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“A managerial role of PZPR” in the structure of the University of Silesia being created in 1968 and its overcoming

„Kierownicza rola PZPR” w strukturze powstającego w 1968 roku Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i jej przełamanie

Author(s): Andrzej Drogoń / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2009

One of the most significant principles constituting the political system in the doctrine of the totalitarian country functioning in Poland after 1944 was the principle of a managerial role of the communist party. It claimed that the working class could effectively lead a battle for power and only by means of the communist party it can combine with other non-proletarian groups of work people and attracted them. The role of the party understood in such a way was to constitute its managerial character in a social and thus academic life. This is the way the influence of the functionaries of the communist party on the creation of the university should be explained. Its role was not limited to the act of creation. According to the binding doctrine, each public institution should function in accordance with the structure of the managerial power of the country. The very role was most visible when shaping the personal politics. As early as at the stage of the plans of creating the university, the decisions were made by the suitable party authorities: It is required not to choose the new authorities of the university in WSP, leaving the existing authorities till the elections in October 1968 in the University of Silesia. The president was also appointed by the Executive of KW PZPR: The citizen Kazimierz Popio³ek is to be exempted from the position of a head of The Silesian Science Institute in Katowice and appointed to the position of the president of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The status quo at the level of the university was broken only after the creation of the NSZZ Solidarno.æ and the development of these principles which guaranteed a gradual introduction of mechanisms of the autonomy of a higher school to the practice of the functioning of the University of Silesia.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF CHURCH ACADEMIC LIBRARIES ILLUSTRATED WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THE THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY OF UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE.

Działania promocyjne kościelnych bibliotek naukowych na przykładzie Biblioteki Teologicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach.

Author(s): Agata Muc / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 98/2012

Keywords: Theological Library; University of Silesia

Promotional activities undertaken by the Theological Library at University of Silesia are primarily aimed at informing people about the content of the accumulated books and the offer of services. This goal is achieved by using, appropriately selected and adapted to the needs of the church academic library, promotional tools such as the exhibition advertising, public relations and personal promotion. What proved particularly helpful in creating a positive image of the institution was systematic exhibition advertising, educational and publishing activities, as well as maintaining contact with people through establishing cooperation with various research institutions and associations.

Invigilation of the academic circle in the People’s Republic of Poland The security service in the University of Silesia

Inwigilacja środowiska akademickiego w PRL Służba Bezpieczeństwa w Uniwersytecie Śląskim

Author(s): Andrzej Drogoń / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5/2012

The security service (SB) has been interested in the staff of the University of Silesia since its creation (1968), however, a significant increase in that type of interest was noticed in the 1970s and 1980s. The scope of observation of academic circles has increased at that time, finishing this very process with the formation of a separate unit of the SB in 1982, the task of which was a struggle with anti-systemic attitudes in the environment of higher education in Katowice. In its operational work, SB gained secret agents (TW) from the academic circle (academics, students, academictechnical workers, supportive organs), and used operational connections (KO). The operational connections involved usually members of the Polish United Workers Party. It was assumed that they are to some extent obliged to “help” the security organs, without imposing any formal commitments consisting in signing the declarations of cooperation on the secret service organ at the same time. They worked more eagerly than secret agentswho were often gained via blackmail or other forms of compulsion. Operational contacts in the form of people performing big and decisive functions in the university were often used. After November 1989, a subsequent reorganization of the SB, deriving from a change of the political situation in the country, the task of the “security” of higher education and academic institutions was taken over (together with an agency) by the Constitutional State Order Protection Division. Its officers closed the case “University” in January 1990 and made the exposition materials be destroyed. Finally, the observation of the academic circle by the structures of the security service finished with its liquidation between May and August 1990.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETENCES OF GYMNASIUM STUDENTS IN LOWER SILESIA DISTRICTS

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETENCES OF GYMNASIUM STUDENTS IN LOWER SILESIA DISTRICTS

Author(s): Alicja Grześkowiak,Anna Izabella Król,Anna Błaczkowska,Agnieszka Stanimir / Language(s): English / Issue: 31/2011

Keywords: EVALUATION OF LEARNING RESULTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING PROCEDURES

The paper presents the analysis of students’ scores in compulsory examination administered in the last grade of the gymnasium. The conducted multivariate analyses allowed to determine spatial diversity and dynamics of the competences of students in the lower secondary level of education in Lower Silesia districts between 2002 and 2010. The following alarming conclusions are the result of this research: in most districts the gymnasium students are prepared for further stages of education and for applying the knowledge and skills in life only to a medium or weak degree; the number of districts in which the gymnasium students obtained good and very good results decreased in 2010; number of points scored in the competence areas where creativity and constructive thinking was significantly decreased.

