Caputova: Academia has to deal with FIIT situation for benefit of students

Academia has to deal with the situation at the Slovak University of Technology's (STU) Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT) in a cultured, transparent and legal manner and for the benefit of students, President Zuzana Caputova said on Tuesday on Facebook after her meeting with faculty students. At the same time, Caputova called on all interested parties to consider their involvement in the situation, so that they can contribute towards its resolution. According to her, interested parties should do their utmost to ensure that students can return to the faculty after the summer break without any worries. She noted that academia must be an example of the highest standards. Disputes at FIIT escalated when dean Maria Bielikova was fired from the faculty in early January by her successor Ivan Kotuliak. Shortly after that he hired 18 researchers, which is a post that does not require an official selection process.