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Current AffairsMany academics are still unhappy with the outcome of “Putnagate”
At a traditional ceremony in Prague on Tuesday, President Miloš Zeman
elevated 58 academics to the esteemed position of university professor. The
notable absence of literary critic Martin C. Putna, upon whom the president
refused to confer the title in person, caused uproar among Czech academics
and even led some nominees to boycott the ceremony. More
One on OneStudents today far better prepared, says Masaryk University’s Jeff Vanderziel
Jeff Vanderziel heads the Department of English and American Studies at
Masaryk University in Brno. His association with the university actually
goes all the way back to 1989, when he worked there in the dying days of
Communism. He took over at the English department a couple of years later
– and has seen many changes over the past two decades. More
MarketplacePlanned university reform seeks to improve cooperation with industry
Czech universities are set for the biggest change in years. After several
failed attempts in the past, the Education Ministry is finalizing reform
legislation that should help universities adapt to the changing
environment; the reform seeks, among other things, to diversify the
universities and change their financing. It should also improve cooperation
between universities and industry. But how does the business sector see the
ministry’s efforts? In this edition of Marketplace, I discuss these
issues with Jan Louda, a university relations coordinator at IBM for Czech
Republic. More
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