blogs ONLINE: In August 2007 came as President after Witten / Herdecke, the end of 2008 you were already back. A fairly short term - what is wrong?
Birger Priddat: I had the course differently. My resignation just before Christmas was not a response to the allegations of the minister and no admission of guilt, but it should clear the way for a new beginning in Witten. I wanted to make sure that not the reason I am that the country's 4.5 million appropriation for 2008 will not be paid - now the money is still not come. This is inexplicable to me, but since it will have any good reasons. Regardless of the auditors on Monday once again our financial confirmed by early December.
blogs ONLINE: The accusation is not proper management is still in the room ...
Priddat: This accusation is not tenable. The University has already declared that they can legally consider. And in my view, the country has a significant share of the current crisis: We were almost at the end of 2007 in a bankruptcy advised, among other things, it emerged that the country's 4.5 million until quite late to pay - so late that Again, we zwischendurch loans on that money had to absorb. That was, of course, with significant cost savings. And there was some calculation problems: The 4.5 million were in two installments paid at the end of December, it was noted that on 3 January, two or three million in the account were. And because the country has said: Yes, if you have left, then you would not even be asking! The time now is this accusation is not proper management - more is not behind it.
blogs ONLINE: Do we understand correctly, the whole conflict based on the observation that three million within a few days spent?
Priddat: That's the difference between a non-GmbH - we are an entity under the Civil Code - and the kameralistischen planning policy in the State. According to their logic must be the end of the year somehow everything was paid, will be driven to zero. We would have to consume the money. That was certainly our accounting errors, but the country would have given us perhaps better able to advise. That is unfortunately not happened.
ONLINE blogs: How do you evaluate the potential donor, after the resignation of North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Science have been presented? Are the chances for a rescue of Witten / Herdecke risen?
Priddat: Among the concrete prospects and I will not say I'm no longer president of the university. But I can state that all those now with the University and Minister Andreas Pinkwart negotiate - except for the Community Hospital Herdecke - also already have negotiated with us. We simply lacked the time to achieve a reasonable result to come - and this time we would have with the country's funds had.
blogs ONLINE: Grimm No thank you, because the SRH holding back with the boat is? The university was already once been rejected because it was too profit-oriented?
Priddat: I support the entry of new donors, no question about it. And it will be an exciting experience for all involved, whether the unique spirit of this university can be maintained. Regardless of the SRH: Who solely on yield efficiency, rapid throughput, high tuition and teachers cheap sets, demoted Witten / Herdecke University to a kind of doctoral and postdoctoral law. I hope with all my heart that the educational excellence of our unique university is maintained.
blogs ONLINE: What are your plans after the resignation from?
Priddat: I still find this first-class university, the shop is wonderful. We still have the best doctors, even in the rankings. Our economists and economists in the rankings are also among the top groups - it's such fun to work here, of course, that I remain here as a professor would. In Witten can not just be happy as president.
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