Newsletter

1 Oct

“To feel good in teaching, I need to be myself”: an interview with Lenka Smejkalová

We spoke with an award-winning teacher from the Faculty of Pharmacy Lenka Smejkalová about creating a safe learning environment, innovating course content, and the importance of connecting teaching and exams with real-world practice.

29 Sep

Nespoutaná Chrona provádí sochařským Brnem

24 Sep

“Safety begins with being informed”: an interview with Pavel Pracný

We spoke with an award-winning teacher from the Faculty of Science Pavel Pracný about creating a safe learning environment for students and for himself, the importance of repetition, and how even imperfect preparation can pay off.

18 Sep

How to involve students in quality assurance of education?

In our work on quality assurance in education, we regularly participate in various events and exchanges of experience. One of the recent ones was a workshop held as part of the international project ETHICS – Responsible Conduct of Research, which aims to support quality and integrity in higher education and research in Georgia.

17 Sep

“Doing things so they make sense”: an interview with Jakub Míšek

We spoke with an award-winning lecturer from the Faculty of Law Jakub Míšek about thoughtful course design, the specifics of teaching technology law, and how cat pictures can be used in teaching.

10 Sep

“What helps me grow the most are students and their feedback”: interview with Andrea Holešinská

We spoke with an award-winning teacher from the Faculty of Economics and Administration Andrea Holešinská about her teaching philosophy, experiences teaching abroad, at the U3A, MjUNI, and even in a detention facility, as well as the surprises that artificial intelligence can bring to teaching. 

3 Sep

“To improve your teaching, you need to do three things: teach, seek external inspiration, and reflect”: Interview with Lucia Hradecká, Tomáš Foltýnek and Ondřej Hrdlička from Teaching Lab

With three members of the teaching collective of the Faculty of Informatics’ Teaching Lab, which was awarded The Vice-rector’s Award for Quality Teaching this year, we spoke about the importance of first lessons, ways of supporting teachers in their pedagogical development, and about running a subject as a collective.  

27 Aug

“We shouldn’t retreat into our own shells, but we also shouldn’t expect ourselves to go from zero to a hundred”: an interview with Sylvie Pavloková

We spoke with Sylvie Pavloková, an award-winning lecturer from the Faculty of Pharmacy, about giving and receiving feedback, drawing from personal challenges, and what asking students to “come to the blackboard” can bring.