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• history
• politics
• World Championships
• Beach volleyball
• commerical law

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Vladimír Šigut

Many people know CU student Ondřej Perušič by his nickname, Perun, after the Slavic god of thunder and lightning. Last October, fans saw him and team partner David Schweiner win gold at the World Beach Volleyball Championships.

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• Japan
• kendó
• martial arts

• Jiří Novák
• Michal Novotný

The protective gear alone is impressive but just wait until you witness two opponents go at each other. With fluid sword movements reminiscent of the ancient samurai, competitors shout and strike. Such is kendo. And such is a student of the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Hradec Králové, Nikol Eichlerová. The European Champion.

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• education
• children
• education reform
• teaching

• Pavla Hubálková
• Vladimír Šigut

“I have twenty kids in each classroom that I can influence, inspire, or teach critical thinking. I teach multiple classes and I have an impact on many children’s lives. That’s the beauty of the teaching profession,” says Daniel Pražak, a teacher, education populariser, and PhD student at CU.

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• student life
• events
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• university league

• Jiří Novák
• Vladimír Šigut

Charles University hockey players, the UK Kings Prague, defeated rivals the ČVUT Engineers Prague representing 4:3 in the annual Battle of the Universities. The match was played in the Holešovice Sports Hall.

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• longboarding
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• snowboarding
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• Jiří Novák
• Vladimír Šigut

The last World University Winter Games were extremely successful for Czech athletes, who brought home 12 medals. The first, a silver, was won in snowboardcross by Jakub Žerava, a student at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of Charles University.

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• politics
• volunteers
• Russia
• Uktraine
• conflict

• Martin Rychlík
• Valentyn Shkriba personal archive

The first anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine has come and gone but saw renewed commitment on the part of the US and European allies. As the conflict continues, we focus on a student, Valentyn Shkriba, helping at Charles University. 

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Students

• volunteers
• oncology
• psychology
• patient care
• health care

• Jiří Novák
• Jan Kolský

The day may come when she will fulfil her childhood dream and become a musical star; but for the moment, Karolína Mikysková is focusing on her studies in psychology at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. She is also involved in charity and volunteer work, which includes helping cancer patients.

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• hockey
• snowboarding
• University Games
• winter sport
• skiing

• Jiří Novák
• ČAUS, lakeplacid2023.com, Shutterstock

In under a week, the Winter World University Games will kick off in Lake Placid, USA, where the Czech Republic, through the Czech Association of University Sports, will send a 142-member team comprising 93 athletes. Among them will be 12 students from Charles University.

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• adversity
• special needs
• study programmes
• success
• autism

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Vladimír Šigut

Radim Tauber was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and ADHD in the fourth grade, which explained why he so often had failing grades as a kid and was moved from school to school. His professors at CU, familiar with his needs, helped him to succeed. Most of all, he worked hard himself.

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• CU sports
• student life
• hobbies
• swimming
• competition

• Jiří Novák
• Vladimir Šigut

Sports associations that organise championship competitions in water rescue sports, pitting top swimmers in lifesaving disciplines such as manikin, relay, beach sprint and surf race. CU student and champion swimmer Dominika Geržová knows a thing or two about that.

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• Kampus Hybernská
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• FameLab

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Vladimír Šigut

She won the national final of the FameLab competition at the end of September and just won silver at the international grand final in Cheltenham! Future molecular biologist Eliška Jandová, a student at the Faculty of Science at CU. She confirmed her knack for public speaking and, most importantly, outlined hope for cancer patients.

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• Humans of CU
• photos
• hockey

• Jiří Novák
• Vladimír Šigut

Charles University’s hockey team successfully defended its title from last year in the Battle of the Universities. In the final this time, the team defeated players from the Czech Technical University in Prague. The triumph is the team’s ninth in the traditional competition of Prague universities.

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• religion
• history
• politics
• Russia

• Helena Zdráhalová
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From the Freemasons to the mysterious Illuminati, take your pick: throughout history there has been no shortage of conspiracy theories suggesting most of us live with a veil over our eyes. Not knowing there are shadow organisations operating to overthrow society.

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• women of CU
• sports
• competition
• military training

• Jiří Novák
• Jakub Grohar, D. Hysková's personal archive

When she was born, Dominika Hysková says she was a whirlwind that swept into her otherwise largely quiet family. She is eloquent and full of energy and her enthusiasm as the sole female student studying Military Physical Education in Czechia is contagious. One question? Which military unit she’ll serve with upon completing her Master’s degree.

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• medicine
• history
• medical students
• Kuks
• tour guides

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Vladimír Šigut, Marcela Uhlíková

“Being a tour guide at the historic Kuks Hospital taught me a lot,” says Jaroslav Matějka, a third-year student at the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University. Above all, he credits it with teaching him how to communicate better with others.

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