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Hamburg - Wednesday evening from 19 clock: four hours explaining the heads of all six faculties of the President, their letter of the day (from blogs ONLINE documented:
"Deaneries are no command receiver"). They call is significantly less interference from above in the various disciplines and cultures, disciplines, a trust for the future and one end of the very "robust" command and personal tone. The President will remain as participants reported, unrepentant. It is fruitless apart.
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Monika-Auweter Kurtz: Iron Lady in the wind
Already on Wednesday morning was 120 of 550 professors signed by the President by deselecting the relevant Hochschulrat required. More would have therefore not been signed, "because in this case fear of reprisal," explained the initiators, including the China expert Michael Friedrich.
At the University of apparently rampant fear of the President - and this is part of a long simmering conflict and highly unusual in the fifth largest German university with nearly 180 degrees, about 38,000 students and over 4000 employees. Even before the inauguration of Monika Auweter-Kurtz at the end of 2006 was quite rude to. Students rejected them because they too close to the defense industry (which Kurtz Auweter-flight the nickname "rocket-Moni" eintrug) and their attitude per Studiengebühren accusing.
Hardly more backing from the University of
Auweter-Kurtz came to the university more efficient and new structures in research and teaching to enforce. So far one of the Hamburg University in Germany not just to showcase universities in rankings they landed reliably on the rear seats, also in the excellence initiative remained for them only crumbs.
Fresh Wind, the new president in the university bear the profile, the university closer to the tip and the direction. At the same time this means a break from the traditional Kollegialführung (University leadership as "primus inter pares") to strong presidential leadership with great decision-making authority and control only by the University Council.
Even after a few months, however, continue to the physicist many university staff with the attempt to gag professors collectively - by
"Muzzle-adoption." And this kind of behavior was not a gaffe. Soon, the teeth grinding and grumbling about the harsh tone of the president loud and clear, its retention at the university ever disappeared.
"Excellence starts at the top"
Additional there is controversy about the possible relocation of the entire University in the Hamburg HafenCity flagship project - which is approximately two billion euros is expected to swallow. The fact that many university buildings are ramshackle and must be rehabilitated, there is no question, a study found two thirds in a poor or very poor condition. But the right way out of poverty is highly controversial. Kurtz-Auweter raves about the chances of a complete new building over the coming decade, by which the university also could grow significantly. Many of their critics, however, argue for a more cost-effective renovation, so the university their previous locations in the city can retain.
ON TO ONLINE blogs
Uni Hamburg: "deaneries are no command receiver" (11.06.2009)
Hamburger muzzle affair: "Punish the one hand, and educate hundred" (10.05.2007)
Muzzle of Professors: The recalcitrant palsy (22.06.2007)
Documented: The Hamburger "muzzle-adoption" (10.05.2007)
Uni-bureaucracy: Lost in the crowd (08.04.2009)
Präsidentenkür at the University of Hamburg: "rocket scientist" takes next hurdle (28.07.2006)
Woman at the wheel: Uni Hamburg nominated controversial "rocket scientist" (22.07.2006)
This dispute is playing more at the level of urban planning, not only from the university to decide. At the university is moving to address issues of leadership style, the handling, the culture of dialogue. And on dictatorial posturing professors sometimes react very sensitively. "Excellence starts at the top, keep the deans of the President in her letter, which the university is a pluralistic institution. And in anger, hardly slowed the deans rant further about "rolling course", "Reformwahn" and a "catastrophic external representation" to the President finally subtly suggest: "Employee motivation is the beautiful sister of the performance audit."
Around a fifth of the professors rebelled already open, the former vice president has from the President clearly separated, while the current Vice-audible silent - even a signal. And even in the University, the supreme governing body with representatives from the university and external executives, for example, from the economy, increasing the critical voices against the stubborn policy of price-Auweter Kurtz, now also known as "Margaret Thatcher on the Elbe" is called - the former Prime Minister on the Thames was brusque behavior and "top-down" decisions notorious.
The critics see themselves not as snipers
In a deselecting Auweter-Kurtz of the University Council would, however, an alternative for the tip. In the letter to the president and the deans, the University already has a vast Tip: Dezent praised the cooperation with the "sensitive" Vice President in the development of a structure and development plan for the university - to the President, this matter to the "chief cause" and so that the offense did.
Gabriele Löschper the so-called vaunted "sensitive Vice President." It could be the pre-reform course in calmer waters to continue, says Dean of circles. In contrast, search-Auweter Kurtz - since youngest even with the help of an international PR agency - to create the impression that their critics are a strange world Häuflein erzkonservativer opponents of reform yesterday.
Despite repeated requests from blogs ONLINE was the President's own opinion does not reach. Meanwhile their opponents want to play a role as "deviants" or "sniper" partout can not ascribe. How long will the suspended game between president and deans take? Insiders are sure: "By the end of next week's coming to a bang."
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