Administrative Structure and Bodies of the P.S.P.
The competent bodies for the operation of P.S.P., according to 4485/2017 law, are:
- The Department Assembly (D.A.)
- The Steering Committee of the P.S.P. (S.C.)
The latter consists of five (5) members belonging to the regular academic staff of the Department, who have undertaken the Postgraduate operation, elected by the Department Assembly for a two-year term. Its president is the director of the P.S.P., who is elected among the members of the S.C. The president’s tenure can be repeated once. The S.C. is responsible for checking and coordinating the operation of the Programme and:
- He/she suggests to the Assembly the procedures of positions announcements for candidates and conducts the sorting examinations.
- He/she suggests to the Assembly the selection of the teaching staff and the assignment of courses among the members of the Department’s teaching staff.
- He/she suggests to the Assembly the selection of the teaching staff of the P.S.P.
- He/she determines the supervisor and the members of the 3-member committee for the evaluation of diploma papers, and this appointment is validated by the Assembly of the Department.
- He/she suggests to the Assembly the selection of administration staff of the P.S.P.
- He/she examines students’ issues, like requests for suspension of studying, extension of studies, acknowledgement of courses from previous postgraduate studies, replacement of courses of the current Programme by courses of other Postgraduate Programmes, and then suggests them to the Assembly of the Department.
- He/she suggests to the Assembly the procedures of evaluation and self-evaluation of the P.S.P.
- The Director of the P.S.P. and his Deputy
The Director of the P.S.P. is a Professor or Associate Professor, of the same or relevant academic field with the field of the Department. Moreover, he/she is a member and Chair of the Steering Committee. He and his deputy are appointed by decision of the Department Assembly.
The Director of the P.S.P. suggests to the competent authorities of the University about any issue concerning the effective function of the Programme. The Director cannot have more than two terms and is not entitled to an additional payment for his/her administrative work as a Director. He/she has the following responsibilities:
- He/she convenes the members of the S.C.
- He/she draws up the agenda of the meetings, taking into account the suggestions of the members and bodies of the P.S.P.
- P.S.P. defines elections for the substitution of committee members because of vacancies.
- Is responsible for watching the use of budget and the edition of payment orders of the relevant expenditures.
- In the end of his/her term he writes an analytical budget report of the research and teaching work of the P.S.P., together with its additional activities, having as a target the upgrading of the studies, the optimum utilization of its human resources, the optimization of the existing infrastructures and the socially advantageous use of the available resources of the P.S.P.
The Deputy Director of the P.S.P. is a Professor or Associate Professor and substitutes the Director in his duties in case of absence.
The P.S.P. entitled “Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education” is supported by its own Secretariat, lying in the premises of the Department of Theatre Studies U.O.A. Its duties are the secretarial support of the P.S.P., e.g., the preparation of the candidates’ admission, the financial administration, the secretarial work of the S.C., the filling of the electronic grade card, the electronic support in general.
CURRENT STEERING COMMITTEE
- Director: Chrysothemis Stamatopoulou-Vasilakou, Professor
- Deputy Director: Georgios P. Pefanis, Professor
Members:
- Minas I. Alexiadis, Professor
- Aikaterini Diamantakou, Associate Professor
- Grigorios Ioannidis, Associate Professor
Alternate member
- Evanthia Stivanaki, Associate Professor