Allegations that students are being mistreated at the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions (SPbGUP) have been circulated by several local media outlets. According to reports from the injured party, the rector, academician Alexander Zapesotsky allegedly “forcibly detained students in the building” and “one of the students”fainted”after a conversation with him. The press service of the university notes that all these are fakes.
“The information about the retention of students was born from an anonymous call to the police, the author of which will be identified by law enforcement agencies in the near future. The fainting of a female student, according to experts, was staged by a group of third-year actors suspected of transferring money to their teachers, which, according to the university, can be considered a bribe and is strictly punishable, as indicated in the press release.
In the management of the educational institution, it is assumed that such actions of students are supported by those teachers who collected money like for renting premises for the lockdown period. This is documented. At the same time, the money did not go beyond the pockets of the collectors.
“We already know that the Morgenstern generation is entering adulthood. But for our university, such behavior of students is abnormal and unacceptable. Moreover, we have done a lot of good things for these guys. Excellent conditions, bright student life, scientific environment, tuition at the expense of SPbSUP for many of them and one hundred percent employment of graduates. You just need to work on yourself and behave with dignity…», — quotes the words Rector of St. Petersburg State University, Honored Artist of Russia Zapesotsky press service of the university.
On this occasion, the rector, by his order, created a Commission to investigate the incidents that occurred. The Commission includes a number of the largest scientists and teachers of St. Petersburg and, according to the order, must understand the situation in 10 working days: “conduct an internal investigation of the mentioned events, identify their causes, consider their legal qualifications, make a report including proposals to the Academic Council on making appropriate decisions and recommended measures.”
Also, the Commission should understand and establish the individual role and responsibility for the actions of each student of the group. It is necessary to determine the civic position of each student. And already on the basis of this, to make balanced and informed decisions on an individual basis about the continuation of students’ participation in the educational process.
The university believes that the provocation has external organizers who will continue to try to manipulate students, encourage them to seek sympathy from the public. However, no one is going to indulge student actors, because otherwise about education and trainingI won’t have to say anything. After all, then the consequences will have to be sorted out for a long time. The teachers will strictly say something to the students, they fainted, reprimanded, fainted again, and the shooting on the video, they put a deuce on the call to the police… This is where education will end, the university notes.
“SPBSUP is known in the country not only for its huge competition and one hundred percent employment of graduates. Here it is not only taking bribes is not accepted — the educational process in principle does not allow slack. You can’t skip. For cheat sheets and plagiarism, they are expelled without talking. The most brilliantretelling a lecture or textbook above the four will not bring, you still need to demonstrate knowledge of a lot of additional literature and the ability to analyze it. Excellent students and good teachers annually give grades to their teachers. In general, the system is rigid and effective, the university’s press service added.
Now students behave in a peculiar way, experts say, so 13 people from the distinguished group have gone on sick leave. Such a massive disease suggests that the participants of the actor’s production are trying to evade the meeting with the commission, to evade possible responsibility.