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Czech ScienceCharles University to offer degrees in "addictology"
Like other post-communist countries, the Czech Republic has seen a large
increase in the number of drug addicts in the last decade. The
'traditional' Czech drugs have been alcohol and tobacco, but in recent
years cannabis and so-called 'party drugs' like ecstasy have become
increasingly popular. To deal with this problem a new degree course has
just been established at Charles University in Prague.
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Talking PointCharles University hosts third annual international debate tournament
Charles University's Faculty of Law hosted its third annual international
debate tournament this weekend. Some sixty students from thirteen
countries around Europe, flocked to Prague to present their debating
skills - in British Parliamentary style.
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Talking PointCzech universities at a crossroads: questions of reform
With university entrance exams around the corner and the general elections
only 4 months away, there is growing attention on the Czech Republic's
system of higher education. There are some particular points of pride,
such as the fact that Charles University's medical schools receive
accreditation in the United States. Yet, there are also constant rumblings
about the need to reform the system.
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Current AffairsStudents of Czech language - back for the 48th year running
Every summer hundreds of people come to the Czech Republic to study Czech
culture, history, film, politics, and even agriculture, most common of
course is to learn the Czech language. The 48th consecutive Summer School
of Slavonic Studies organized by the Department of Bohemian Studies at
Charles University has just begun.
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Czech ScienceCzech scientists teach computers to "speak" Czech
Would you like your computer to understand you when you shout at it or when
you are begging it to unfreeze? Well, that might soon be possible thanks
to the work of Czech scientists from the Centre for Computational
Linguistics at the Faculty of Mathematics in Prague. Among the projects
they are currently working on is for example machine translation. But what
is much more exciting is the one in which they teach computers to
understand spoken language. In the case of Czech, it is especially
difficult, as the spoken and written forms of the language differ
significantly. I spoke to the head of the centre, Professor Eva Hajicova,
and asked her first whether that was a major challenge.
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ArtsCharles University students play Shakespeare
For the fifth year in a row, Prague audiences had a chance this spring to
see a Shakespeare play delivered in the original. It was not performed by
any distinguished Shakespearean company from Great Britain but by students
of the Charles University department of English and American studies.
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Current AffairsStudents express dissatisfaction with higher education funding
This week students all over the country have been holding a week of
protests to highlight the dramatic lack of funding in the Czech Republic's
higher education sector. This campaign, called "A Week of
Unrest", includes public lectures as well as concerts and
"happenings" as a way of attracting public attention to the
problem. Organizers say it is the biggest student protest since the fall
of communism.
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MailboxMailbox
Today's topics include: Oil deposits in the CR, Charles University was
founded 655 years ago, Prague's parks, Czechs on sick leave. Quotes from:
John Miller, Maria Aldridge, Kwame Asante, Karl Johanson
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