The Constitution 2.0, also known as the Constitution for Science, replaces the existing four: the Law on Higher Education, the Law on the Principles of Financing Science, the Law on diplomas and academic title and law on loans and student loans. The law is to come into force on October 1, 2018. [1965-9060] The law offers the university many options (including the possibility of conducting university studies and university graduation) among the academic categories that higher education will attain in its disciplines. In addition, after the reforms, the right to study and to award university degrees will be entrusted to higher education institutions rather than to their organizational units. A new division of disciplines is planned – modeled on the division proposed by the OECD
According to the law, the public higher education body, besides the rector and the senate, will also be a new organ – the university council chosen by the community of a given university. The rector will gain, at the expense of collegiate bodies, for example faculty councils, a greater opportunity to shape university politics.
The law also triggered discussions in the ruling camp – also the amendments of PiS during the works on the laws
In June, demonstrations were held against various provisions of Bill 2.0 in various places in Poland. Professional strikes or protest actions have been organized, among others at the Warsaw University, Jagiellonian University, Gdańsk University, Wrocław University or at the University of l & # 39; AGH. Opposition to the law was also expressed by some circles of the University of Lodz, Opole, Rzeszów or Białystok, as well as by NSZZ Solidarność in several universities. These were protests organized by the Academic Protest Committee.
The autonomous governments of the students of these universities and the authorities of the institutions separated from the protests. The law was supported by legal institutions representing the university community: the Parliament of Students of the Republic of Poland, the National Representation of PhD Students, the Conference of Rectors of Public Vocational Schools (KRePSZ). Support for the law has also been supported by the network of small and medium-sized academic institutions with 25 institutions of higher education.
Mazurka on the reform of Jaroslaw Gowin [19659019] Photo: PAP / Tomasz Gzell
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Photo : PAP / Tomasz Gzell
