List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – November/December 2023

Do you want to further improve your skills or simply learn something new? Choose from the current list of available seminars and workshops. Seminars are organized within Masaryk University or by other close organizations.

25 Oct 2023 Tereza Schmidtová

Career Centre CC MUNI

6 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – How to: interview – How to think about preparing for an interview, what to focus on and what to avoid, and how to prepare for tough questions from the recruiter?
14 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – Workshop with NOTINO: Europe's largest e-commerce – What's behind the journey of a product from a supplier to the Notino website where it can be ordered? Notino People from the commercial department will introduce you to the process and the different positions.
15 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – How to: Curriculum vitae in English (online) – CV basics: things to do or to avoid in a CV, the structure and content of a cover letter. You only need to create a quality CV once, then you can only edit it for the rest of your life.
16 November 2023 – 15:00 - 17:00 – Exams – How to survive the exam period? The key to everything is to plan and manage your time well.
20 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – How to: Employment Relation – Would you like to work while you study, but you're not sure what options you have? Do you want to know what the differences are between a "DPP" and a "DPČ"? Do you know which one is more profitable for you?

Central Library CL SCI MUNI

8 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – Have you already flipped your studies? – seminary within support of doctoral studies
15 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – Planning your carrer – talk within support of doctoral studies
22 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – PhD student as a reviewer of qualified thesis – lecture within support of doctoral studies
29 November 2023 – 16:00 - 17:30 – Thriving or just surviving? Promoting psychological resilience in doctoral students – lecture within support of doctoral studies

Masaryk university MUNI

15 November 2023 – 17:00 - 18:30 – We are stronger than we think: Five Keys to Psychological Resilience and Mental Health – Lecture by Asspc. Prof. Alena Slezáčková on the topic of positive psychology.
1 and 2 December 2023 – Book Fair and Literary Festival in Brno – MU and MU Munipress Publishing invite you to the first annual Advent Book Fair and Literary Festival in Brno. In two Brno cooperating libraries, the Jiří Mahen Library and the Moravian Library, publishers will present their production, professional and fictional literature for children and adults. The book fair will be complemented by a rich accompanying program in the form of author readings, discussions with writers and musical performances. In addition to buying books for Christmas, you will be able to meet authors, publishers and translators.

JobChallenge 2023

1 November 2023 – Job Fair – Meet dozens of employers from different fields and find out what they can offer you. You'll meet employers face-to-face and gain contacts that will be useful in the future. Choose from eight workshops and sign up for the ones that interest you the most. Register here.

Technology Transfer Office TTO MUNI

15 November 2023 – 12:00 - 22:00 – Velvet Innovation Conference 2023 – The international conference connects technology leaders and visionaries, entrepreneurs, researchers, young talents, public policy makers in the #brnoregion innovation ecosystem. Simply, the personalities that drive the world of innovation.
21 November 2023 and 20 December 2023 – 12:00 - 17:00 – JICbooster – Are you an entrepreneur from our region and currently working on product development? Do you have a project, but are looking for the right expertise to take your product to market?
22 November 2023 – 16:30 - 18:30 – How to do Functional Marketing for Startups – Do you have a great product and the only thing standing between you and phenomenal success is functional marketing? Then get some advice! Vítek Hanák will show you the latest approaches that will work for you whether you go it alone or bring in an outsider.
30 November 2023 – 15:00 - 18:30 – 120 seconds: Meet the microscopy community – Brno and electron microscopy? You can't imagine one without the other. Every third electron microscope in the world is made in Brno. But what makes the South Moravian metropolis the mecca of the field is the whole ecosystem of collaborating organisations and people. How are they interconnected? How has electron microscopy developed into a world-class field in #brnoregion?

South-Moravian Innovation Centre JIC

6 November 2023 – 13:00 - 17:00 – Technology transfer as a opportunity – Miniconference presenting the potential of technology transfer. How to move from science to real use of research results.
8 November 2023 – 11:00 - 21:30 – Entrepreneurship Day and Festival of Ideas
24 November 2023 – 10:00 - 12:00 – Technology transfer and Contracting

Faculty of Economics and Administration ECON MUNI

7 November 2023 – 10:00 - 13:00 – Validation or how to increase your chances of success – Workshop for start-ups. More than 40% of start-ups fail because they are solving a problem that doesn't really exist. In this workshop you will learn how to talk to customers and how to find out their needs.

