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Charles University is dedicated to providing students optimal study conditions during the current exam period. Therefore, it is expanding the possibilities of places where they can study and prepare for exams.
Our interview was conducted remotely between Prague and Qatar. Tomáš Dumbrovský, a scholar at the Faculty of Law at Charles University, travelled to the Persian Gulf to step outside the cultural framework of Western thought. His work aims to foster a pluralistic and more tolerant society. Dumbrovský is the first researcher from the Faculty of Law at Charles University to secure a prestigious Consolidator Grant.
A year has passed since the tragic events at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University on 21 December. On Saturday, the academic community honoured the memory of the 14 victims with several events. At the same time, people came to light candles, lay flowers and pay tribute to the lives lost in front of the faculty building on Jana Palach Square throughout the day.
Students interested in space technology and research in the space industry recently had a rare opportunity to attend a lecture in Prague by Czech-born scientist Aria Vítková, who completed her PhD in England and works for NASA.
The mass shooting that took place at the Faculty of Arts last December changed the university and the whole of society to the core, causing profound sadness and heartache. A new documentary by the director Markéta Oddfish Nešlehová looking at the tragedy and the healing process will air on December 21 on ČT 1.
In her research, she delves into the origins of life on Earth. What keeps her awake at night are the 20 amino acids that have formed the building blocks of proteins in all organisms since the very beginning. What would life look if the identity of these amino acids changed?
The Faculty of Science at Charles University will be headed for the next four years by Vladimír Krylov. The academic senate of the faculty elected the biologist with 15 votes out of a possible 28 at its meeting on October 24. The senate's election was confirmed by the Rector of Charles University, Milena Králíčková, who appointed Vladimír Krylov to the position on Monday, December 16, at the historic Carolinum.
Professor Milena Králíčková has received France’s highest state distinction, the Legion of Honour, from the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, His Excellency Stéphane Crouzat. The French Embassy in Prague awarded the honour to the Rector of Charles University for her contributions to medicine, her advocacy for gender equality, and her efforts to strengthen Franco-Czech relations.
Charles University researchers have written a new chapter in success, with five of being awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator grants. This is an unprecedented achievement. Five more scientists from other institutions also received backing.
At the conference Microcertificates in the Czech Higher Education Environment, organised by Charles University, experts and education specialists from Czechia and abroad discussed what this year has brought in the field of microcertificates and how their concept is being implemented in the higher education environment.
The Czech Head Awards - the highest national scientific awards - highlight the most talented scientists and the results of their research and innovative ideas. This year, a number of CU scientists received top recognition: Jan Dobeš from the Faculty of Science of Charles University and Petr Pávek from the Faculty of Pharmacy at CU. The winners of this year's awards were announced by Česká hlava organisers together with the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic on Friday 22 November at Kampus Hybernská.
The 17th of November is a day of dual remembrance: the brutal police crackdown on students at Albertov that ignited the Velvet Revolution in 1989, and the tragic events of autumn 1939, when the Nazis shut down Czech universities and deported over 1,200 students from their dormitories to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Representatives of Czech universities traditionally commemorated the memory of those who fought for freedom and democracy on 17 November, underscoring the importance of academia as a space for the free exchange of ideas and critical thinking.
Eighty-five years have passed since 17 November 1939, a tragic day not only for Czech higher education. Under the Nazi occupation, the day was marked by the violent suppression of student demonstrations in Prague and the closure of Czech universities by the German authorities. If that day in 1939 associated with the arrival of darkness, the student protests that began on 17 November 1989 and were brutally repressed finally let light and hope into Czech society.
They manage to combine demanding studies at Charles University with elite-level sports training and outstanding representation of the Czech Republic in international competitions. They achieve exceptional results in science and research. On Tuesday, 12 November, a group of four students received the Rector's Extraordinary Prize from Milena Králíčková, rector of Charles University.
R. H. Huizinga is a highly-respected Educational Specialist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and one of the most anticipated speakers at the 2nd Paedagogium Platform Conference on Thursday 14 November. Read the second of two interviews related to the conference!