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Current AffairsStudents, university professors protest against higher education system reforms
Thursday saw protests by students and teachers from Prague’s Charles
University in the face of the government’s planned higher education act.
Critics charge that changes planned in the legislation will choke academic
freedom in favour of business and politics. More
Current Affairs9th World Shakespeare Congress brings renowned international Shakespeare scholars to Czech capital
Currently underway in Prague is the 9th World Shakespeare Congress, a
six-day event that brings some 600 literary historians and other scholars
to the Czech capital. It was jointly organized by the National Theater and
Charles University and is entitled “Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare
Renaissances.” One of the local congress organizers, Charles
University’s Prof. Martin Procházka, speaks about the highlights so far,
what significance the congress has for Charles University and what its
mission is. More
SpotlightSummer Czech language courses in Dobruška
For many Czechs, the eastern Bohemian town of Dobruška evokes the Czech
National Revival, a time when the Czech language was on the verge of
extinction. A local merchant, immortalized in the novel F.L.Vek by the
Czech writer Alois Jirásek, worked tirelessly in and around Dobruška to
promote the Czech language and literature. Today, a different kind of Czech
revival is taking place in the town. For the last 20 years, Prague’s
Charles University has been organizing summer language courses for expats
at this particular venue.
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Current AffairsHelping disadvantaged children to learn English
Under communism Czech society was highly institutionalized and an unhappy
legacy from that time is the disproportionately large number of children
growing up in children’s homes. By way of comparison, there are fewer
children in institutional care in Britain than in the Czech Republic, even
though the country has nearly six times the population. Children growing up
in homes often end up with huge social and educational disadvantages, and
this was what motivated the Faculty of Education at Prague’s Charles
University to carry out a project aimed at developing after-school teaching
activities for children in children’s homes. The project focused on
English teaching. David Vaughan reports.
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Science JournalScience Journal
This month in Science Journal: the Czech Republic, at the centre of Europe,
is becoming a major focal point for the pursuit of science: today we look
at three planned science facilities that will put the country at the centre
of the map in bio-research, laser technology and satellite navigation.
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