Strategy for the Faculty of English 2013-2023 (updated for the 2016-2020 term of office)

 

The Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań is committed to the following values and principles:

 

• Openness to the world: We attach the utmost importance to the free circulation of scholarly thought and to collaboration with research centres in Poland and worldwide.
• Cultural role: Along with the entire academic community, we bear responsibility for the development of a knowledgeable society. We are actively engaged in initiatives that promote scientific culture, ethics and knowledge outside the University.
• Tolerance and diversity: Academic freedom is grounded in respect for a diversity of views and positions. Commitment to top quality research does not mean enforcement of research topics and directions.
• Academic ethics: We are committed to promoting academic ethics and making every effort to allow these principles to inform all our relations with our University colleagues and students.
• Recognisable identity: The Faculty of English aspires to be recognisable and renowned as an advanced academic centre and a reliable partner for academic cooperation.
• Linguistic awareness: As globally oriented linguists, our English language specialists are especially sensitive to issues concerning linguistic identity, the protection of endangered languages, and efforts to ensure a diversified linguistic landscape globally.
• Teaching quality: We take every effort to assure the highest possible level of teaching. We want a diploma from our Faculty to be a clear indicator of the excellence of the education obtained.
• Student-friendly faculty: The Faculty strives to offer assistance to students and support their personal development.
• Bold acceptance of challenges: We welcome change, progress and new challenges. Our continued growth calls for the continuous verification of our accomplishments and for their external assessment.
• Team work: The Faculty of English is a harmonious community of collaborative and mutually supportive scholars, academics and students.

 

The faculty, staff and students of the Faculty of English treat the University not only as a place of work and learning, but also as a space for pursuing their passions. As the cornerstone of growth, science benefits the contemporary world, states and societies, and is necessary for all those for whom intellectual activity is a source of personal satisfaction and pleasure. We aim to promote this position on science through our work, personal examples and contact with our immediate environment outside the University.