Programme

9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Masaryk and Education

Jiří Hanuš, Vice-Rector of the MU, and Stanislav Balík, Dean of the Faculty of the Social Studies, MU

9:50 – 10:10 a.m. | The Pandemic as a Challenge for Universities

Radka Wildová, Deputy Minister of Education

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10:10 – 10:30 a.m. | The COVID-19 epidemic and its impact on the pupil, student and teacher populations in different school levels in the Czech Republic

Ladislav Dušek, Institute of Health Information and Statistics

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10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | The Covid-19 Pandemic and Regional Education: an Opportunity to Pay Off Old Debts and Education Policy Commitments

Karel Gargulák, PAQ Research

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11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | The Infodemic: Fake News on Steroids

Miloš Gregor, Faculty of Social Studies, MU

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11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Break

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. | How Are Universities Supporting the Current Transformation of Education? The Perspective of Students in Teacher Training Programmes

Karla Brücknerová, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, MU

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12:30 – 13:00 p.m. | CERGE-EI: The Impact of the Pandemic on Education and Scholarship at Home and Around the World: What We Know, What We Suspect, What We Do Not Know and Why

Daniel Münich, CERGE-EI

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13:00 – 13:30 p.m. | Grammar Schools during the Pandemic

Jiří Herman, Headmaster of Gymnázium Brno, třída Kapitána Jaroše

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13:30 – 14:00 p.m. | Break

14:00 – 14:30 p.m. | Studies at the Masaryk University during the Pandemic

Michal Bulant, MU

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14:30 – 15:00 p.m. | The Lives of Academics during the Pandemic: Impacts and Challenges

Kateřina Zábrodská, Institute of Psychology, The Czech Academy of Sciences

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15:00 – 15:30 p.m. | Caught between Fast and Slow Science

Filip Vostal, Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences

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15:30 – 15:35 p.m. | Closing Remarks by Jiří Hanuš and Michal Bulant, the Vice-Rectors of Masaryk University