its laboratories for Macedonian researchers. Under the centre’s patronage, she noted, the country hosted the first summer school for Western Balkan countries last month. Janevska, who is herself a medical doctor and a professor at the Medical Faculty, closed by urging faculty and students to continue contributing to medical education and research in order to support improvements in the health system and citizens’ health.
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