Rectors present at the 118th meeting of the Slovak Rectors' Conference on May 14, 2025 in Banská Bystrica elected the President and Vice-presidents of SRC for the next two-years term. Doc. Ing. Vladimír Hiadlovský, PhD. (Rector of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica) will continue as President in the second term, which will begin on August 22, 2025. The Vice-presidents of SRC remain Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Rudolf Kropil, PhD. (Rector of the Technical University in Zvolen) - his second term of office will begin on August 22, 2025, and Dr. h. c. prof. MUDr. Peter Šimko, CSc. (Rector of the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava) - his second term of office will begin on June 20, 2025. New vice-presidents elected are prof. MUDr. Daniel Pella, PhD. (Rector of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice) from May 14, 2025 and Dr. h. c. doc. Ing. Ľuboš Cibák, PhD. MBA (Rector of the University of Economics and Management in Bratislava) from June 25, 2025.
At the meeting, SRC members, among other issues, started a discussion about the substantive intent of the draft act on higher education institutions, which will continue at the next SRC and with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic and the Committee for Education, Science, Youth, Sports and Tourism of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Parliament). In the general debate, they also addressed the remuneration for state and public administration employees, which was agreed upon in the collective agreement in 2024.
Related information:
- Press Release: Prezident a prezídium SRK 2025+ (in Slovak only)
- Minutes from 118th SRC meeting (in Slovak only)
- Photos from 118th SRC meeting
Photo: Alexandra Pančíková, ISRK