Cooperation in 2010
Seminar for school counsellors
Seminar for school counsellors took place on October the 7th 2010. Its main topic was “Modern media and their impact on the education”. Nineteen pedagogues from the partner schools, predominantly school counsellors, attended. The participants have learned about the possibilities of incorporating modern media into the educational process. They were informed about the fees of Masaryk University, about its scholarship programmes and about the communication channels between University and its applicants, including specialized forums.
Open day
The specialized open day for the partner schools has become a traditional and a successful part of the project. It allows secondary school students to visit Masaryk University faculties and to gain information about the programs of study they are interested in, admission process and other opportunities that Masaryk University provides to its students. Partner school students take guided tours through different laboratories, libraries and other facilities of the university. This year’s open day took place on November the 26th and scored a great success as 9 faculties of Masaryk University were visited by more than 2000 secondary school students.
Masaryk University student presentations at secondary schools
Masaryk University offers many opportunities how to find out information about the programs of study, courses, admission process and possibilities of study to the potential applicants. One of these opportunities to gain the information is a personal presentation of MU students at the partner secondary schools. MU students bring their personal experience directly to the secondary schools, allowing the secondary school students to ask questions and get an insight into the University environment. These presentations were held during October, November and December at most partner schools.
Specialized lectures given by MU teachers at secondary schools
The partner schools were offered a set of specialized lectures from Masaryk University teachers and they were allowed to pick one of them to take place at their school. Partner school students had a chance to learn interesting details from different scientific areas during these presentations. The presentations were given by MU scientists and professors who are specialist in the field. More than 20 specialized lectures were given in 2010 including speeches about the physics of the Global warming, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Philosophy and about chromosome disorders.
Annual conference of partner school headmasters and MU management
Annual conference, the climax of the cooperation in the past year, took place in the new area of Masaryk University campus in February 2011. The main topics of the conference included specific learning disorders and disabilities, methods of their diagnostics and opportunities for students with these disorders to get admitted to and study at Masaryk University. MU was represented by its rector, Petr Fiala, its vice-rector for strategy and external relations, Mikuláš Bek, and by Petr Peňáz, the director of Support Centre for Students with Special Needs. The goal of the conference was not just to discuss the above-mentioned issues, but also to obtain the feedback and inputs for further cooperation with secondary schools. A tour around the campus area that included a visit to the newly built scientific laboratories and specialized workplaces was entailed in the conference. The conference and its theme met with a great success and positive reactions from the secondary school representatives.
Partnership in education bulletin
In February 2011, the secondary schools received a printed bulletin summarizing the developments in the Partnership project during 2010. The bulletin included photographs, interviews, and a range of articles focusing on the events and the activities organized within the project framework.
Zpravodaj Partnerství ve vzdělávání 2010
Electronic newsletter
In May and December 2010 and in February 2011, the partner schools received electronic newsletters providing study-related information as well as an additional array of interesting information about the university, open day schedules and a list of university activities for the public. Furthermore, a significant part of communication between the University and the partner schools is carried out via informative e-mails and letters that are sent to the partner schools on a regular basis.
MU presence at partner schools
Inherent part of cooperation between Masaryk University and the partner schools is the presentation of the Partnership project on the web pages of the secondary schools. The partner schools inform about the events and the activities within the project on their websites and likewise provide information on their notice boards.
Presentation of partner secondary schools on the MU website
The Partner secondary schools are introduced on www.muni.cz webpage. List of all partner school participating on the project can be found here and so do the links to their web sites and a list of all partnership events from the past years.