Innovative Profile of Lower Silesia

Profil innowacyjny Dolnego Śląska

Author(s): Barbara Kocowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 27/2007

Keywords: regional competitiveness; regional innovative potential; Dolnoslaskie Voivodship; Lisbon Strategy

A high ranking position of Lower Silesia among Polish voivodeships based on its competitiveness, attractiveness for investors and accessibility as well as on its innovative potential is a good starting point for achieving the goals of the Renewed Lisbon Strategy as well as for making it a Region of Knowledge. Innovativeness and attractiveness for investors however are a dynamic status which a region has to compete for in an incessant rivalry with the best ones involving institutional and social partners. The Structural Funds – aptly streamed to and implemented – are only some efficient tools and not a goal itself. An apt profiting by the strong position of Wroclaw agglomeration as well as by experience of Wroclaw Technical University being a local leader of innovation, combined with wider than up till now learning from the experience of Lower Silesia’s partner regions and building an attractive offer for investors in high tech and services will make it possible to achieve final goals indicated in strategies.

Upper Silesia: The revival of a traditional industrial region in Poland

Upper Silesia: The revival of a traditional industrial region in Poland

Author(s): Nóra Baranyai,Gabor Lux / Language(s): / Issue: 02/2014

Keywords: Upper Silesia; industry; industrial restructuring; regionalism; metropolitan regions

This paper provides an insight into the transformation processes that have affected Upper Silesia, a Polish border region with long traditions of industrialisation, autonomous structures and volatile historical changes. It shows how the region, profoundly affected by the structural crisis of mining and heavy industry and experiencing unfavourable demographic processes, has managed to recover and prosper under new conditions. In a fragmented space characterised by strong urbanisation, industrial restructuring has been based on the renewal of traditional branches and the creation of new development paths through reindustrialisation and service-based development. The size of Upper Silesia, and particularly the conurbation surrounding Katowice, has also led to attempts atestablishing effective metropolitan governance, a challenge whose success depends as much on harmonising internal interests as finding a compromise acceptable by both the region and the central government.

The Book Collections of Silesian Priests in the Theological Library of the University of Silesia in Katowice

Księgozbiory śląskich kapłanów w Bibliotece Teologicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach

Author(s): Bogumiła Warząchowska / Language(s): / Issue: 20/2015

Keywords: gifts; collections; heritage; theology; patristic literature; law and canonical writings; Polonica writings; emigration documents

The Theological Library has been gathering book collections of priests, handed over by the owners or other authorized persons. Three of those collections deserve particular attention. The firs one, donated by archbishop Szczepan Wesoły, includes emigration, Polish migrant, and historical literature. The second one is the heritage of priest professor Remigiusz Sobański, with writings on canonical and philosophical law, theology and social sciences. The last one, donated by priest professor Wincenty Myszor, includes patristic, early-Christian, theological, historical, and humanist literature. The collections greatly enrich the Theological Library, considerably enlarging the ecclesiastic collection of the Katowice Archdiocese.

University studies in political science in Poland

Studia politologiczne w Polsce

Author(s): Edward Olszewski,Agata Puka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 01/2004

