University Council in 2021-2024
26 stycznia 2021
The University of Warsaw Senate appointed six members to the University Council of the University of Warsaw: Prof. Mirosław Ząbek (chairman), Prof. Marek Bujnicki, Prof. Pearl Dykstra, Prof. Poul Holm, Prof. Marek Karliner and Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska. Kamil Bonas, the UW Student Council President, is part of the University Council ex officio.
As a result of the Law on Higher Education and Science, public universities set up new bodies – university councils responsible for giving their opinions on the draft university strategy, draft statute, and the report on the implementation of the university strategy. Also, university councils monitor university financial management and university management and appoint candidates for the rector.
The term of office of the University Council is four years. However, the first University Council operated between 15th May 2019 and 31st December 2020.
On 20th January 2020, the University of Warsaw Senate appointed the University Council of the University of Warsaw members, who will serve in 2021-2024. View the resolution (in Polish) >>
Current University Council of the University of Warsaw comprises:
- Prof. Mirosław Ząbek from the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, neurosurgery and neuroanatomy expert, the country’s neurosurgery consultant – Chairperson of the University Council of UW,
- Prof. Janusz Marek Bujnicki from the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IMCB), Correspondent Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, one of the highly cited researchers,
- Prof. Pearl Dykstra from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Deputy Chair of the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors that provides the Commission with high quality, timely and independent scientific advice on specific policy issues where such advice is critical to the development of Union policies or legislation,
- Prof. Poul Holm from Trinity College Dublin, former Rector of the University of Roskilde (Denmark), Member of Royal Irish Academy and Academia Europaea,
- Prof. Marek Karliner from Tel Aviv University, Head of the Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chairman of the Israeli Committee for High Energy Physics, Member of CERN Council (ex officio)
- Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank, former Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance and former Member of Management Board at the National Bank of Poland, UW Faculty of Economic Sciences graduate,
- Kamil Bonas, President of the UW Student Council.
The University Council acts according to the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science, the University of Warsaw Statute and the Regulations of the University Council.
The Council might be composed of six or eight members. At least 50% of the members of the University Council should come from outside the institution.
First University Council
The first University Council was composed of Prof. Janusz Marek Bujnicki (chairperson), Prof. Pearl Dykstra, Prof. Poul Holm, Prof. Krzysztof Redlich, Marynika Woroszylska-Sapieha, Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska and Kamil Bonas.
In 2020, the Council was focused mainly on the tasks defined in Article 18 of the Law on Higher Education and Science.
Detailed information on activities undertaken by the body is available in the Annual Report. The document was adopted on 14th December 2020.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl