The presentation analyzes the distribution of academic staff by age group in Italian universities. The analysis shows that academic staff under the age of 45 is strongly decreasing. Between 2012 and 2018 academic staff generally decreased by 6 %, whereas academic staff under the age of 35 decreased by 18 % and those between the age of 35 and 45 decreased by 19 %. On the contrary, associate professors over the age of 45 increased following the Extraordinary Plan for the Recruitment of
Associate Professors: between 2012 and 2018 associate professors under the age of 35 increased by 75 % and those between the age of 35 and 45 increased by 61%.  

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The presentation explores the impact of digitalization on university systems with a special focus on digital services. First, it offers an overview both at EU and at national level with regard to institutional initiatives such as the 2012 E-Gov Plan and its main results. Second, drawing upon institutional surveys and reports, it illustrates the main national trends coming from the last CENSIS report, from research reports on specific aspects such as the relation between universities and social media, and from projects such as open badges. Finally, it proposes a set of indicators to measure strategies concerning digital services and some key policy messages to implement their systematic assessment.

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