Measures of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University No. 11/2024
Announcement of the competition for the Dean's Prize
of the Faculty of Law of MU for the best study support
in 2024
(as amended effective from 15 October 2024)
Pursuant to Section 28(1) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions
and on Amendments and Supplements to Other Acts (the Higher Education Act), as
amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), I issue the following measure:
Article 1
Announcement of the competition
The Dean of the Faculty of Law of MU announces the competition for the Dean's
Award for 2024 for the best study support in the interactive curriculum of the MU
Information System (hereinafter referred to as "IS") in the following categories:
1. Dean's Award for Innovation
2. Dean's Award for Creativity
3. Dean's Award for Outstanding Content
Study support means a comprehensive and systematically processed set of study
materials intended for self-study of students in all forms of study. Its purpose is to
guide and direct learners in the learning process in the part of the learning process
where this function cannot be performed by the academic due to personal or online
absence. The learning support is made available to learners through interactive
curricula in the IS and is prepared in accordance with the methodology of Masaryk
University.1
In the case of the Dean's Award, the aim of the competition is to:
1. Innovation: to encourage and reward significant qualitative and quantitative
improvements in the content of existing learning support;
2. Creativity: encourage and reward
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https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/mu/Uredni_deska/Predpisy_MU/Masarykova_univerzita/Ostatni_dokument
y/Metodika/odbor_pro_kvalitu/2024_Metodicky_list_Distancni_a_kombinovana_vyuka_na_MU.pdf
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a. Introducing new creative approaches to teaching through learning
support, including the use of new applications or learning processes;
b. the use of modern technologies for the processing of study support,
provided that knowledge and experience is shared within the academic
community of the MU Faculty of Science;
3. Content: to promote and value study guides that not only serve as a selfstudy
guide but also replace traditional printed textbooks.
Article 2
Conditions of the competition
- proposals for awards are submitted by any member of the academic
community of the MU Faculty of Arts;
- Proposals for awards are submitted to the Dean via the Vice-Dean for
Bachelor's and Continuing Master's Studies (david.sehnalek@law.muni.cz);
- the competition is linked to the study courses of which the study support is a
part, while a study course announced in 2024, which is part of the study plan
of one of the study programmes accredited at the MU Faculty of Science, may
be proposed for the competition;
- the guarantor of the course of study will be awarded. In the event of winning
the competition, the supervisor of the course may nominate other persons to
be awarded the prize if their contribution to the production of the course
materials is decisive;
- the study materials and all related materials must be accessible to students
during the period in which the course is taught. They shall be accessible via
the interactive syllabus in the IS, to anyone logged in to the IS, or publicly to
anyone on the Internet;
- proposals for the award will be collected until 31 December 2024;
- The proposal for the award must include identification of the course of study
and justification for the proposal. In support of the proposal, the outcome of
the subject survey showing the learners' appreciation of the learning support
may be attached;
- awards in more than one category at the same time is permissible;
- the awarding of prizes is decided by the dean of the faculty on the proposal
of an evaluation committee appointed by the dean for this purpose;
- The award is connected with a financial reward of =5.000,- CZK;
- Study materials whose creation has been supported by NPO or PPSŘ
programmes in the last 5 years are excluded from the competition and the
possibility of being awarded, unless they have been significantly modified or
supplemented beyond their original supported status.
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In Brno, 15 October 2024 Martin Škop
Dean
signed electronically
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