on determination of the size of student groups and the rules of giving and crediting classes, including internship
Pursuant to Article 23 (2) and (2) of the Act of July 20, 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 85, as amended) and § 8 (2) and (3) of the Statute of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, adopted on June 28, 2019 constituting an attachment to Resolution No. 56/2019 of the Senate of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of June 28, 2019 on the adoption of the Statute of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, it is ordered as follows:
§ 1
The phrases and abbreviations used in this Order have the following meaning:
§ 2
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SERVING INTERNSHIP
1. At the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, student internships in academic fields within first-, second- and long-cycle studies of general academic and practical nature, full-time and part-time, are mandatory and constitute an integral part of university education.
2. The main purpose of the internship is to acquire practical skills in addition to the knowledge obtained during classes at the University and to shape attitudes towards potential employers and colleagues.
3. The length, principles, form of internship and the number of ECTS points that a student must obtain are determined by the study program for a given field of study, level, and profile:
a) internship for students pursuing education in general academic fields within first-, second- and long-cycle studies should take at least 4 weeks (160 hours),
b) internship for students pursuing education in practical fields within first-cycle studies should take at least 6 months (800 hours) and at least 3 months (400 hours) in fields within second-cycle studies,
c) internship for students pursuing education in the field of veterinary medicine is specified in the education standard and take at least 14 weeks (540 hours in the case of education cycle started before the 2019/2020 academic year or 560 hours in the case of education cycle started after the 2019/2020 academic year).
4. A dean may credit part or the entire internship to a student who demonstrates skills and knowledge of issues specified in an internship program, acquired in other circumstances, e.g. during professional work.
5. A student serves an internship in an establishment or institution where it is possible to perform work in accordance with an internship program.
6. For the internship duration, a student is required to have a valid insurance against accidents and civil liability insurance (if required due to the internship nature).
7. A student is required to serve an internship in accordance with its program and also to:
a) comply with work order and discipline established by a workplace,
b) comply with industrial safety regulations and fire protection regulations,
c) comply with the principles of keeping professional and state secrets and protecting data confidentiality to the extent specified by a workplace,
d) comply with internship principles set forth by the University.
8. If during an internship a student violates the principles referred to in point 7 or the principles of social coexistence or commits any other act adversely affecting the good name of the University, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated.
9. Detailed principles of serving internship are set out in the faculty internship regulations.
10. During an internship, a student may receive financial aid on terms specified in the Regulations on benefits for students and PhD students of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
11. Internship management:
a) an employee appointed by a dean shall act as an internship manager; this function is performed by an internship office employee, or an appointed employee of a dean’s office or an academic teacher;
b) a manager exercises formal supervision over an internship organization and course and is responsible for:
- establishing contacts with workplaces/institutions and for preparing agreements with them (Attachment No. 1); an agreement on internships is signed between the faculty dean and an employer’s representative;
- organizing substantive, teaching and educational supervision by appointing an internship tutor(s);
- supervising the completion of formalities related to referring students to a internships (issuing referrals (Attachment No. 2), handling insurance policies, health certificates for sanitary and epidemiological matters, etc.).
12. Substantive supervision over internship:
1) an internship tutor exercises substantive, teaching and educational supervision over an internship; this function is performed by an academic teacher recommended by an internship manager and approved by a dean;
2) a tutor is responsible for a student serving an internship in accordance with its purpose and the agreed program and is authorized to settle, together with a manager, internship-related issues;
3) a tutor supervises the course of internship through visits and inspections at the place of internship, seminars, review of internship record book, contact with an employer,
4) a tutor credits an internship in accordance with the study program of a given field of study by arranging for a credit or an examination and making an appropriate entry in documents.
13. Once an internship is served, documents concerning its course and place are stored in the student’s personal file.
14. Remuneration of academic teachers in a capacity of a tutor and/or an internship manager:
1) the remuneration is calculated on the basis of an internship credit report or protocol containing information on the internship course in a given academic year and the number of students serving internship;
2) the remuneration is paid after the end of the academic year and once an internship is credited as a one-time bonus in the form of a lump sum in the amount of 1/100 of the lump sum for one student who got credits for an internship;
3) the maximum amount of the lump sum cannot exceed 6% of the minimum basic salary of an assistant lecturer; the lump sum amount for managing/supervising an internship is determined by the Rector based on the regulation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education on minimum wage and the Act – Law on Higher Education and Science;
4) the remuneration is paid on the basis of a dean’s application after approval by a competent vice-rector responsible for education;
5) the remuneration is financed from funds allocated to personal remuneration of academic teachers.
§ 3
TAKING CHARGE OF STUDENTS DURING COMPETITIONS AND SPORTS EVENTS RESULTING FROM THE CURRICULUM
1. The Head of the School of Physical Education and Sport may apply for a one-time bonus to be given to an academic teacher for taking charge of students during sports events and competitions.
