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14 Apr 2023

Respect all the way * at universities (for students)

The Students' Advisory Services (Rector's Office) invites students to an interactive workshop organized by the Konsent: Respect all the way * at universities (for students), which offers a basic insight into the topic of sexual harassment in the specific environment of Czech universities.

13 Apr 2023

New Information Security Policy at the SCI MUNI

From 1 April 2023, information security at the Faculty of Science is regulated by the new Dean's Directive No.1/2023 Information Security Policy. The document regulates access to data, software and hardware of the faculty as an employer. Let's look further at what all is related to the new...

4 Apr 2023

The expedition to Masaryk University’s Antarctic Station has fulfilled its goals and has now returned to the Czech Republic

All the scientific goals that the 23 members of this year’s Masaryk University (MU) expedition, who set off for Antarctica two months ago, have been fulfilled and the two expedition groups, the first of which operated from the J. G. Mendel Czech Science Station on James Ross Island, and the second at...

3 Apr 2023

Graduation ceremony

Updated. In March, we held graduation ceremonies for our successful graduates. We would like to congratulate the new doctors, masters, engineers and bachelors and wish them much professional and personal success!

30 Mar 2023

MjUNI students saw live bats and silkworm cocoons on campus

The Bohunice campus came alive on Saturday 25 March 2023 with lectures and workshops for the students of the Masaryk Junior University MjUNI and their parents. As part of the sixth teaching day, 250 participants aged 9-18 had the opportunity to try their hand at working in state-of-the-art laboratories...

28 Mar 2023

The GRBAlpha nanosatellite observed the most powerful cosmic explosion since the beginning of human civilisation

On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. The burst triggered detectors on...

28 Mar 2023

Education requires teamwork, with responsibility on both sides of the teacher’s desk, says Jan Böhm, biostatistics teacher.

Jan Böhm, from RECETOX, teaches students biostatistics, teamworking and how to undertake interdisciplinary studies. What do you wish for teachers on Teachers Day? Is it possible to teach relay programming? How did he win the Rector's Award for Outstanding Teachers? You can read about all this and more...

27 Mar 2023

Teaching means knowing − not only what to teach, but also how to offer experience, knowledge, ideas, how to encourage and support students, says Libuše Trnková

What message does she send to applicants to study teaching? What does teaching give her? In what ways is teaching a mission for her? On the occasion of Teachers' Day, we asked Libuše Trnková, who has been teaching at the faculty for 50 years.

24 Mar 2023

Inner satisfaction from teaching is great and gives meaning to life, says Jana Šmardová

Can you imagine your life without teaching? Why is it beautiful for her to impart knowledge and share her fascination for knowledge? On the occasion of Teachers' Day, we asked Jana Šmardová.

23 Mar 2023

The City of Brno has presented awards to 13 young scientists from the Faculty of Science

This week, Doctoral students received prestigious scholarships for further scientific work. The award ‘Brno PhD Talent’ was presented to 25 young researchers, 18 of whom work at Masaryk University, 13 of them at the Faculty of Science. Congratulations to all the recipients!

21 Mar 2023

Getting practice into teaching means not lecturing phone books but getting students to look for solutions

Biochemist Vladimír Velebný, whose company Contipro is one of the three most successful hyaluronic acid producers in the world, will participate in teaching the subject of biotechnological processes as part of the follow-up Master's degree in Biotechnology at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University....

The faculty management have had talks with the student body about relations between students and teachers.

On Monday 13 March, student representatives from the Programme Board and the Academic Senate discussed ways to improve relations between students and staff with representatives of the Faculty. The meeting was initiated by Dean Tomáš Kašparovský in response to increasing cases of inappropriate behaviour...