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We are very happy to announce that the finalized version of the Standard of Supervision in Doctoral Education, which we created together with the Student Chamber of the Council of Higher Education Institutions is now complete and available  with the English version and breakdown of the authors' contributions, , is out! What topics should not be forgotten when creating these standards at Czech Universities?

The complete Czech and English version of the Standards can be found here and as an attached file below. You can also look forward to our introduction and discussion of selected parts of...

Bellow you can find (in Czech only) the text of our Open letter addressed to the rector of Charles University regarding the non-standard change of supervisors at the Catholic Theological Faculty CU.

The letter is also available in the pdf format here and further bellow on this page.

Vážená paní rektorko,

obracíme se na Vás jménem České asociace doktorandek a doktorandů, z.s. v souvislosti s událostmi na Katolické teologické fakultě (KTF UK).

Jako spolek aktivně se zasazující o zlepšení postavení doktorandek a doktorandů na českých vysokých školách považujeme zprávy o zbavení...

Next in our series of mini-interview with fellow doctoral researchers that you can read is with Zbyněk Mucha, a member of the ČAD Board.

1. Why did you decide to pursue a PhD and what is your research topic?

I completed my undergraduate and graduate degrees in Indology, specialising in the Bengali language. My graduate thesis drew upon ethnographic research on Bangladeshi migration to Europe. Once I finished my fieldwork in Bangladesh, I realised there was much more to explore. So, I applied for a PhD to build upon my research and delve deeper into the...

As announced in our newsletter, we are starting a series of a short interviews with our fellow doctoral researchers.

As the first you can read interview with Klára Šárovcová, a doctoral researcher at the Institute of World History FF UK  and a member of the ČAD Board.

Why did you go for a PhD and what area do you specialise in?

I focus on the development of the position of the Pope during the Great Western Schism, a time that provided many impulses on this issue. In particular, I am studying in detail the texts of the masters of the University of Paris...

If you personally are a student or a researcher from Ukraine or know somebody in this situation, you might be interested in the support provided by the Young Scientists Council and the Scholar Support Office of Ukraine.

The Young Scientists Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (RMU)  is a consultative and advisory body created to promote the realization of the constitutional rights of young scientists regarding their participation in the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of scientific, technical and innovative activities. 

The main tasks...

Předsedkyně ČAD Šárka Lojdová rozebírá, proč současná výše doktorandských stipendií je nedostačující, proč skutečnost nedanění příjmů může být paradoxně nevýhodné a to, jak problematické nastavení celého systému doktorského studia vytváří komplikované situace např. v oblasti rodičovství. Věnuje se i rozložení argumentů zpochybňující potřebu se situací něco dělat — pohled apelující na "osobní zodpovědnosti" a další.

ČAD Chair Šárka Lojdová discusses why the current level of doctoral stipends is insufficient, why the fact that they are not taxed might be paradoxically a problem, and the...

ČAD Chair Šárka Lojdová in her commentary for the journal Deník referendum reacted to the statement of Helena Langšládlová, the Minister for Science and Reserch in Hospodářské noviny. Our Chair adresses the ongoing reform of doctoral educaion in teh Czech Republic, which intends to increase and guarantee a minimal level of dotoral stipend for doctoral researchers at the 1,2 times level of the minimal salary. She also comments on the overall dismal situation of salaries of academic workers in the Czech republic, particularly in the social sciences and humantiites, and on the need for adequate...

26. - 27. 5. 2022 the Quality Evaluation of the Universities Conference (HKVS) took place in Telč. ČAD was represented in two panels.

Our chair Šárka talked on the topic of "Social (In)security of Doctoral Researchers" in the panel about the ongoing reform of doctoral education and the conditions of doctoral researchers.

Jakub had a presentation on the "Lessons from France and the Netherland in the area of doctoral education" in the panel about The experience and standards from abroad for quality in doctoral programs. 

A short report from the conference (in Czech only) can be found at...

In her commentary (in Czech) for the Alarm online daily, Šárka Lojdová, the Chair of ČAD, reacts to the interview (in Czech) with Jaroslav Miller, the new Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports and to the intention of bringing doctoral scholarships on par with the minimum wage level. While this would mean a significant increase in doctoral researchers’ income, Šárka is convinced that the idea of early career researchers not deserving more than a minimum wage needs to be challenged.

Šárka Lojdová, "Výše doktorandských stipendií je ostudná. Začínající vědci by neměli pobírat minimální...

At the occasion of the 5th anniversary of ČAD establishment that we celebrated last autumn, Kateřina Cidlinská and Šárka Lojdová, the founder and former Chair of ČAD and the current Chair, respectively, gave an interview (in Czech) to the Universitas magazine, in which they commented on, among others, our expectations concerning the doctoral education reform, the need for systematic employment of doctoral researchers and our vision of supervisor standards.

Zuzana Keményová, "Od doktorandské reformy si slibujeme hodně: víc peněz i času na výzkum", Universitas, 6. prosince 2021. https://www...