Round Table Held
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on the topic: "Development of the Academic Staff in Bulgaria – Problems in the Legislation and Their Impact on Science and Higher Education"
On 29 May 2018 the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Union of Jurists in Bulgaria held a round table on the topic “Development of the Academic Staff in Bulgaria – Problems in the Legislation and Their Impact on Science and Higher Education”, in the hall of the Union of Jurists in Bulgaria, 7 Pirotska Street, Sofia 1000.
The event was attended by more than 70 scholars, lecturers, doctoral students and students from higher education institutions and the BAS, as well as Prof. Diana Petkova, Chair of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria. Contributions to the discussion were made by Prof. Stanislav Stanilov, DSc in History, member of the Committee on Education and Deputy Chair of the Committee on Culture of the National Assembly; Petar Nikolov, PhD, Deputy Minister of Education and Science; Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Draganov, DSc, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of National and World Economy; Prof. Lachezar Avramov, Head of the Laboratory of Biophonics at the Institute of Electronics of the BAS; and others.
The main points of the amendments of April 2018 to the Act on the Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria were presented by Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD; the case law by Prof. Darina Zinovieva, PhD; and the problems of doctoral studies and the time limits of the procedures by Assist. Prof. Hristo Banov.