On November 27 the Luxembourg Minister for Higher Education and Research, Mr. Marc Hansen, together with Mr Léon Diederich, Commissaire du Gouvernement, and Mrs Christiane Huberty, Conseiller, received a delegation from APUL composed by Raymond Bisdorff and myself. The meeting was planned after our press release was sent to the Minister and the Commissaire du Gouvernement. During this meeting a discussion on the main points raised by our position paper took place.
The press release issued today, 4th December 2017, by the Ministry of Higher Education (http://www.gouvernement.lu/7594131/04-hansen-unilu) shows that some of our concerns were taken into account since faculty councils will be mentioned by the law.
We welcome this move towards a more democratic functioning of the University and hope that the discussion that will now take place in Parliament will allow some progress with regards to some crucial points, such as the election of deans and the still limited role of the university council, which mainly remains an advisory body.
Elise Poillot
APUL Chair