The annual meeting of the Founders Assembly of the Polish Rectors Foundation and the Institute of Society Knowledge, traditionally as an academic seminar with invited guests, was held on 18 September 2015 at the Polish Rectors Foundation in Warsaw.
On 25 August 2015 at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister the meeting of representatives of the scientific circles took place, with the head of the government Ewa Kopacz.
The Prime Minister addressed to the representatives of the Polish universities the challenges faced by our educational system and its financing. The meeting was as a result of the correspondence:
(http://www.krasp.org.pl/pliki/67c539b2f6f261786d2b896c9acd109c.pdf) from the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland, Polish Academy of Sciences, National Science Centre and National Council for Science and Higher Education in Poland, which presented the necessity to increase the financing of scientific research.
On 8 July 2015 the President of PRF Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki was a guest of the morning audition in the I Polish Radio.
The interview with Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki:
http://www.polskieradio.pl/7/129/Artykul/1472534,Na-uczelniach-potrzebne-sa-zmiany-w-trosce-o-jakosc
On 3 July 2015, during the ceremony of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, the President of Polish Rectors Foundation Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa of these academic school.
The presentation of Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki >>>
The gallery of the ceremony >>>
On 24 June 2015 the President of PRF Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki participated in the debate organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education entitled: "What our universities and Polish science should become". Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki took part in the panel discussion: "The future of higher education in Poland: aims, mechanisms and structures." The topics other panel discussions:"The challenges of financing higher education" and"The opportunities of academic and science careeres".
The President of PRF and President of NCSHE visited Kiev on 4-7 June 2015 r., on behalf of prof. Leonid Hubersky - the Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the President of Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions in Ukraine.
The XVI School of Strategic Management for Chancellors and Bursars/Financal Directors took place from 31 May to 3 June 2015 and was organised by the Polish Rectors Foundation. The co-organizer of this school was the Institute of Knowledge Society. Meetings and lectures took place in the hotel "Binkowski" in Kielce. The project was realized in compliance with the guidelines of the Program of Permanent Projects of competence building of staff responsible for administering and/or managing HEIs.
On 22 May 2015 during the meeting of the Plenary Assembly of CRASP in Łodź Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki, The President of Stering Committee of Program presented the "Higher education development program by 2020" which was prepared by Polish Rectors Foundation for the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland.
On 6 March 2015 the President of Polish Rectors Foundation Prof. Jerzy Woźnicki has been elected an active member of Class V - Social Sciences, Law & Economics of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The Letter from the President of European Academy of Sciences and Arts >>>
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