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Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice,
Slovakia (www.upjs.sk)
Creativity in Higher Education Network 4 Creative
Higher Education Institutions Structures and
leadership
Eva Cellárová
First Network Meeting, Berlin April 3 4, 2006
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Pavol Jozef Šafárik UniversityTechnical
UniversityUniversity of Veterinary Medicine 25
000 students in Košice
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National Educational System
Public 20 Act on higher education Private
6 Non-gov institutions or founders approved by
Ministry of Education State 3 Ministries of
the Slovak government

• General principles of admission
• secondary school-leaving certificate
• results from secondary school
• entrance examination (/-)

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National Educational System

• System of a study
• credit system follows the rules of ECTS - since
  1998
• In 2005/06 ECTS ECTS Information Package at
  all universities
• credit system in all cycles of a study
• Degrees
• accredited study programmes
• three levels Bc, Mgr (equivalent to MSc), PhD
  (3-4 1-2 3-4)
• examina rigorosa

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Brief presentation of P. J. Safarik University
1795
1861
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History

• Academia Cassoviensis
• Golden Bull by the Roman Emperor Leopold I
• recognition of academic degrees
• ...
• Foundation of Pavol Jozef Safarik University
• ...

Present
Faculty of Medicine 1948 Faculty of
Science 1963 Faculty of Law 1973 Faculty of
Public Administration 1998 Institute of
Phlilological and Social Sciences 2005
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Students
Faculty of Medicine 2583 Faculty of
Science 1828 Faculty of Law 1314 Faculty
of Public Administration 886 Institute of
Phlilological and Social Sciences
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Budget
Government funding 72 Goverment research
funding from grant agencies 8 Fee
international students 6 Fee paid
services 1 Other incomes 10
Benefits 2 Research funds from
international sources 1
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Mission
Bologna declaration Lisbon strategy
Balance between education and research
Service to the community Development of
harmonious personality, tolerance,
critical and
independent way of thinking, self-confidence,
national awareness
Scope profile
Research Education Quality Decision-making
Local Regional National International
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Scope profile
Academic priorities flexibility of a
study diversification of a study at MSc and
PhD levels increasing number of PhD
students interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary research Centralisation vs
decentralisation Relationship to the society
International relations - institutional policy
Contractual and informal collaboration in
research
Particiaption in EUA
horizontal networks
Increase of success rate in
European research programmes Increase
of student and teacher mobilities on reciprocal
basis Increase of attractiveness
of the institution for the students from third
countries, establishment of institutional
contacts with Asian countries
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Some ideas related to the network topic

• Creative process
• New University leadership declared CHANGE in 2003
• finding new ideas and resources (leadership,
  academic staff)
• research system for young scientists, Centres of
  Excellence, diversification of study programmes
  at MS and PhD levels, new faculty ...
• transforming ideas
• (top and middle management)
• University rules and documents,
• further improving and developing ideas
  (leadership, management and target groups)
• based on experience, examles of good practise
• implementing ideas
• (leadership and decision-making bodies)
• approval process

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• Attributes of creative problems solving
• optimism
• taking time
• being ready for change
• break the routine
• get enough information
• brainstorming
• keeping active
• SWOT
• ability to re-define problem
• plan for results
• asking questions
• have a sense of humour

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• Every new idea is first ridiculed, then it is
  violently opposed and finally it is accepted as
  a common sense.
• Arthur Schopenhauer

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Thank you