Students:Czech university context
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The Czech university environment
Barriers/problems
- Weak cooperation between university & commercial companies
- Little support from the state/government
- Little space for innovation & ideas from grassroots
- Poorly informed students
- No room for PR
- Little activity by staff & students
- University dependence on the state
- Not enough practice – too few jobs for too many students – market malfunction
- Entrance exam system
- Cooperation with “bosses” at university
- Barriers between disciplines
- Lack of money for education for SD
- Badly-educated teachers – no will to education on theme
- Not enough “green” subjects
- Too few practical examples of SD
- Teachers outdated
Opportunities/solutions
- Less theory, more practice
- School fees based on the field of study
- PR strategy – students more active and incentivised
- Interdisciplinary education
- Cooperation with NGOs
- More active involvement (compulsory) by students – field trips, projects
- Partnerships with foreign universities, NGOs, companies, municipalities
- Green procurement implementation
- Improvement of student mobility
- Set up a consultation scheme (a choice of school) based on SD
- Cooperation with schools, the public – consultation workshops