2. The maximum amount of the one-time bonus cannot exceed 65% of the minimum basic salary of an assistant lecturer.
3. An application together with the grounds should be submitted to a competent vice-rector responsible for education.
4. The bonus amount depends on the complexity of tasks related to taking charge of students during sports events.
5. The bonus is financed from funds allocated to personal remuneration of academic teachers.
§ 4
SETTLEMENT OF CLASSES RUN AS PART OF FULL- AND PART-TIME STUDIES, INCLUDING CLASSES RUN IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1. One 45-minute class is used to settle all types of classes, regardless of the form, level, profile, field of study and the language of instruction.
2. For each overtime 45-class conducted within part-time studies (on Saturdays or Sundays) or studies conducted in a foreign language (under full cycle of education in a foreign language, the WUELS+ program or Erasmus+ program), academic teachers receive remuneration for overtime hours, and PhD students receive remuneration based on a mandate contract, according to increased rates of remuneration. The remuneration rates for a 45-minute classes is established by the Rector’s order.
3. For classes conducted as part of the annual compulsory teaching time (for academic teachers) or teaching practice (for PhD students) in studies in a foreign language, academic teachers receive a benefit and PhD students receive remuneration on the basis of a mandate contract. The rates are specified in the Rector’s order. Teachers are not entitled to additional remuneration for classes conducted as language courses (except for Latin) and for advising on dissertations.
4. The faculty dean may apply for an additional rate increase referred to in points 2 and 3 for classes run in a foreign language. The proposal to increase rates should be consulted with a bursar and a competent vice-rector and presented for the Rector’s approval within one month from the beginning of the academic year. The means for increased rates come from extra-budgetary funds.
5. Teachers are not entitled to remuneration according to increased rates for conducting classes in part-time studies in the field of veterinary medicine, foreign language courses (except for Latin) in studies conducted in a foreign language and for advising on (supervising) dissertations drawn up in a foreign language.
6. An academic teacher supervising an internship or practice of a foreign student studying at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences under the Erasmus+ student exchange program shall settle according to the following rules:
- practice / internship lasting 1-3 months – 10 period class,
- practice / internship lasting 4-6 months – 20 period class.
7. Classes run in a foreign language for a group joined by the Erasmus+ students or Polish-speaking students interested in participating in such classes, are settled based on teaching time set out in a given curriculum for a long-cycle studies conducted in a foreign language or within the WUELS+ program.
8. In the case of classes run for a Polish-speaking group joined by 1-5 students studying under the Erasmus+ program, 5 hours per each student are used to settle language assistance provided to Erasmus+ students, regardless of the number of hours specified in the curriculum for classes in the Polish language. In a given academic year/semester, the number of hours to be settled is established once for a subject chosen by the Erasmus+ students. Subjects with the same name or learning outcomes are held only once a year, according to a curriculum.
9. In the case of classes conducted for a group consisting of students affiliated with different faculties, the hours are settled proportionally to the number of students from a given faculty, using the field code assigned to the relevant faculty.
10. An academic teacher is credited with 10 classes for a positively assessed master’s dissertation, 5 classes for a positively assessed engineering or bachelor’s dissertation for advising on dissertations written in the Polish language by full-time or part-time students. A positively assessed dissertation is a dissertation that was entered into the Archive of Dissertations and got good reviews.
11. An academic teacher is credited with 20 classes for a positively assessed master’s dissertation, 10 classes for a positively assessed engineering or bachelor’s dissertation for advising on dissertations written in a foreign language by long-cycle students studying in a foreign language, the WUELS+ and the Erasmus+ students. A positively assessed dissertation is a dissertation that was entered into the Archive of Dissertations and got good reviews.
§ 5
OVERTIME CLASSES AND SETTLEMENT OF THE ANNUAL TEACHING TIME
1. Remuneration for overtime work is given after the actual teaching hours and the annual compulsory teaching time have been settled, once a year, after the end of the academic year, according to the rates for a given position specified by the Rector’s order applicable on the last day of the period which the settlement regards.
2. September 30th is considered to be the deadline for settlement of hours dedicated to advising on dissertations in a given academic year. The amounts due for dissertations positively assessed after this date will be paid in the annual settlement of the next academic year.
3. Teaching hours shall be recorded, planned, and settled in the USOS based on principles set out in the Work Regulations of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences and in this Order.
4. Teaching hours for a given academic year are settled based on a final report on how the classes were conducted. Electronic reports and reports from the USOS (collective statements: Employees’ teaching time and Classes in teaching time settlement) are submitted to the Department of Studies Organization within the following deadlines:
1) university units, units of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, units where dissertations were not prepared: June 30th. In the 2019/2020 academic year, due to special method of conducting classes in connection with the announcement of the state of epidemic in Poland, it is allowed to depart from the above-mentioned deadline. Reports should be submitted immediately after the end of classes, but not later than by September 30th.
2) other units: September 30th.
5. The head of the unit is responsible for correct settlement and completion of: (i) teaching hours and annual teaching time of the unit employees’; (ii) PhD students’ teaching practice; (iii) classes entrusted to individuals from outside the University, and (iv) accounting and substantive verification of bills relating to civil law contracts.