Faculty of Arts Arts MU

1 November 2023 – 16:00 – Mills and turbines as traces of human skill – Daniel Drápala from the Institute of European Ethnology of the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk University will talk about small technical operations that in the past had a firm place in the life and economy of rural villages and townships.
22 November 2023 – 17:00 - 18:30 – Continuities and Discontinuities in Science and Doctoral Studies – Prof. Šárka Pospíšilová, Prof. Petr Dvořák and Prof. Jana Musilová, who held the position of Vice-Rector for Science and Research from 2004 to the present, will debate with students of doctoral programs.

Competence Development Centre CERPEK MUNI

1 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – Leadership Basics – Workshop helps leaders and specialists acquire four key leadership skills which can be used in team communication, project management or chairing meetings.
1 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – Where is the limit of plagiarism? – How to recognize plagiarism and assess its seriousness?
2 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – How to look after your mental wellbeing – Take time for yourself so you can look after others.
3 and 14 November 2023 – 9:00 - 16:00 – Effective Stress Management – Learn effective stress management tools and how to build mental resilience in today's hectic times.
16 November 2023 – 9:00 - 16:00 – How and why to reflect in the classroom – How to reflect with learners to deepen their knowledge?
20 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – tFlexible learning forms in the age of micro-certificates – How to use diverse forms, methods and resources in learning so that different pathways lead to learning outcomes?
23 November 2023 – 16:30 - 18:30 – How to respond to a problematic teaching situation – Intensive training in small but important teaching skills. No theory, just practice, feedback and practice again.
28 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – How to motivate yourself and others – Intenzivní trénink malých, ale důležitých učitelských dovedností. Žádná teorie, jen praxe, zpětná vazba a zase praxe.
30 November 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – Jak to prevent burnout
1 December 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – Work-life balance
6 December 2023 – 9:00 - 12:00 – Master brain – Make full use of your brain power! In this workshop full of practical exercises, you will find out how our memory really works.
8 December 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – Hoe to make science popular in education – How to prepare a learning objective and set the difficulty of the lesson? What teaching methods and didactic tools to choose.
12 December 2023 – 9:00 - 13:00 – EEffective thesis management – Are you managing your first thesis and not sure how to do it? Or are you already experienced but still wondering how to do it well and effectively?
13 December 2023 – 9:00 - 16:00 – How to Negotiate Assertively – Being able to assert yourself effectively when dealing with other people, but also respecting the interests of others, while still "being cool" is something we all want to achieve. How to do it?
14 and 15 December 2023 – 8:30 - 16:00 – Professional Seniority – How to cope with the challenges posed by (not only) a dynamic academic environment, which translates into your job satisfaction?

Pedagogická fakulta Ped MUNI

2 November 2023 – 12:00 – Ředitel školy nebo řídící učitel? – Seminář dr. Václava Trojana nad významem ředitele v českém kontextu. Přijďte diskutovat o významu ředitele školy jako pedagogického lídra.
4 November 2023 – 9:30 – Učení a vyučování cizím jazykům ve výzkumu – mezinárodní doktorandská konference
28 November 2023 – 13:30 – Hlas – Zvučící vztah – Hlasová dílna Ridiny Ahmedové ukáže, že krásná hudba není jen výsledkem práce profesionálních umělců.
7 December 2023 – 12:00 – Jak uspět u nakladatele – Seminář Aleny Mizerové z Munipress MU. Co nakladatel uvítá při prvním setkání s autorem? Co by měl autor o nakladateli znát dopředu? Co vyžaduje nakladatel a co by měl požadovat autor? Nahlédnutí za oponu uzavírání licenčních smluv.

Fakulty of Sports Studies SPORT MUNI

4 November 2023 – 8:00 - 12:00 – Know your feet – This is a workshop by physiotherapist Michael Tichov, where you will learn all about your feet and barefoot shoes. It also includes strengthening exercises and optimizing your walking stereotype. Participation for a fee.

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