High demand for experts in information technologies pushes higher their compensation, including university lecturers. Tuition free university system means full coverages of expenses by governmental budget. But the current formula, according to which are public higher education institutions financed, does not reflect different level of demand at labour market in different particular fields, neither various quality of education and training at various schools. This creates direct capacity limits to high quality courses of informatics at level of schools. Industry utilising information technologies and computer based services are the most promising for Slovak republic in its effort for economy
diversification. From strategy point of view this underpins future economy growth, therefore change of existing financing formula is required.
diversification. From strategy point of view this underpins future economy growth, therefore change of existing financing formula is required.
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Robert Redhammer
Since 2011 Robert Redhammer is a Chancellor of Slovak Technical University (STU) in Bratislava. Before the took the role, he was a Vice-chancellor for science and research (since 20013) and a Vice-dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of Slovak Technical University for science, research and information technology (since 1997).
He finished studies at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of Slovak Technical University in 1988, in the field of microelectronics. He spent one year internship at University of York, Great Britain. He received his PhD in 1993, habilitated in electronics in 1995 and was inaugurated as a Professor of Electronics in 2010.
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