| (This content has been translated automatically.) Dear emolpyees, 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. | | News for university employees now in the UP Portal Employee news is moved from the central employee website and the websites of individual faculties to the UP Portal. They will now be available after logging in and will be displayed in a personalised way, so you will see relevant news from the faculties or units you work at in one place alongside university-wide news. Moving the news is the first small step towards university employees finding all work information, news, announcements, databases, applications, etc. on a single platform. Other content on staff websites is not affected by the change for now. For more detailed information, please see this news (in Czech). | | 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. | | E-mail signature of the 450th anniversary of UP and logos for download This year, our university celebrates 450 years and the first events related to this anniversary are coming together with the UP Academic Week. In order to spread awareness of the celebrations to the world, a package with the anniversary logo in various formats and a graphic manual regulating its use is available for download on the 450.upol.cz website. If you would like to add the celebration logo to your e-mail signature, the UP Communications Department has prepared a page where you can easily generate a new signature. Such a signature complies with UP's Visual Identity (in Czech) policy and should display correctly in most email clients, although absolute certainty can never be guaranteed from a technical standpoint. | | | 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 students 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. During the summer semester of the academic year 2022/2023, there will also be a regular 20-hour Czech sign language course. 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 camp for children 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. If you want a non-traditional programme for children aged 9-15 during spring break (27 February – 3 March), sign them up for the "Olomouc Survival" suburban camp. More information at www.letodeti.cz (in Czech). | | Let students grade written work! We are looking for volunteers to test a new tool A big pain for teachers, especially those who run courses with tens or hundreds of participants, is correcting students' independent work. The Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts of UP is in the process of creating a new system (in Czech) that will allow teachers to get fair and sufficiently accurate evaluations of student work without spending hours reading it. Who will grade the papers instead? The most motivated evaluators – the students themselves. Now we need to test how satisfied users are with the new tool. If you are teaching a large course in the summer term and would like to get involved in the testing, check out the website (in Czech), where you can also find contact details for the creators. | | 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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