Keywords: university; Poland

The aim of the paper is to present and analyze the development of university po-litical studies in Poland with a special focus on the period of the III Republic. A histori-cal overview of the tradition of political science in Poland and in the Polish lands in the period of partitions, starting from the XV century constitutes an introduction to the topic. The significance of Jagiellonian University, Vilnius Academy, Lvov Jesuit Academy, The Knights Academy, universities in Cracow, Vilnius, Lvov, Warsaw, the Warsaw School of Political Sciences and others is pointed out. The beginnings of the formation of political science in the period of the People’s Republic of Poland since the half of the 1960s, including the contribution of the Polish Society of Political Sciences to the matter and the pioneers of the Polish political science is presented. The main body of the paper is constituted by the presentation of the institutional development of chairs, institutes and faculties of political (or social) sciences at the state schools of further education (currently, 14 university schools and 5 other state schools). It includes numerous tables showing an increase in the number of students and teaching staff in political science until the academic year of 2002/2003. In a synthetic manner, a dynamic, albeit not devoid of shortcomings, development of university studies in political science at public schools of further education (currently, 34 schools) is shown. The paper is concluded with an overview of scientific journals dedicated to political science which are published both by the state and public schools.

The Serials in the Collection of Rev. Prof. Remigiusz Sobański in the Theological Library of the University of Silesia in Katowice

Wydawnictwa ciągłe w kolekcji ks. prof. dr. hab. Remigiusza Sobańskiego w Bibliotece Teologicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach

Author(s): Marta Gawlik / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 41 (2)/2015

Keywords: theological libraries;journal;biblioteka teologiczna;czasopisma

The paper describes a collection of journals belonging to Rev. Prof. Remigiusz Sobański. The comprehensive analysis of the journals in terms of their content and formal characters has been carried out. Formal characters such as scope of languages and titles, chronological, typographic and topographic range have been examined. The results of content properties were included in thematic scope of the journals.

Fields of discussion around the value of smaller academic centers (on the example of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn)

Pola dyskusji wokół wartości mniejszych ośrodków akademickich (na przykładzie cieszyńskiego ośrodka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego)

Author(s): Katarzyna Olbrycht / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 20/2016

Keywords: small university; peripheral college; university; Bologna system

Higher education establishments and policy towards them have recently been the subject of numerous debates in academic environments. In light of the proposed changes in the Polish higher education the situation of small academic centers, their functions, formal status and prospects, becomes more and more unclear. The author takes up the issue by formulating some questions and suggesting directions for seeking answers. As an example illustrating the problems she discusses the academic center in Cieszyn, which brings together two departments of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Two questions guide the adopted way of consideration: Are higher education establishments needed in small centers? What kind, for whom and for what? What are the advantages and weaknesses of small academic centers and what difficulties do they face? Who should feel responsible for them?

A LUX EX SILESIA REWARD FOR FR. PROFESSOR WINCETY MYSZOR. SCIENCE - TEACHING - MANAGEMENT EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BA THE THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA AND ST. HYACINTH'S BOOKSHOP

NAGRODA LUX EX SILESIA DLA KS. PROF. WINCENTEGO MYSZORA. NAUKA – DYDAKTYKA – ORGANIZACJA.

Author(s): Agata Muc / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 38 (1)/2014

Trzynastego października, podczas międzyuczelnianej inauguracji roku akademickiego 2013/2014 w katedrze Chrystusa Króla w Katowicach wręczono nagrodę Lux ex Silesia. Tegorocznym laureatem wyróżnienia został wybitny patrolog, historyk starożytnego chrześcijaństwa i literatury tego okresu oraz dziekan i organizator Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach [dalej UŚ] – ks. prof. dr hab. Wincenty Myszor. Nagroda jest przyznawana od 1994 roku ludziom, którzy w swej działalności naukowej lub artystycznej ukazują wysokie wartości moralne oraz wnoszą trwały wkład w kulturę duchową Górnego Śląska. Ustanowił ją metropolita górnośląski abp Damian Zimoń w roku 400-lecia kanonizacji św. Jacka Odrowąża – patrona diecezji śląskiej.

WOJCIECH KILAR - HONORARY DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE: A THEME EXPOSITION

WOJCIECH KILAR - DOKTOR HONORIS CAUSA UNIWERSYTETU ŚLĄSKIEGO W KATOWICACH WYSTAWA TEMATYCZNA

Author(s): Barbara Kołodziej / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 36 (1)/2013

Osiemnastego czerwca 2012 roku na Wydziale Teologicznym Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach odbyła się uroczystość nadania tytułu doktora honoris causa Wojciechowi Kilarowi, światowej sławy kompozytorowi, twórcy utworów orkiestrowych, kameralnych, wokalno-instrumentalnych i fortepianowych, muzyki filmowej, współtwórcy polskiej szkoły kompozytorskiej, humaniście i mistrzowi młodych pokoleń2. Uzupełnieniem tego ważnego wydarzenia była ekspozycja dokumentująca życie, działalność i twórczość Wojciecha Kilara. Uroczystość ta nieprzypadkowo zbiegła się z nadchodzącą rocznicą urodzin wybitnego muzyka.

