Reports

Thanks to the initiative of Ing. Hoang Dieu Hung, Ph.D., a graduate of CTU, our university was introduced to almost three hundred high school students from the Vietnamese community. The event was held on Saturday, 22 February, at the Dong Do Convention Center in Sapa, Prague, and was also attended by other universities.

At a time of growing demand for clean energy sources, nuclear power is becoming an indispensable part of the energy mix. Its importance in the context of the need to decarbonise is growing. However, the sector faces a major challenge - a shortage of qualified professionals.

The National Accreditation Office (NAO) has approved seven follow-up master's programmes in teaching to be implemented at five faculties of CTU in Prague. The new programmes, focused on teaching general education and vocational subjects, are intended to help address the shortage of qualified teachers in secondary schools. The project was created as part of the National Renewal Plan with the aim of linking vocational teaching with modern pedagogical approaches.

The ESN (Erasmus Student Network) team, consisting mainly of Czech students and volunteers from CTU, organized an Orientation Week from 10 to 16 February 2025, during which we welcomed newly arrived foreign students who will study at our university this semester.

After the success of last year's event, the Project Day at CTU is becoming a tradition. The faculties of CTU in cooperation with the Prague 6 Local Action Plan (MAP 6) and the Prague 6 district once again welcomed hundreds of students who experienced the fascinating world of technical fields first-hand.

Ing. Marek Sokol, a doctoral student of the Department of Health Sciences and Population Protection and a member of the scientific team of Biomechanics and Assistive Technologies, is currently on a scientific research trip to one of the most remote parts of the world - Antarctica, specifically to the Czech J. G. Mendel Scientific Station. Marek is part of the expedition, where he is researching the impact of extreme conditions on the human body and innovative technologies for remote monitoring of human health.

The Bulovka University Hospital launched operation of the new Rehabilitation Clinic, which was established in cooperation with Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of Czech Technical University (CTU FBMI) on 4 February 2025. The clinic, where a unique cooperation between a university hospital and a non-medical faculty was established for the first time ever, is the first workplace of this type in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to combine expert rehabilitation care with modern technologies, thus enabling patients to receive more effective and comfortable treatment and a faster return to normal life.

The Academic Senate of CTU elected the chair and vice-chairs at its January session. The new chairman of the AS is doc. Ing. Jan Janoušek, Ph.D., the Vice-Chairman for the employees is Mgr. Veronika Vymětalová, Ph.D. The students will be represented by Ing. arch. Anna Marie Černá.

A one-day hands-on Real-World Evidence "Data Heals" seminary was held at the end of January. The annual seminary focused on practical implementation and implementation considerations in the processing and analysis of big healthcare data for routine improvement of healthcare quality and efficiency.

The Czech Republic's academic representatives won a total of five medals at the 32nd FISU Winter University Games in Italy in January. The students of CTU contributed significantly to this success by winning four medals.