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Dear students, 

In today's newsletter we bring you lots of opportunities to get involved in the life of the university. You can nominate candidates for the Academic Senate or suggest who should give this year's Fischer Lecture. You will be invited to several lectures or talks and also to the upcoming Majáles and Sports Day. We offer scholarships or internships and there is also a popular competition.

WHAT'S GOING ON AT UP?

At the last management meeting (29 March) nominations for the Fischer lecture and for the Academic Senate were discussed. The statutes of the Doctoral Programs Committee are being drafted. Read the full summary (after logging in the UP Portal) (in Czech), we will prepare another one for you in 14 days. More detailed information will subsequently be 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.

UP is already facing the election of a new Academic Senate at the beginning of May. The key governing body of the university, which approves its budget, revises university regulations and oversees events in dormitories and canteens, will be in office at UP from September for just under three years. Each member of the academic community now has the opportunity to nominate a representative of his or her faculty from among the faculty and students. More information can be found in this news (in Czech) and at upol.cz/volby.

Extortion, fraudulent emails or theft of passwords and accounts can threaten TikTok users – especially if internal systems such as STAG or UPlikace app are accessed on the same device. Therefore, according to the UP Rector's instruction (in Czech), TikTok must not be installed on business phones. The management also appeals to individuals not to access STAG or UPlikace on private devices with TikTok. Read more in this news (in Czech).

Since 1994, a lecture has been held at the UP in honour of Prof. Josef Ludvík Fischer, who was the first rector of the UP after its restoration in 1946. Any student or employee of UP may submit a proposal for this year's candidate, and a short justification must be included in the proposal. It should be a prominent Czech or foreign personality from any scientific field. The selection is then decided by the Rector of UP on the proposal of the relevant university committee (in Czech). Take a look at the complete list of personalities (in Czech) who have delivered the Fischer Lecture at UP in the past – last year it was Dana Drábová (in Czech).

The library of biological sciences at the Faculty of Science in Holice campus has a new bibliobox (in Czech). As a reminder: you can find others at the gatehouse of the Armoury (Zbrojnice), in front of the building of the Theoretical Institutes, in front of the building of the Faculty of Science (Envelopa), in front of the building of the Faculty of Physical Culture (Neředín) and in building A next to the staircase of the Faculty of Law.

VOLUNTEERING, PART-TIME JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS

Thanks to the cooperation with the Sustainable University, the Technical Services of Olomouc offer paid internships in energy and waste management. You can look for a way to an energy sustainable city or work with data on recycling and waste sorting. You can gain experience from mentors and practitioners, or have the opportunity to collaborate on a bachelor's thesis, master's thesis or dissertation. See the website for details. (in Czech)

LECTURES AND COURSES

Would you like to study, research or lecture in the USA? Fulbright scholarship programmes make it possible for researchers, lecturers and students to travel there – all you need is a completed bachelor's degree. In addition to the Fellowship Overview page, there is also a webinar series (in Czech) where you can ask questions about the program, the application, and your time in the US.

INVITATIONS

Throughout his life, Václav Havel was used to asking uncomfortable questions. One of them was the question of where Europe begins and ends, and related to that was the question of where Russia begins and ends. On Wednesday, 19 April, at 2 p.m. (in Czech), a number of interesting personalities will debate this question in our Václav Havel Auditorium (Křížkovského 12), led by the diplomat and publicist Michael Žantovský, the economist Tomáš Sedláček and the historian and descendant of the Don Cossacks Alexey Kelin. Admission is free of charge upon prior registration (in Czech) and until capacity is reached, more on the website (in Czech) or FB (in Czech).

May is traditionally associated with the student festival Olomouc May Fest – Majáles UP. This year's edition will take place on 2–3 May and will offer concerts, theatre, pub quiz, workshops, discussions, presentations of student clubs and non-profit organizations and good refreshments on two stages (the courtyard of the Konvikt and the Armoury – Zbrojnice). A special feature of the programme will be a musical tram. The king of the Olomouc Majáles UP 2023 will be the theatre and film director and actor Miroslav Krobot. Detailed information coming soon at www.olomouckymajales.cz.

Approximately one month is left until the UP Sports Day (in Czech) in May. Already now on the website upol.cz/sportovni-den (in Czech) you can find some of the activities that the university is preparing for this day: a trip to Hodslavice, a chess tournament, a run through Olomouc parks or an expedition super ride. In the coming days, the traditional rich offer of the Akademik sport centre of UP will also be added to this website. Rector's day off is announced every year for the sports day.

Stories from space, but also from beyond space and space, is the theme of the third literary evening of the British Centre of the UP Library (in Czech), which will take place on Wednesday 19 April at 6 pm. Students of the Speculative Literature Seminar from the Department of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts UP will present their favourite works of fiction, poetry and music from the field of science fiction, as well as their own research and creative endeavours.

NEW STANDARDS

• Principles of the competition for the award of the Junior Grant of Palacký University in Olomouc – Amendment No. 2

  The standard, effective from 24 March 2023, (in Czech) is intended for UP students and UP employees. The amendment of the standard changed the approval body of the UP Junior Grants and established the role of the Project Service.

   

• Order of the University College of UP

  The standard, effective from 5 April 2023, (in Czech) is intended mainly for UP students and UP employees. The amendment enables the electronic conclusion of accommodation contracts, changes the due date of dormitory fees, establishes the obligation of students to report changes in personal data and modifies the conditions of access to student rooms.

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.

COMPETITIONS

Tell the world about your research! For the second time, the Czech Science Popularizers Competition will be accompanied by the Czech European Researchrs‘ Night, whose theme this year is mystery. All professionals and students can take part. All you have to do is make a video presenting the mystery of your work in an interesting way in no more than 150 seconds. It is not the professionalism of the video that counts, but its content and originality. Read more in the UP Journal article (in Czech) and in this PDF (in Czech).

The Embassy of Canada, together with the American and British Embassies, is launching the Ambassador for a Day competition for young women aged 16 to 25 to experience a day working with the Ambassador and Ambassadors of the countries. Simply write and submit a short essay in English by 9 April. Details can be found here.

We have a competition for free registrations for the biggest running festival in Moravia – Olomouc 1/2marathon. As a long-term partner of the race, we have prepared 2 more registrations for the main race. Just write to us at soutez@upol.cz by 12 April with the correct answer to the competition question and the registration can be yours. Please put "Main Race" in the subject line. Question: When will we send out the next UP Newsletter?