Hochschulpolitik

Senatsvorsitzender Rainer Niemann begrüßte am 26. Juni seine AmtskollegInnen sowie Sektionschef Elmar Pichl an der Uni Graz. Foto: Uni Graz/Schweiger

Konferenz der Senatsvorsitzenden an der Universität Graz

Der Senat gehört neben dem Rektorat und dem Universitätsrat zu den obersten Leitungsorganen einer österreichischen Universität. Um aktuelle hochschulpolitische Themen abzustimmen und zu diskutieren, treffen die Senatsvorsitzenden in regelmäßigen Abständen dreimal jährlich zusammen.

Zur 30. Konferenz der Senatsvorsitzenden lud Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Niemann am 26. Juni 2015 an die Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Neben seinen AmtskollegInnen konnte Niemann auch Mag. Elmar Pichl, Sektionschef im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft, an der Uni Graz begrüßen. Zu den Diskussionspunkten gehörten unter anderem die Evaluierung der Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase, die geplante Novelle des Universitätsgesetzes sowie ein gesamtösterreichischer Universitätsentwicklungsplan. >> Mehr Info

Die Konferenz der Senatsvorsitzenden der österreichischen Universitäten ist auch ständiges Mitglied der Hochschulkonferenz, eines Beratungsgremiums des BMWFW. Sprecherin der Konferenz ist seit Oktober 2013 Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Vorsitzende des Senats der Universität Wien.

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