// Introduction
–The gap between highschool and university level of knowledge in math keeps getting bigger (1)
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–The job market sorely needs
–gratuates with math skills (2)
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–Czech republic PISA scores
–keep getting worse (3)

// Why we need it
–The market volume for big data is expected to triple by 2026
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–Significant growth in job demand of big data related vacancies (4)
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// The service so far (1/4)
–Timeframe:
•   (1 semester)
–Total visits:
–Unique visitors:
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•od 22. 2. 2016
•do 4. 7. 2016
•300
•146

// The service so far (2/4)
•ESF dominates:
•FSS follows:
•Other faculties:
•Outside MUNI:
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•246
•20
•24
•7

// The service so far (3/4)
–Percentage of visits regarding final theses:
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27%
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// The service so far (4/4)
–Stats and metrics
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–Average hits per month (website) 1800
–Average time of visit (website)           00:03:02
–Peak reach (Facebook) 1105
–Likes in the first month (Facebook) 228

// Events
–The Support Centre regularly organizes events for students
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–„Quantified Nature“ or
–„The answer of Kurt Gödel to Pontius Pilate‘s question“
– are just a few of them

// Our team
–So far the Support Centre operated through volunteers.
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–Students and teachers alike offered their time to help others with math and statistics.

// Visitor feedback (1/3)
–„ (…) chci (znovu) projekt pochválit :) zatím jsem konzultaci nepotřebovala, ale to, že centrum
funguje a že s ním můžu počítat je skvělé“ – Respondent 3
•„Pan Josef Nešleha vysvětluje opravdu dobře a vždy si našel čas ikdyž to vypadá, že jeho den má 40
hodin.“ – Respondent  14
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„Myslím si, že Maths and Stats Support Centre je skvělý nápad a budu moc rád, pokud jeho fungování
bude pokračovat.“ – Respondent  76

// Visitor feedback (2/3)
–„(…) veľmi ma potešilo, že sa niečo také vytvorilo, je to super pre študentov. Našťastie som
zatiaľ Vašu pomoc nepotreboval ale rád ju využijem v budúcnosti ak bude príležitosť “ – Respondent
65
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•„Ačkoliv jsem nevyužil jeho služeb, tak jsem ho doporučil několika kamarádům (…) Ti, kteří služeb
centra využili si ho moc pochvalovali.“  - Respondent 76
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•„Support Centre je super projekt, jsem hrozně rád, že se ho podařilo otevřít! Díky paní doktorce
Králové i všem tutorům. :)“ – Respondent  23
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// Visitor feedback (3/3)
Traits liked the most:
1)Tutors‘ friendly and non-critical approach
2)
2)Tutor explained all questions
3)
3)Tutor was able to explain complicated issues in simple terms (6)

// Spreading the idea
–3 other support centers were inspired and are taking off
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–VŠB  Technical University of Ostrava
– - wants to cooperate with MSSC as much as possible
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–   UTB Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín (Dr. Zuzana Pátiková)
– - scheduled launch in September 2016
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–VUT Brno Technical University (FME)
– - launches in April 2017 with support from OP VVV project
Výsledek obrázku pro všb logo

// Outlook (1/2)
–Engage more people
– - spark interest in math and statistics
– - break the „I‘m bad at math“ mindset
–Improve the website
– - reduce bounce rate
– - incentivise visitors to browse sylabi
– - create a problém-solving platform
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– Reduce math and stats failing grades at MU
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// Outlook (2/2)
–Academic year
–2016/2017 target budget:
– 550 000 CZK
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Labor costs
-two part time tutors
Technical background
-projector
-interactive whiteboard
-software and web development
Marketing
-leaflets, DTP labor, print

// Sources
–(1) http://archiv.ihned.cz/c1-65399490-ustup-maturity-z-matematiky
–(2) http://www.statista.com/statistics/254266/global-big-data-market-forecast/
–(3) https://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-overview.pdf
–(4) https://acadgild.com/blog/big-data-job-opportunities-in-2016-and-the-coming-years/
–(5) Google and Facebook analytics internal data
–   http://mathstat.econ.muni.cz/
–   https://www.facebook.com/supportcentre/
–(6) Google forms questionnare survey
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