The Staff Ombudsperson's Office is an organisational unit of the Warsaw University of Technology whose activities are aimed at supporting the entire academic community – employees, students and doctoral students. Our mission is to foster an academic environment based on mutual respect, equality, dialogue and respect for the rights of every member of the University community.

The Office supports the work of the University Staff Ombudsperson, the Rector’s Proxy for Equal Treatment, the Rector’s Proxy for Persons with Disabilities, the mediator, as well as Ombudspersons operating within faculties and university-wide organisational units. It also assists the academic community in resolving conflicts and undertaking conciliatory measures that promote mutual understanding and the constructive resolution of difficult situations.

The main responsibilities of the Staff Ombudsperson's Office include:

• Preventing unequal treatment and mobbing – receiving and registering reports concerning such incidents, taking action to resolve conflicts, and cooperating with representatives of the academic community, including student and doctoral student councils, trade unions and social labour inspectors.
• Handling whistleblower reports – receiving and registering reports of legal violations, providing administrative and substantive support in handling them, and coordinating follow-up actions in accordance with the applicable whistleblower protection legislation.
• Information and educational activities – preparing and making available materials on equal treatment, preventing mobbing, ethics and whistleblower protection. The Office also initiates training for employees and provides training sessions and consultations for Ombudspersons operating within the University's organisational units.
• Administrative support for disciplinary bodies – providing administrative and office support to Disciplinary Officers for Students and Doctoral Students, Disciplinary Committees, and the Appeal Disciplinary Committee for Students and Doctoral Students.

An important part of the Office's activities also involves raising awareness of individual rights, applicable procedures and available channels for reporting irregularities. We strive to ensure that every member of the Warsaw University of Technology community knows where to find information and support in situations requiring intervention, clarification or assistance in resolving a conflict.

Further information on reporting procedures and contacting the relevant persons is available on the following webpages:

• Reporting Legal Violations at the Warsaw University of Technology (Whistleblower Reports)
• Submitting a Report to the Ombudspersons
• Ombudspersons’ Availability Schedule