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<p>The Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science modifies the system of education of PhD students in a significant way. In this act, the doctoral studies model was abandoned in favor of the doctoral school system. Along with the indicated change, the status of PhD students as a separate academic group was also ordered. Thus, the practice of treating PhD students as quasi-students has been broken. The new education model also provides for a number of institutional guarantees, which should have a pro-quality impact on the education system of future academic staff. The paper discusses selected solutions in this area, paying special attention to the universal scholarship system, the social security system of PhD students and mechanisms of parenthood protection among doctoral students.</p>
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The Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science modifies the system of education of PhD students in a significant way. In this act, the doctoral studies model was abandoned in favor of the doctoral school system. Along with the indicated change, the status of PhD students as a separate academic group was also ordered. Thus, the practice of treating PhD students as quasi-students has been broken. The new education model also provides for a number of institutional guarantees, which should have a pro-quality impact on the education system of future academic staff. The paper discusses selected solutions in this area, paying special attention to the universal scholarship system, the social security system of PhD students and mechanisms of parenthood protection among doctoral students.

Selected Problems Regarding the Status of PhD Student

Białostockie Studia Prawnicze

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The Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science modifies the system of education of PhD students in a significant way. In this act, the doctoral...

Selected Problems Regarding the Status of PhD Student

Published Online: Aug 19, 2021

Page range: 111 - 124

Received: Feb 29, 2020

Accepted: Sep 19, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2020.25.04.08

Keywords
PhD student, doctoral school, higher education, reform

© 2020 Agata Pyrzyńska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Selected Problems Regarding the Status of PhD Student

Published Online: Aug 19, 2021

Page range: 111 - 124

Received: Feb 29, 2020

Accepted: Sep 19, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2020.25.04.08

KeywordsPhD student, doctoral school, higher education, reform

© 2020 Agata Pyrzyńska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PhD student, doctoral school, higher education, reform