Student participation in the resolution of intra-university disputes in accordance with Restorative Justice. The Polish experience and regulations

The article presents the issue of student participation in intra-university dispute resolution. Disputes of different nature and background are an inherent part of social and also academic life. In the higher education community, students are frequently involved in the resolution of emerging conflict situations and it is an extremely important problem, primarily from a social, but also from a didactic point of view. Specific solutions and measures must be adopted not only by all conflict actors but also by the legislature and the authorities of higher education institutions to support students in a vertical (with teachers) and horizontal (with other students) dispute. The authors present the factual and legal situation in Polish conditions, with a particular focus on methods typical of Restorative Justice.