The Participation of Students in the Life of the Academic Community on the Basis of the Example Furnished by the University of Silesia. A Research Report

Partycypacja studentów w życiu wspólnoty akademickiej na przykładzie Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach. Raport z badań

Author(s): Anna Muś,Anna Depta / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 8/2017

Keywords: participation; University; higher education

The aim of the article is presentation of research results which were conducted for the scientific project “Repair your University” at University of Silesia in summer semester in the academic year 2014/2015. The research mainly concerned the issue of students’ participation in academic life and their actions connected with university management. Authors presents research results which consider two areas: the activities of both student research circles and students’ union.

The Analysis of Students’ Expectations as a Marketing Challenge of a Modern University

The Analysis of Students’ Expectations as a Marketing Challenge of a Modern University

Author(s): Krystyna Buchta,Monika Jakubiak,Małgorzata Skiert,Adam Wilczewski / Language(s): English / Issue: 6.2/2019

Keywords: university; students; students’ expectations; marketing

The present paper discusses students’ expectations regarding the university andthe course of studies. The objective of the study was to diagnose these expectations and assess the utility of results of the study in marketing operations of universities. The paper is theoretical and empirical in character. The theoretical part outlines the issue of marketing in the context of educational services of a modern university. The empirical part discusses results of own studies which describe students’ expectations regarding individual universities. On thebasis of empirical studies, the paper formulates practical guidelines for universities aiming to improve their educational offer and consolidate their cooperation with students. The analysis encompassed factors determining the pursuit of higher education, sources of information about the university and difficulties encountered in contacts with it

University’s Social Responsibility – Labor Market Perspective

University’s Social Responsibility – Labor Market Perspective

Author(s): Krystyna Buchta,Monika Jakubiak,Małgorzata Skiert,Adam Wilczewski / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: university; university social responsibility; graduates; key competences;

Changes in the socio-economic environment of universities require its tasks and social roles to be constantly reviewed and redefined. The present paper attempts to assess universities’ responsibility for the outcomes of educational process. The outcomes are measured on the basis of graduates’ preparedness for undertaking professional work. The paper’s aim was to indicate the main discrepancies between employers’ expectations regarding graduates’ occupational training and the level of competences acquired by graduates in the course of their studies. A premise was made that the comparison of the views presented by the main stakeholders will enable the level on which the individual competences match the needs of labor market to be determined, and the strengths and weaknesses of university curricula to be indicated. The analysis encompassed both hard occupational skills, which are subordinated to the content-related educational profile, and key soft competences.

Jubilee’s Message for the Department of Social Pedagogy at the University of Silesia in Katowice - From Memories and Reflections

Przesłanie jubileuszowe dla Katedry Pedagogiki Społecznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach - Ze wspomnień i refleksji

Author(s): Andrzej Radziewicz-Winnicki / Language(s): Polish / Issue: Sp. Issue/2019

Keywords: history of the Department of Social Pedagogy at the University of Silesia; Andrzej Radziewicz-Winnicki; Ewa Syrek; scientific community of social pedagogy in Katowice;

The author describes, from the perspective of 40th anniversary of the Department of Social Pedagogy at the University of Silesia, the period of his leadership of this scientific department in the years 1980–2010. Moreover, the author tries to characterise the activities of the Department in the era of socialism and in later years, after 1989, in the period of post-communist social changes. He expects that comparative studies will enable to find the elements of continuity and change in the last decade, when the emphasis has been placed not only at the preservation, but also at the reinforcement of the tradition of social sciences in Poland.

