The Government further amended the rule of the Statute of the Research Fellow (EBI) which imposed a regime of exclusive investigators, preventing them from teaching in higher education institutions. The decision, adopted at the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday, back to allow this possibility, although it is limited to four hours per week.
The decision adopted by the government makes it compatible “the exclusive dedication” of PhD studentships and postdoctoral with the activity of teacher in universities and polytechnics informs the communiqué issued at the end of the Council of Ministers.
teaching must, therefore be limited to a maximum of four hours per week and shall not exceed an average of three hours per week per semester, further specifies the Government’s decision.
accumulation between the activity as a research fellow and teaching has yet to obtain prior permission from the host institution of the doctoral or post-doctoral student in question. Changing the EBI is designed to “adjust the possibility of providing limited, of teaching by research fellows,” the Government.
Changes to the EBI were approved at the beginning of last summer and came into force at the end of August. In September, the government dropped the intention to prohibit the accumulation between research grants and teaching activity, in a year delaying the entry into force of an exclusive “to avoid embarrassment to higher education institutions in the organization of the academic year . “
This week, the Ombudsman also gave his views on the subject. Alfredo José de Sousa believes that the PhD studentships and postdoctoral already gave lessons before the publication of the new statute should continue to accumulate both functions, given that the rule can not have retroactive effect.
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