News

2 Oct

Training - Gender Biases Against Women

 As part of Gender Equality Plan MU (GEP), a training session focused on the issue of gender stereotypes.

1 Oct

PhD Day - The Minimum (Not Only) for a New PhD Student

On September 25, 2024, the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University held a traditional event supporting and informing the PhD students - MUNI SCI PhD Day 2024. The programme included a healthy breakfast, an introduction to PhD studies and a range of inspiring presentations about mobility programmes, career paths and benefits during doctoral studies.

24 May

First Phase of a Gender Equality Re-Audit at SCI MUNI: Individual and Group Interviews Successfully Conducted

In May 2024, we launched an analytical phase of the project "Introducing a Flexible Working Culture and a Support System for Parents on Maternity and Parental Leave into the Working Environment of the MU Faculty of Science" as part of the Employment Plus Operational Programme (OPZ+). This phase includes a gender equality audit, featuring structured individual and group interviews with our employees, led by an auditor.

24 May

We are working together to develop a personnel strategy for the Horizon Europe project in plasma physics: COLOSSE

The HR Award team at SCI MUNI is contributing to the development of a personnel strategy for the research centers of three partner institutions as part of the Central European Platform for Plasma-enabled Surface Engineering (COLOSSE) project. This project connects Masaryk University (Ceplant center), the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, and Comenius University in Bratislava. The aim of the personnel strategy being developed is to support international recruitment, onboarding, and development of researchers in accordance with the European Charter and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

13 Mar

CZARMA & Euraxess Workshop to Renew the HR Excellence in Research Award

In March 2024, a workshop on Renewal the HR Excellence in Research Award was held in Prague at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The Czech Association of Managers and Administrators in Research (Czarma) organised the workshop in cooperation with Euraxess CR. Sixty participants from more than thirty Czech and Slovak institutions signed up for it. The main speakers were EC Assessors Isabelle Halleux and Barbora Wahlová. Tomáš Mozga, Vice-chair and representative of the HR section of CZARMA moderated the entire event.

14 Feb

Years 2023 and 2024 with HR Excellence in Research Award SCI MUNI: Priorities and Award Renewal

In the past year 2023, we completed multiple planned tasks of the HRS4R action plan of the Faculty of Science MU. For example, we focused on the new training concept and its transfer to the practical life of the faculty, digitization of Onboarding, information security, and, last but not least, we started preparations for the Renewal of the HR Excellence in Research Award, where we gathered opinions and suggestions on topics of the new action plan in a questionnaire survey.

Take a look back with us at where we have made progress and what we are planning for 2024.

13 Feb

PhD Thesis Defence in European Doctorate Mode

As a part of the MMD (MUNI Mendel Doctorandus) programme, the participants (PhD candidates) have the possibility of defending in the European doctorate mode. The successful graduate will receive the valued European doctorate and the PhD diploma. But what are the requirements for such a defence? Let's take a look at the example of Mgr. Kamil Sobek is a PhD student of Geology, MU Faculty of Science.

24 Jan

Results of the MUNI Faculty of Science Questionnaire Survey conducted in October 2023

In connection with an important milestone in the implementation of the Faculty HR strategy - the Renewal of the HR Excellence in Research Award, which the Faculty is expecting in 2024, we addressed the employees of the Faculty with a request to fill in an anonymous online questionnaire. You can now have a look at the final report from the questionnaire survey.

19 Jan

We value opinions of doctoral candidates: MMD Coffee 2 Students

Active PhD candidates can be a part of a volunteer programme at Masaryk University that supports professional development as MUNI Mendel Doctorandus (MMD). The programme aims to broaden interdisciplinary learning among PhD students and prepare them for their future scientific careers. The programme now gathers more than 50 PhD candidates.

18 Jan

Crisis Management Beyond the Arctic Circle

The Crisis Management Beyond the Arctic Circle training took place at the Faculty Science of MU.

3 Nov 2023

Workshops for International Employees of Faculty of Science MU

Storytelling, How to Make Convincing Arguments and Leadership Basics - three workshops held in English languag.

1 Nov 2023

PhD Day 2023: PhD is Just Beginning – Start Your Career!

Traditionally, PhD Day was held at the beginning of the autumn semester, this year, under the theme "PhD is just beginning - start your career!" Under this slogan, leaders of MU, representatives of the MU Rectorate, faculties and CEITEC Institute, as well as current PhD students shared their experiences and interesting tips with younger students and future PhD applicants.

23 Oct 2023

Opinion of Faculty Employees Matters

In the previous week, all faculty employees received an email on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Science asking for their opinion on the people strategy via a questionnaire that can be filled in until 31 October 2023. This questionnaire is anonymous and it takes a maximum of 10 minutes to fill it in.

3 Oct 2023

The Faculty of Science's employee Evaluation Left a Strong Impression at the Resilience & Leadership in Academia Symposium

In September, an international symposium focused on leadership in an academic environment took place in Prague. At this event, the following experts had the opportunity to present their perspectives: Gergely Kováts from Corvinus University Budapest, Daniela Pauknerová from the University of Economics, Bohumil Rezek from the Czech Technical University and Barbora Wahlová from the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. As part of her presentation, Barbora Wahlová introduced employee evaluation as a management tool.

8 Sep 2023

Rules for Education and Development of Employees and Training Offer in the New Section of the Faculty Portal

We bring you information about the new directive, Education and Development of Employees at the Faculty of Science MU and the new section of the SCI MUNI Employee Portal.

5 Jun 2023

Mary Kate O'Regan: The HR Excellence in Research Award Is a Valuable Tool that Enables Institutions to Implement Innovative and Creative People Care Processes

Mary Kate O'Regan leads the successful HR Excellence in Research programme for the University College Cork and acts as Lead Assessor for the European Commission in HR Excellence in Research. Mary Kate is also a Principal Investigator on the Horizon Europe funded project CARDEA, focusing on the Role of Research Managers. She shared her experience and new trends in human resources management in research in a workshop held at the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, including a workshop on preparing for faculty’s HR Excellence in Research Award renewal.