The Academic Committee for the Defence of Plebiscite Lands of Warmia, Masuria and Upper Silesia active at the University of Lublin and its history

Akademicki Komitet Obrony Ziem Plebiscytowych Warmii, Mazur i Górnego Śląska działający na Uniwersytecie Lubelskim i jego losy

Author(s): Elżbieta s. Monika Albiniak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2020

Keywords: plebiscite Lublin University Lublin Sandomierz Bytom

The Academic Committee for the Defence of Plebiscite Lands of Warmia, Masuria and Upper Silesia was active and successful at the University of Lublin. It was one of the developmental stages of the Academic Committee for the Defense of Plebiscite Areas, established at the University of Lublin on 30 May 1920. The Academic Committee conducted a variety of actions, all the while aiming at providing material assistance to the uprisings, spreading a sense of connection of the Lublin inhabitants with the Upper Silesian people and maintaining the state of eagerness to cooperate with them in the fight for their rights. At the Bytom Commissariat in Silesia, the University of Lublin was represented before the plebiscite by Sandomierz clerics and simultaneously students of canon law at the University of Lublin: Stefan Grelewski and Józef Sznuro. They worked in Upper Silesia first as teachers and then in the Press Department of the Polish Plebiscite Commissariat in Bytom. The most intense period for the Academic Committee was the time between 10 May and June 1921. They intensified their efforts by engaging in various types of activities. A great fundraiser was held at the time, readings and rallies were organised as signs of support for Silesian insurgents. The Academic Committee dissolved in July 1921.

Processes of University Organizational Intelligence: Empirical Research

Processes of University Organizational Intelligence: Empirical Research

Author(s): Inga Staškevičiūtė,Rūta Čiutienė / Language(s): English / Issue: 5 (60)/2008

Keywords: university; organizational intelligence; university activity indicators;

The move of the university from a service profile to a market profile has caused significant concern and dilemmas for academics and university policy makers. Universities are seen to be forced into the market place in ways that are reshaping them in their purposes and in the knowledge they create and disseminate. As a theoretical concept, organizational intelligence takes over more and more important place in organizational theory. After thorough scientific literature analyse about organizational intelligence and after its generalization, in this article the organizational intelligence will be understood as the method of organization’s processes planning, which is based on an open and systemic organizations viewpoint and maintaining social relationships stimulating culture. In scientific literature are not dealt with the indicators of university’s effectiveness. That is why university’s effectiveness can be evaluated quite subjectively. The absence of universally accepted indicators of university effectiveness creates assumptions to differently interpret results, which distorts objective view of university effectiveness in the market. In the spring of 2008 the survey of 5 universities was accomplished, in order to evaluate the level of universities’ organizational intelligence according to intelligence processes. The resuls of empirical survey enabled to state, that the university, which has a higher level of organizational intelligence, manifests higher effectiveness. But this survey is only a guide to further research in order to prove the above mentioned interrelation. The results just state the assumption that forming an intelligent university wuold be created premises for the development of university’s processes development.

THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY – ENTERPRISE COOPERATION

THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY – ENTERPRISE COOPERATION

Author(s): George Abuselidze,Lia Davitadze / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2021

Keywords: university; enterprise; cooperation; government; expenditure;

University–enterprise cooperation considers an active and efficient cooperation of the scientists, industry and the government. The university is a significant actor in this model as it not only produces knowledge, but also creates new opportunities, protects intellectual property and converts the research outcomes into a market attractive product. This cooperation ensures that educational programs equip students with the relevant competences, and entails research suited to the demand of the market and the government. This implementation helps the university realize its third mission – serve the country and support its economic development. This paper presents our attempt to describe the role of the regional government in the university–enterprise cooperation based on a regional university in Georgia. Despite the various studies regarding university–enterprise cooperation implemented in Georgia mainly dealing with single components of the cooperation, we tried to highlight the significance of the government in this cooperation and its authentic character.

University in face of AI – an introduction to the analysis

University in face of AI – an introduction to the analysis

Author(s): Przemysław Chmielecki / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: artificial intelligence;machine learning;university;education;science;

The article addresses the problem of the university’s crisis in the face of technological changes,including the particularly dynamically developing artificial intelligence and machine learning.In such a frame of reference, the university seems to lose the rudiments of its own identityand is placed in line with narrow professional education institutions. The development ofartificial intelligence may constitute both a threat and a potential field for development fora university, but this status is currently heterogeneous. This article is an attempt to sketchout the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the academic areas (botheducational and research).