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This was confirmed by the representative of Ina Žurkuvienė University at BNS on Wednesday.
“The mandate of both the rector and the deans would end in April of this year. If a new rector had been elected, he would have nominated new deans and the Senate would have approved them. However, the coronavirus pandemic led to the postponement of the election of the rector. As a result, the mandate of both the rector and all deans had to be extended. Last week, the Senate decided not to extend the dean’s mandate to A. Krupavičius due to violations of academic ethics, “said I. Žurkuvienė.
“The rector of Vytautas Magnus University signed an order not to extend his term on Monday, so A. Krupavičius has no longer been dean of office since the beginning of this week. In addition, the Rector appealed to the committees doctorates from the university to change the member, as well as the VMU Ethics Commission. Other decisions will be made according to the recommendations of the commission, “he added.
I have not applied for the dean position on a temporary basis and will not apply for a second dean term.
The political scientist himself claims that his powers as dean have expired and that he had no intention of requesting their extension.
“My term as dean has ended. I did not apply for the dean position temporarily and I will not apply for the dean’s second term,” A. Krupavičius told BNS on Wednesday.
Algius Krupavičius was the first to be informed of VMU’s decision not to extend the dean’s term by news portal lrt.lt.
Last week, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania issued an unappealable decision rejecting the complaint of A. Krupavičius and Vitalija Simonaitytė and confirming the conclusion made by the Controller of Ethics and Academic Procedures in 2018 that A. Krupavičius and then the doctoral student from the Kaunas V. Simonaitytė University of Technology The text by former doctoral student Giedrius Žvaliauskas.
The political scientist says he plans to file an application with the European Court of Human Rights about the situation.
“I knew there were problems with the judicial system and justice in Lithuania, but it was very unexpected for me to such an extent,” he said.
The conclusion published by the Ombudsman for Ethics and Academic Procedures establishes that A. Krupavičius and V. Simonaitytė violated the norm of respect for intellectual property enshrined in the codes of ethics of their higher education institutions, that academic integrity It contradicts plagiarism and the denial or omission of contributions from individuals or organizations. According to the Ombudsman, the principles of academic ethics and the observance of intellectual property rights enshrined in the Law of Science and Studies have also been violated.
A.Krupavičius and V. Simonaitytė appealed this decision of the Comptroller of Ethics and Academic Procedures to the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, which in 2018. By a decision of September 11, the Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint.
This judicial decision was later appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.
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