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The project "Belarus - Higher Education Modernization" is being implemented by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and is financed through an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan of 100 million euros. The stated goal of the project is to improve the teaching and learning environment and the information on labor market relevance of higher education. The intended timeframe of the project is 5 years (2020-2025).
The Bank's Social and Environmental Framework document [1] emphasizes the importance of open and transparent communication between the borrower and stakeholders, and the importance of effective stakeholder involvement for successful project planning and implementation. Also, when determining the basis for the partnership between Belarus and the Bank for 2018-2022, [2] the importance of transparency and public participation was emphasized. Thus, the need for more information on public policy decisions and its availability has been highlighted as an overarching priority (paragraph 50). Accordingly, it is logical to expect the implementation of the stated principles in the project of modernization of higher education.
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Belarusian Independent Bologna Committee is launching a series of articles with stories of fired university teachers. We cite articles in their entirety, without editing. All authors could hide the names of universities and departments for security reasons.
Times of revolutions do not determine the fate of people, we determine them ourselves,
making revolutions, first in our thinking, and then in our lives
We often choose the professions of people who made the strongest impression on us in the childhood, and became an authority for us, we want to become like them. So it was with me. At school, I was lucky to meet a wonderful teacher of the Belarusian language and literature, Nikolai Nikolayevich, he was also a teacher at the philological faculty of the Belarusian State University. It was Nikolai Nikolaevich who instilled love for our country, its history, language, literature of Belarus, and also became an example of a teacher, about whom they say "a teacher from God."
It was at that time that the history and fate of Belarusians touched me to the core. Few people abroad know that a few centuries ago Belarusians were free and prosperous people. Many great scientists and educators known all over the world were born among them, such as: Francysk Skaryna, Marc Chagall, Tadeusz Kosciuszko and others.
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Belarusian Independent Bologna Committee is launching a series of articles with stories of fired university teachers. We cite articles in their entirety, without editing. All authors could hide the names of universities and departments for security reasons.
About myself
My name is Vadim Antipov. I worked at BSUIR, was a teacher of logic and philosophy at the faculty of Computer Science and Networks, at the Department of Philosophy. Graduated from Belarusian State University, Faculty of Philosophy.
The semester began in September, when the protests in Belarus were at their peak.
The university quickly developed a position like "the university is out of politics." For every university meeting, there were main points that in no case should any teacher dare to participate in protest events, that he should not show his political will, because this will negatively affect the university, the educational process, etc.
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Belarusian Independent Bologna Committee is launching a series of articles with stories of fired university teachers. We cite articles in their entirety, without editing. All authors could hide the names of universities and departments for security reasons.
My dismissal for political reasons was probably the first – on September 21, 2020. But such a reason was not listed in the workbook or other documents.
On September 12, 2020, I was released from Ivanovo remand prison and after that I missed my working day - the 14th, when I was replaced by a colleague, but unofficially. BSU took advantage of this opportunity. As soon as I arrived, the dean of the Radiophysics Faculty asked me to write an explanatory note about my absence. The imprisonment itself was not taken into account, but that unofficial replacement was already a reason for dismissal.
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The repressions in Belarusian Academy always had a face: might it be a rector, a dean or a proffessor responsible for the politically motivated expulsions and firings. "Student Observatory" collected the names and cases to present the Black Book in Academia.
We urge international actors: universities, research programmes, EU institutions - to implement a personal responsibility mechanisms for listed below people, excluding them from visit delegations and common projects.