| (This content has been translated automatically.) Dear students, on Monday, not only the summer semester begins, but also the Palacký University Academic Week. Every year we commemorate the restoration of the UP in 1946 and this year also the 450th anniversary of the founding of the University in Olomouc. On both websites you will find the events that await us this week and throughout the year – we will be happy to see you there. We've selected more events and university news for today's newsletter. In it, you will find out, among other things, what topics are currently being discussed at UP management meetings, how the university waste analysis turned out, or what courses, lectures or sports programs you can take. | | What's happening at UP: Summary of the university management meeting To facilitate an overview of current events, plans and processes at UP, we will provide a regular overview of topics discussed at the university management meetings. More detailed information can be found in the minutes of the management meetings in UPShare, as well as in the minutes of other bodies, in UP standards and documents and on other information platforms. During the last meetings, the university management dealt with the update of the organizational regulations, the upcoming elections to the Academic Senate and the methodology of international evaluation. Read the full summary (now after logging in the UP Portal), we will prepare another one for you in 14 days. | | | Results of the university waste analysis More than 200 kg of mixed municipal waste from 8 faculties of UP, CATRIN and the Rector's Office appeared in the courtyard of the Armoury at the end of November. Thanks to the Sustainable University and the experienced sorters who had the contents of the university bins under their hands, its analysis showed that the university and its students and staff have a lot of room for improvement in sorting. Indeed, 53% of the sample examined should have ended up in the sorted waste stream. Read more in the article on the website (in Czech) and the detailed results by university unit and waste type are in the final report PDF (in Czech). If you don't feel like reading, you can watch the video (in Czech). | | Courses of Centre for Students with Special Needs Wondering how to approach your classmates with disabilities or what is behind the term inclusive university? Centre for Students with Special Needs (in Czech) has prepared short one-hour courses focused on the specifics of different types of disabilities. All the courses are free of charge. For more information and registration options, please visit the Centre's website (in Czech). | | | American Crossroads: what's driving the USA today? How are Americans coming to terms with the fact that their society is becoming more and more diverse? What makes people American? To what extent are current cultural conflicts, migratory pressures, and demographic changes reflected in literature, art, and popular culture? What role does misinformation play in these processes? The key crossroads at which today's USA stands will be discussed on February 20 at 6 pm at the American Center Olomouc (in Czech), třída Svobody 8. | | Seminar Ethics – end of life measures The Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Petr Zoubek Foundation invites you to the seminar Ethics – end-of-life measures (in Czech). It will include a lecture by JUDr. Barbara Steninlauf, MA, Ph.D., from the Institute of Philosophy of the CAS on the topic of patient autonomy and decision-making about end-of-life care. The lecture, which will take place on 22 February at 15:00 in Building A of the Faculty of Law, will be followed by a discussion. | | | | | ASC offers sports programs or summer jobs Akademik sport center UP offers a new schedule of leisure time exercise in the summer semester! New are, for example, rehabilitation lessons with ropes – SM system and oriental dances. There are also more lessons of the popular indoor cycling. Starting on 13 February, just register and charge your credit at sportuj.upol.cz. Summer still seems far away, but ASC UP is already looking for people interested in cooperation in the organization of summer suburban camps "Summer of Children" – camp leaders (from 18 years old), assistant instructors (from 16 years old), coaches, medical staff and storekeepers... More information and questionnaires for those interested can be found on the website (in Czech). | | Student internships at CERN are not just for physicists Come and do an internship at CERN, even if you're not a physicist! The famous European Organization for Nuclear Research offers short- and long-term internships to all students. In addition to technical internships, it is also opening a PhD programme, which focuses mainly on applied natural and technical sciences, but does not forget about the popularisation of science. Students from various disciplines across the faculties of UP can then find a place in the "administrative programme" and thus participate in the running of CERN. All offers can be found here. | | Course on commercialisation of science and research The UP Science and Technology Park announces a regular course of lifelong learning in the field of protection and commercialization of scientific results in practice. Are you interested in how to approach new results with a view to future application in practice? The emphasis is mainly on practical issues of intellectual property protection and possibilities of subsequent commercialization. The course will take place on 15 February, further information and registration can be found on the VTP UP website. | | | |
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