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In accordance with the Statute of the University of Silesia, the Ombudsperson is to ensure the protection of the rights of students, doctoral students, postgraduate students, and participants in other forms of education.<\/p>\n
The Ombudsperson\u2019s tasks include in particular:<\/p>\n
\n- intervening on behalf of these persons (individual cases), as well as<\/li>\n
- presenting problems related to their situation to the University bodies and spreading awareness of their rights (systemic cases).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
The tables below show the number of individual cases and systemic cases handled by the Ombudsperson starting from the 2020\/2021 academic year.<\/p>\n
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\nTable 1. Number of individual cases handled by the Ombudsperson since the 2020\/2021 academic year<\/caption>\n\n\n\n| communication with employees<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| cooperation with supervisors<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| classes<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| exams<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| course retake and being expelled from studies<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| communication with employees<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| financial and social affairs<\/td>\n | 25<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| disciplinary proceedings<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| mental abuse \u2013 bullying, intimidating, humiliating<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 0<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| internal conflicts between students and doctoral students<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| other<\/td>\n | 40<\/td>\n | 32<\/td>\n | 42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n |
\n\n| in total<\/td>\n | 174<\/td>\n | 120<\/td>\n | 195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n In total, from 1 September 2020 to 30 September 2023 \u2013 489 individual cases.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe \u2018classes\u2019 category appears in the statistics from the academic year 2022\/2023 onwards. In previous years, cases involving classes were classified under other categories, most commonly \u2018communication with staff\u2019.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/p>\n \nTable 2. Number of systemic cases handled by the Ombudsperson since the academic year 2020\/2021<\/caption>\n\n\n\n| in total<\/td>\n | 28<\/td>\n | 24<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”container”][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″] | |