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Internal reflection on the Foundational Regime

  • By deliberation No. 68 of the General Council on 29 April 2011, the following methodology and timeline were approved to be followed:

METHODOLOGY

Launch and organisation of the debate on the advantages and disadvantages of the transition of the University to the Foundational Regime by the President of the General Council.

Without prejudice to other initiatives, the debate should include:

    1. The availability, on the University's website, of the documentation, on this subject, presented to the General Council by the Magnificent Rector, with all members of the Academy having the possibility to produce their comments and eventual documentation, on the said website and the dissemination of the same being ensured;
    2. Three public sessions of clarification, of debate on this subject, having as intervenients
      a. An independent personality, with competent training in the area, who will clarify the consequences of the passage to the foundational regime (advantages and disadvantages);
      b. A personality in favour of the transition to a foundational regime (preferably the Rector of one of the universities that have already adopted this regime);
      c. A person unfavourable to the transition to a foundational regime;
    3. The clarification sessions must be public, with an initial intervention by the invited personality, followed by a period for questions by any member of the audience, ending with a third period, still public, but in which only members of the General Council can ask questions;
    4. The personalities concerned shall be invited by the President of the General Council, who shall chair the briefing sessions.

 

CHRONOGRAMME

The chronology to be observed will be as follows:

    1. Availability of the documentation on the website and period for comments from the academy (step 1 of the methodology): from 2 May 2011;
    2. Public information sessions - from 15 May to 15 June 2011;
    3. It will be up to the President of the General Council to decide whether the debate should be closed or continued.


Access http://conselhogeral.uma.pt to consult complementary documentation to the internal reflection on the Foundational Regime.

If you wish to provide documentation that you consider useful to the reflection, you should send it to gabinetedoconselhogeral@uma.pt .

 


CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ACADEMY FOR THE ONGOING INTERNAL REFLECTION:

- Interview with the Rector of the University of Lisbon - contribution by Mrs.Professor Doctor Jesus Maria Sousa.
- Fenprof against the passage of the University of Minho to Foundation - contribution by Ms. Jesus Maria Sousa.
- SERRA, João Cunha (2011), On the "temptation" of the foundation in Higher Education - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner.
- Access here to 4 public debates that took place at the University of Minho - contribution by Mrs. Prof. Dr. Paula Castilho.
- "Study of the implications of the transformation of UM into a public foundation of private law" - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner.
- University Autonomy - Exploratory Study - Publication USA 2009 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner.
- University Autonomy - Austrian view - document 1 - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner, Senior Lecturer.
- University Autonomy - Austrian view - document 2 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner, Ph.
- University Autonomy - Austrian view - document 3 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner, Doctoral Professor
- Autonomy for Universities - Austrian view - document 4 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner, Ph.
- University Autonomy - Austrian view - document 5 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner, Ph.
- University Autonomy - Austrian view - document 6 - contribution of Mr. Kurt Millner, Professor Doctoral Student
- The Swiss case - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner.
- Debate ISCTE 2009 - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner.
- Financing and Management in Higher Education: a report on the Reforms around the world - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner.
- Paradigm shifts in higher education policy - contribution by Mr. Kurt Millner.
- Autonomy and control: Danish university reform in the context of modern governance - contribution by Prof. Kurt Millner.
- Higher Education reform in Finland - doc 1; doc 2; doc 3 - contribution of Prof. Kurt Millner.
- Personal contribution by Prof. Kurt Millner.
- Georg-August-Universitä - contribution by Prof.Dr. Kurt Millner.
- Debate University of Minho - contribution by Prof.Dr. Kurt Millner.
- Araújo, J.Filipe, Rocha, J.A.Oliveira, Tavares, António F., "A Universidade como Fundação: Nota de Investigação" - contribution of Prof.Doctor Kurt Millner.
- Boulton, Geoffrey and Lucas, Colin (2008), What are universities for? - League of European Research Universities
- Helena Nazaré: "It is urgent to reorganize the higher education network".

Access here to the document available for reflection on the adoption of the UMa Foundation System

 

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