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emerge and stabilize in a horizon of 2-3 years. Some members of
the Board of Trustees are from enterprise sector, but this body does
not have any direct impact on the management of the university.
C) The Technology Transfer Center offers services related to knowledge
and know-how transfer, all issues related to IPR, and tries also to act
a sort of industrial liaison service. However, the general tradition,
readiness and awareness within the individual departments are
quite far from satisfactory.
The MU Career Centre was established on 1 January 2008 and focuses
on strengthening between students and prospective employers,
especially once graduates leave the university and enters the job
market.
Database placements/job offers are in progress. There is a Public Relations
and Marketing Office within the Rector’s office of Masaryk University.
www.muni.cz/ctt
www.muni.cz/rect/991630
www.muni.cz/rect/994200
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D) The Technology Transfer Offices offers both regular credited courses
“Research and Development in praxis”, and tailor made trainings for
groups of researches. The courses and trainings foster the entrepreneurial
awareness and they cover essential soft skills and management
practices. There are also similar seminars run in cooperation of Faculties
of Business and Administration and Faculty of Law.
The Masaryk University is currently launching an technological incubator
INBIT (devoted to biomedical technologies and maintained by the
South Moravian Innovation Center in the university campus).
Spin-offs are supported but only at the legislative and organizational
level. There are no regular funds for “proof of concept” or IPR issues yet.
The mobility activities are centrally carried out by the Office for International
Studies. The Office is responsible for international mobility as a whole as
well as for consultation and advice in the preparation of projects in the Lifelong
Learning Programme and in other international programmes (CEEPUS,
AKTION, ERASMUS MUNDUS, etc.). The international mobility, however, is
not included in the Curriculum, i.e. for MU students it is not obligatory to
take part in the mobility programmes.
Life-long Learning is included in Masaryk University’s Strategic
Plan for years 2005 – 2010 and in its 2009 update as one of the
MU’s priorities. The focus is being placed on courses deepening
educational background of professionals, as well as on establishing
and strengthening long-term partnerships with enterprises whose
employees will be being educated by MU.
www.muni.cz/research/knowledge_
transfer/technology_transfer
www.muni.cz/fi/339916/
methodical_management
www.muni.cz/study/lifelong
E) Masaryk University is a long-time member of two major international
university networks, the Utrecht Network and the Compostela Group
of Universities. Though each has a somewhat different focus, both
are concerned with deepening international cooperation, their activities
covering such areas as exchanges of academics and students, training
programmes for administrative staff, the promotion of summer
schools and other similar events, the organization of international
conferences and the publication of scholarly work.
www.muni.cz/international_
cooperation/university_
networks
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