At the management meeting on Wednesday, 21 August, there was a discussion about the preparation of courses on safety in the university environment and changes to the Study and Examination Regulations. The UP Representative Ball will be on Friday, February 28, 2025. Read the full summary (in Czech) (after logging in the UP Portal), 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.

Every year, the Human Resources Management Department of RUP prepares a Health Day for the employees of the University at the beginning of the academic year. This year, it will take place on Wednesday, 11 September from 10:00 to 14:00 in the courtyard of the Armoury, Biskupské náměstí and in the premises of the UP Library and the Student Club. Bookings for individual activities will open on Friday 6 October 2024 from 10:00am on the Health Day website, where you will also find a schedule of activities.

If you need to pick up a new UP employee card or ITIC, report its loss or make any other changes, you can now find the identification card office in the new barrier-free premises on the ground floor of the Armoury/Zbrojnice. The entrance is opposite the Coffee Library, office 1.20a.

Authors of professional books from the ranks of university employees can apply for the Palacký University Rector's Honorary Recognition Award again this year. As in previous years, the proposals for the award are accepted by the science and research departments of individual faculties and, in the case of a university institute, by its director. The deadline is 30 September 2024. More information can be found on the website. (in Czech)

Palacký University in Olomouc regularly awards the František Palacký Prize to personalities who have achieved outstanding results in creative activities in the field of science or culture, thus contributing to the prestige of the Czech Republic and UP. You can decide who will receive the award this year. Nominate a candidate – it should be a prominent Czech or foreign personality from any scientific field or from any field of cultural activity. Send your proposals, which must include a short justification, by 15 October 2024 to prorektorkaVaV@upol.cz. The award is accompanied by a financial prize, to which the municipality of Hodslavice (FP's birthplace) and the town of Neratovice (where he lived and which is also his final resting place) have long contributed.

INVITATIONS

This year's edition will take place on Tuesday 24 September in the charming surroundings of the Josef Jařab Embankment (Olomouc's waterfront). The afternoon and evening programme will offer performances by buskers, rockers and dulcimers, alongside stands of student associations and university organisations, there will be a gastronomic zone and a boat ride and silent disco. The programme will also include the presentation of the winners of the 2024 Volunteer Awards. More at meetup.upol.cz (in Czech).

MEET UP will also include a Sustainable University Bazaar. Get your home in order before the start of the semester and bring us clothes, books and study materials, and household items that you no longer use but are still functional and undamaged. You can bring them to the Student Club beforehand or on site – details here (in Czech).

On 19 September, the UP Science and Technology Park is organizing the 10th workshop of technology transfer centres, this time on the topic "From idea to startup/spin-off". The workshop will be led by experienced managers from the bio-innovation centre i&i Prague and participants will have a unique opportunity to learn more about supporting the creation of startups and spin-offs in an academic environment. The aim of the meeting is to introduce and summarize the key skills and competencies needed to successfully guide academics and scientists on the journey from initial idea to establishing a company that will stand on solid foundations and be ready for sustainable development. Registration for the workshop is open until 10 September, details of the event can be found here (in Czech).

A map of research institutes and expert groups that can be easily contacted and their expertise and infrastructure used for your research. Database of supervisors, consultants or dissertation opponents who are willing to help PhD students to start their scientific career. These are just two of the outcomes of the Aurora Research and Innovation for Societal Impact (Aurora RI) project, which you can read about in the article and especially at the practice-oriented final conference (in Czech) to be held on 13 September in Olomouc. You can still apply!

NEW STANDARDS

• Identification cards at UP – Amendment No. 2

  This amendment to the UP internal standard, effective from 29 August 2024, (in Czech) is addressed to UP employees and students.It responds to the change in the method of ISIC/ITIC card renewal and modifies Annex 1 - Fees associated with the identification card.

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.

COMPETITION

Win a UP Academic Diary

Because something is always happening and you can't keep everything in your head, it's good to write it down somewhere. That's why today you can enter to win your favourite academic diary, which will last you until next September. Just email us the answer to the competition question by Monday 9 September at soutez@upol.cz and then the luck of the draw will smile on you. Today we're asking: How many locations can you choose from if you want to try volunteering at the UP Employee Volunteer Day?