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27 Oct 2022

The MUNI Mendel Doctorandus programme has been officially launched!

Although the launch of the new program for active PhD students took place during the PhD day on September 14, 2022, we now had the opportunity to meet the newly enrolled students of the MMD programme face to face for the first time. The meeting took place on October 25, 2022, in the outdoor area of the Bohunice University Campus and was held in a casual and relaxed atmosphere.

24 Oct 2022

Support for Work-life Balance of Parents at the Faculty of Science: Need Your Cooperation

We are trying to get a project support to improve working conditions of parents at the Faculty of Science MU. In the nearest future you will receive an email with a link to an online questionnaire issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Please fill it in for us to get the support. We need at least 400 participants, we are counting on you. You can already find a preview of the questionnaire here.

30 Sep 2022

New Location Added to the Children's Groups Offer at the Faculty of Science of MU

From September 2022, moms and dads from the Faculty of Science can place their children not only in the Elánek children's group at the Campus, but also in the newly established Elánek children's group in the centre of Brno, at Komenského náměstí.

27 Sep 2022

A Look Back at PhD Day 2022

On 14 September 2022, the Bohunice Campus became the host of the inter-faculty PhD day. The event was designed as an information session for new PhD students, providing them with the necessary information regarding doctoral studies, interdisciplinary training opportunities, student competitions, and presentations of popular mobility programmes.

22 Sep 2022

HR Award team visited the University of Potsdam in Germany

At the beginning of September 2022 we had an opportunity to visit the University of Potsdam, an institution that is a holder of the successfully renewed HR Excellence in Research Award for the next certification period.

19 Sep 2022

MMD programme officially launched during PhD Day 2022

As part of inter-faculty cooperation within Masaryk University, four faculties and one research facility have signed an agreement on common standards for doctoral studies.

18 Aug 2022

PhD Day & MUNI Mendel Doctorandus

This year, the Faculty of Science of MU, in cooperation with other faculties of the university, organises PhD Day - but this year finally, in person!

29 Jun 2022

MU Application Regulations Agreement

We bring you information about a new application that simplifies sending regulations with which employees of the Faculty of Science MU should acquaint themselves on the basis of their work assignment and in relation to the obligations arising from the Labour Code. All employees will be requested to acquaint themselves with the selected MU regulations by a system email on June 30, 2022. The application Regulations Agreement will be available to all persons logged into the MU IS at the following link: https://is.muni.cz/auth/predpisy/.

9 Jun 2022

Development Training for Supervisors of the Faculty of Science MU

In May 2022, as part of the implementation of the action plan of the HR Award project, we organised two training sessions for supervisors of the Faculty of Science of MU. Both trainings were funded by the project of the Ministry of Education, Human Resources Development and International Orientation of Research at MU.

16 May 2022

Career Development Workshops for PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows of MU Faculty of Science

During April and May 2022, as part of the implementation of the faculty action plan of the HR Award project, we have organised three English workshops for Early Stage Researchers of the Faculty of Science of MU.

20 Dec 2021

HR Award News in the second half of 2021

In the past year 2021, which was affected by the pandemic also from the perspective of the HR Award project, especially in personal meeting opportunities, we continued to successfully implement the new HR strategy of the Faculty of Science MU. We were pleased that we got to the stage where we could share our experience with the public through the article The principles of the HR Award raised the level of job applicants at the MU Faculty of Science. Take a look back with us to see where we have progressed in addition to the new perspective on the recruitment quality and what we are planning for the coming year.

30 Nov 2021

Management skills training sessions for supervisors of the Faculty of Science MU

During November 2021, a total of four full-day management skills training sessions were held for supervisors of the Faculty of Science MU, as a part of the HR Excellence in Research Award/HRS4R action plan.

12 Oct 2021

The principles of the HR Award raised the level of job applicants at the MU Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science of Masaryk University (MU) gained a clear advantage on the labour market thanks to the HR Award, which it received three years ago.

22 Sep 2021

PhD Day 2021 at Faculty of Science MU

On September 16, 2021, PhD Day took place at Faculty of Science MU, so fresh PhD students and students considering PhD study get acquainted with various aspects of doctoral studies.

8 Jul 2021

Gender audit at the Faculty of Science MU

As a part of the Faculty's revised HRS4R / HR Award SCI MUNI action plan, a Gender Audit was conducted at the Faculty of Science MU in May and June 2021. Its outputs will become the Faculty's basis for the MU Gender Equality Plan, which is a mandatory element of Horizon Europe from 2022. The audit was carried out by Open Society o. p. s.

7 Jul 2021

HR Award Information Sessions for Employees and Ph.D. students of Faculty of Science MU

During June 2021, we held information sessions on the updated HR Award/HRS4R SCI MUNI strategy for the period 2021-2023. We went over everything that has already been implemented in our action plan since 2019 and presented additional areas of focus for the next period.