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On 20 and 21 October 2023, the ERIS International Conference took place in Würzburg, Germany. The topic was The Social Work in Crisis: Solution or Part of the Problem?.
The Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ostrava welcomed a special visitor—the inventor of the PARO therapeutic robot. The robotic seal pup is used at FSS UO both for research and for teaching. It is even possible that in the future one of PARO robots will keep astronauts company in space.
The UO Faculty of Social Studies hosted the 16th International Spring School of Social Work last month. Contributions were submitted from different areas of social work, such as family social work and social work with people at risk of social exclusion.
My name is Giulia and I study at the University of Trento. For the whole winter semester I have had the opportunity to study at the Faculty of Social Studies as an Erasmus student.
More than 50 professors and students from different parts of Europe were in Ostrava for the 16th International Spring School of Social Work, taking place from 11–14 April 2023 at the Faculty of Social Studies. The conference gives an opportunity to new, young scientists and researchers and welcomed a participant from as far away as Nepal.
During the winter semester, the FSS UO welcomed several foreign professors. The students discussed with foreign experts, for example, the non-profit sector and volunteering in the USA or child welfare and protection services in the UK.
Ostrava, together with three foreign institutions, will become one of the key locations on the map of social innovation in higher education. FSS UO, the project leader of the international consortium, will gradually work on introducing new forms of co-teaching involving people with lived experience.
Salvator Alaimo was born and raised in New Jersey and has worked in the business and nonprofit sectors, so academia is his third career. He works now in his thirteenth year as a professor at Grand Valley State University, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Ms Samira Shadid and Mr Jeroen Gradener from the University of Applied Sciences of Amsterdam (Department of Social Work) visited the Faculty of Social Studies of University of Ostrava to introduce the URBAN SOS game to the staff members and students.
My name is Ira and I’m from Ukraine. I'm 19 years old. I’m in my second year of university studies, and for the whole semester I have had the opportunity to study in the Czech Republic as an Erasmus student within the Erasmus Credit mobility project KA107/ 2019.
The project outputs were produced with a financial support of the International Visegrad Fund.
My Erasmus+ credit mobility semester at the University of Ostrava was the most exciting experience in my life.
From 6–10 December 2021, after a long break, we welcomed in person professors from our partner Boris Grinchenko University in Kiev: Olha Shved, Tetiana Liakh, Tetiana Spirina, Roman Pavliuk and Vadym Liutyi.
The 14th International Spring School of Social Work organised by ERIS was held after 1 year gap from 28–30 April 2021 for the first time online due to COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Emergency telephone line for international students +420 739 594 408 is available from 8:00 to 18:00.
Interview with Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Ande Nesmith, about research in social work and differences between Czechia and Minnesota, USA.
My name is Maxim Kargapoltsev and I come from Russia, the city of Chelyabinsk.
Important event at the occasion of the centenary celebrations of social work education in the Czech Republic.
The University of Ostrava succeeds in the Times Higher Education New Europe 2018 ranking.
At this year’s Night of Scientists, the Faculty of Social Studies offered three locations to the public; at the Faculty of Medicine, Dolní Vítkovice and the “Scientific Bus” connecting these two places.
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