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Dear employees, 

in the introduction of the last newsletter of June we join the holiday wishes of Rector Martin Procházka. We also wish you a nice summer and we will be glad if you enjoy reading our newsletter, which we will continue to send you every 14 days.

WHAT'S GOING ON AT UP?

Briefly from the UP management meeting 

At the last management meeting (21 June), the budget preparation, nomination of a new member of the UP Board of Trustees and the transportation of the insignia for the autumn exhibition were discussed. Read the full summary (after logging in the UP Portal). More detailed information will be subsequently available in the minutes of the management meeting in UPShare, as well as in the minutes of other bodies, in UP standards and documents and on other information platforms.

Overview of Palacký University medals can be found on the website

The collection of fifteen medals that Palacký University has awarded since 1946 and still awards to prominent personalities is now available for viewing on the University's website (in Czech). So far, the most important and most frequently awarded medals have been processed: the UP Meritorious Medals, the UP Jubilee Medals and the Commemorative and Meritorious Medal for the 200th anniversary of Josef Dobrovský's stay in Olomouc. In addition to their professional photographs, the pages contain information on physical characteristics such as material, size or weight, as well as authorship and year of creation. Check them out: upol.cz/medaile (in Czech).

Don't forget to take advantage of employee benefits!

Not only during the whole year, but also during the summer holidays you could use discounts to the spa or the rope centre. You can also shop for cheaper summer reading or sports and cycling equipment, which you can try out on shared bikes right away. For a longer trip, you can rent a car with no deposit required. If you're planning to spend your summer more in the garden or on the building site, you'll want to take advantage of the OBI discount. See the full range of benefits.

LECTURES AND COURSES

Summer School of Statistical Methods

The summer school will facilitate the preparation and processing of your experiments, greatly accelerate and refine the processing of your experimental results, including their interpretation and presentation. It will take place in August, both in person and online. More information can be found on the website (in Czech).

SURVEYS

Help create better tests for driving schools 

How do drivers evaluate potentially risky situations on the road and how to make the driving school final test more effective? Join the research of the psychology department! The department is now looking for adult drivers who hold a driver's licence with a licence number of. They have at least 3 years, but no more than 10 years, and have driven at least 15,000 km. During the research you will watch videos containing potentially risky situations from a driver's perspective. Register via the form, details are on the website (in Czech).

INVITATIONS

Make new contacts at the Aurora Alliance BIP Staff Week meeting in Innsbruck 

The meeting of staff from the institutions involved in the Aurora Alliance will take place from 2 to 6 October at the University of Innsbruck. See how this university (which houses, among other things, the ancient insignia of Palacký University) works, share your experiences with colleagues from all over Europe and make new contacts.

The Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) is open to all male and female employees. The physical meeting in Innsbruck will be complemented by an online meeting on Thursday 14 September 2023 from 12:00 to 14:00 and on Tuesday 24 October from 12:00 to 14:00. Register via the form, more information about the training event can be found in the flyer.

NEW STANDARDS

 
  • Rules of Procedure of the AS UP (Jednací řád AS UP)

    The UP Internal Regulation, effective from 1 July 2023, (in Czech) is intended mainly for members of the UP Academic Senate, but also for the entire academic community. It regulates the organs and meetings of the UP AS, the approval of internal regulations, the budget and strategic plans of UP, regulates the process of granting prior approval for the appointment and removal of members of the UP AGM, UP SC and the University Institute, regulates the procedure for the proposal for the appointment of the Rector and the procedure for the proposal for his/her removal, the approval for the removal of the Dean and the statement of the Rector's intention to appoint and remove Vice-Rectors.


    All UP standards, including the ineffective ones, divided by UP units, with the possibility of filtering and searching in them can be found by students and employees of UP after logging in to files.upol.cz.