Dear graduates,
we are very sorry that due to the epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic and government regulations, we also had to cancel the planned November graduations. We have therefore considered the possibility of postponing graduations once again, ideally for February 2021. Unfortunately, the current development of the epidemic does not indicate that this alternative will be realistic either. Therefore, we consider July 2021 to be the most probable date of your graduation.

We ask for our cooperation in this regard. Please let us know if you would be interested in holding graduations at such a late date, ie. for most of you more than a year after passing the state final exams. Send the information by e-mail to the head of the study department, Jiří Mazal (jiri.mazal@upol.cz) by November 30, 2020.

Jan Říha
Vice-Dean for Study matters

Werner von Siemens Award seeks the best papers, teachers and scientists
Already the 23rd year of traditional scientific awards again offers rewards from 50 to 300 thousand. They are waiting for the best master's and dissertation theses, best teachers and best scientists. Do you know of anyone who would deserve to be appreciated for their recent research or educational work? Feel free to sign them up. After all, if you manage to recommend the winner, a reward of CZK 10,000 awaits you as well. Spread the good name of Olomouc students, academics and scientists in the world! Details can be found on the competition´s website. The deadline is November 30, 2020.

Scholarships for summer courses in Germany
The German academic exchange service DAAD offers scholarships to take part in a summer course in 2021. You can choose from 140 courses at various German universities. Students of Bachelor (from 2nd year) and Master study programs may apply. Minimum knowledge of German at A2 level is required. The scholarship in the amount of EUR 1,061 is intended to pay course fees, accommodation and other costs. Applicants upload the required documents to the DAAD portal by December 1, 2020. Pdf-Zusammenfassung and the Proposal for outgoing/Scholarship application shall be delivered by post to the AIA headquarters of the Academic Information Agency (House of Foreign Cooperation, AIA, Na Poříčí 1035/4, 110 00 Prague 1).

One-year scholarships in Bavaria
The Czech-Bavarian University Agency has announced one-year scholarships for students and university graduates from the Czech Republic. The scholarship is intended to finance a follow-up master's or doctoral study or a longer study stay at a Bavarian public university in academic year 2021/2022. The scholarship can be extended. The amount of the scholarship is EUR 853 per month. Applicants shall send the documents according to the instructions of the German side to the seat of the Czech-Bavarian University Agency BTHA, c./o. BAYHOST, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg. The Proposal for outgoing/Scholarship application shall be delivered to the AIA headquarters of the Academic Information Agency (House of Foreign Cooperation, AIA, Na Poříčí 1035/4, 110 00 Prague 1) within the specified deadline.

The upcoming meeting of the Academic Senate will take place on Wednesday, December 16 at 1:00 pm. Deadline for sending relevant documents if December 1.

Prevention of plagiarism
In 2020, nine Czech and Moravian universities, including ours, joined forces in a project aimed at mapping the current state of prevention, detection and treatment of plagiarism and subsequently preparing a comprehensive recommendation for universities. For this project to be successful, it is necessary to get feedback from you students. It will take a few minutes to complete a questionnaire and you will help the implementation team a lot. A short questionnaire on preventing plagiarism practice at UP can be found here.

Opening hours of the study department
The study department is closed during the ban on teaching. Please send your applications by e-mail or by post to your study assistant or throw in the bibliobox at the entrance to the main faculty building (handover of thrown documents to the study department is ensured).

Study plans for academic year 2020/2021
Lists of lectures (study plans) for academic year 2020/2021 are located on the faculty's webside.

Credit recognition
Applications for credit recognition duly completed and confirmed by the department, must be submitted to the study department by the end of November. During the closing of the building for students, send it by post, or throw in the bibliobox at the entrance to the main faculty building (handover of thrown documents to the study department is ensured).

Unifor and EDIS platforms
From September 1, 2021, Palacký University will no longer support the Unifor and EDIS platforms, until then it is necessary to transfer everything to Moodle. If any teacher of the Faculty of Science of UP has prepared study supports in these systems, let them contact the Vice-Dean for Study matters Jan Říha, email: jan.riha@upol.cz.

Announcement of Department of Educational Training
Continuous teacher training of first-year students and concurrent supplementary study of teaching will take place from February 22, 2021 to March 12, 2021. An application form is available at http://cpp.upol.cz. Only registered students will be included in the continuous teacher training.

The application must be submitted no later than January 20, 2021. Continuous teaching practice is provided to students who complete it within the specified (university-wide) deadline. Send any questions to jana.slezakova@upol.cz.

Application of meal vouchers
Chèque Déjeuner meal vouchers provided by the Faculty to its employees, can now be used to pay for purchases in Lidl, Kaufland and Globus chains. Other places where to use these vouchers can be found here.

Night of Scientists - November 27, 2020
Do not miss this year's Scientists' Night! On the website https://www.nocvedcu.cz/en you can commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Karel Čapek and 100 years since the publication of his work R.U.R, where the word robot first appeared. The main advantage of online Night Scientists is that the published content will not be available only one evening, but for weeks, months. Palacký University has prepared dozens of videos, workshops, worksheets, games, quizzes and lectures. All videos will be published from November 27 on the official YouTube channel of Palacký University.