Site Visit hosted by our Faculty
Summer in our HR team wasn’t about ice cream—it was about preparing for the Site Visit. How did we do when the evaluators came? And what does a day like that actually look like?
HR Award team visited the University of Potsdam in Germany
At the beginning of September 2022 we had an opportunity to visit the University of Potsdam, an institution that is a holder of the successfully renewed HR Excellence in Research Award for the next certification period. We travelled together with colleagues from other MU faculties - Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Economy and Pedagogical faculty. Our main host was Dr. Tina Urbach, HR Award coordinator.
The aim of the meeting was to share practical experience and inspiration, we also got tips and advice for the implementation phase of the project we are currently in - preparation for the Faculty’s HR Excellence in Research Award Renewal including Site Visit alias personal assessment performed by the European Commission representatives, which we expect in 2024. During the program we introduced Masaryk University, its structure and also status of the HR Award implementation at individual university units. Afterwards, we discussed specific topics: training and development of early stage researchers, internationalization, research activities and their sources of funding, gender equality and anti-discrimination, recruitment and other interesting areas. We believe that the information and experience gained will be utilized at our faculty, that the best practices we shared enriched our hosts and we thank our hosts for their warm welcome.