6. The DSO reviews the final report on how teaching hours were conducted and how the annual teaching time was settled for all academic teachers and orders the payment of remuneration for overtime hours. Civil law contracts are also subject to revision.
7. If any irregularities are found, the DSO submits the report to a teaching unit for correction. The time needed to make appropriate corrections postpones the payment for overtime hours.
§ 6
COMMISSIONING CLASSES TO AND REMUNERATING INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BASED ON CIVIL LAW CONTRACTS
1. Advisory on dissertations and all types of classes conducted by persons who are not academic teachers employed at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences as well as teaching hours exceeding PhD students’ teaching practice are subject to mandate contracts.
2. Mandate contracts are concluded with the use of the Electronic Document Circulation. A dean of a given faculty or a competent vice-rector acts as a principal.
3. Remuneration is calculated based on rates specified in the Rector’s regulation.
4. In exceptional cases, in the absence of a given specialist at the University, the principal may increase the agreed rate on terms set out in the Rector’s regulation mentioned above.
5. All individuals and classes conducted under the mandate contract must be entered in the USOS.
§7
TYPES OF CLASSES AND NUMBERS OF STUDENT GROUPS
1. The following types of classes are conducted at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences:
1) lectures,
2) graduation seminars and workshops,
3) auditorium exercises,
4) field exercises and practice (internship),
5) laboratory exercises,
6) design exercises,
7) clinical exercises,
8) clinical practice,
9) foreign language courses,
10) sports classes,
11) on-line classes.
2. Classes are conducted in student groups of the following size:
1) auditorium exercises (A): from 32 to 36 people,
2) laboratory (L), design (D), field (F) classes, language classes, seminars, and workshops: from 16 to 18 people,
3) clinical exercises (CE) and clinical practice (CP): from 8 to 9 people,
4) sports classes:
-classes in indoor swimming pool: from 10 to 15 people,
-team games classes in the multifunctional hall: from 20 to 28 people,
-group fitness classes: from 20 to 25 persons,
-outdoor classes: from 16 to 25 people,
5) foreign-language groups as part of international programs, e.g. Erasmus+: from 6 to 16 people,
6) the size of the group of participants of on-line classes depends on the type of classes and the tool used, and ranges from 16 to 36 people.
3. The number of groups is determined by dividing the number of students in a given year by the planned size of a student group. The obtained result is rounded to the nearest whole number. A competent vice-dean divides groups into smaller subgroups.
4. Due to the safety of students and employees and with the premises standard, the number of workstation and other justified reasons in mind, a vice-dean may change the size of the groups specified in point 2. Reducing the group size compared to the standard size requires the approval of a competent vice-rector.
5. Subjects from humanities and social sciences take the form of lectures in groups from 80 to 110 students.
6. In particularly justified cases, with the consent of a competent vice-rector, it is possible to hold general classes (i.e. humanities and social sciences, foreign languages, sports classes) for a smaller number of students.
7. Optional classes may be conducted when the number of students enrolled on such classes equals at least the basic size of one laboratory group.
8. Specialization classes may be conducted when the number of students enrolled on such classes equals at least the basic size of one laboratory group.
9. Shared classes at a given field and level of study, including optional classes, are conducted jointly for all students pursuing education in a given field of study in a given academic year. It is not allowed to conduct these classes separately.
10. Classes for selected Erasmus+ groups may be conducted when at least six students enrolled on such classes.
§8
In cases not regulated by this Order, the following acts shall apply: the Act of March 14, 2003 – Law on Higher Education and Science, provisions introducing the Law on Higher Education and Science, the Statute of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, the Work Regulations applicable at the WUELS, the Remuneration Regulations for the WUELS employees and other internal normative acts of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
§9
The provisions of this Order constitute the basis for the organization and settlement of classes starting from the 2019/2020 academic year.
§10
The Order becomes effective on the day of its signing, with the exception of § 2, which becomes effective on October 1, 2020.
Rector
Professor Tadeusz Trziszka, PhD, Eng.
| Wytworzył: | Tadeusz Trziszka | Data wytworzenia: | 10-07-2020 |
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| Opublikowane przez: | Aleksandra Pomian | Data publikacji: | 08-02-2023 09:42 |
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Agreement on student internship at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
| Wytworzył: | Tadeusz Trziszka | Data wytworzenia: | 10-07-2020 |
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| Opublikowane przez: | Aleksandra Pomian | Data publikacji: | 08-02-2023 09:42 |
| Liczba pobrań: | 43 |
Referral
| Wytworzył: | Tadeusz Trziszka |
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| Data wytworzenia: | 10-07-2020 |
| Opublikowane przez: | Aleksandra Pomian |
| Data publikacji: | 08-02-2023 09:00 |
| Ostatnio zaktualizował: | Aleksandra Pomian |
| Data ostatniej aktualizacji: | 08-02-2023 09:42 |
