📅 2023-11-12 — Session: Reviewed staffing needs for Mathematics Department
🕒 17:15–17:25
🏷️ Labels: Matemáticas, Jubilaciones, Cargos Docentes, Coordinación Académica
📂 Project: Teaching
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to review and reflect on the staffing needs and challenges faced by the Mathematics Department due to recent retirements and resignations.
Key Activities
- Analyzed documents detailing the impact of retirements on the department, focusing on the loss of experience and the need for new hires.
- Discussed the importance of specialized areas such as Algebraic Geometry, Homological Algebra, and Statistics, emphasizing the need to maintain academic quality.
- Examined the collaboration between the Mathematics Department and the Institute of Calculus, highlighting the need for new teaching positions in analysis and probability.
- Clarified the current situation of teaching positions, including the allocation of roles and the exclusion of a specific position for the upper cycle of the Data Science degree.
Achievements
- Gained insights into the specific areas affected by retirements and the strategic importance of filling these roles.
- Identified the critical need for coordination between departments to address teaching deficits.
Pending Tasks
- Further discussion and decision-making on how to effectively fill the identified teaching gaps and manage the transition due to retirements.