On 22 November, FSS MU to move to yellow on the traffic-light system

Below you will find some important information and updates resulting from the emergency situation at the faculty.

General

All of the following measures are led by the desire to maintain the possibility of in person teaching, so that we do not move into the red colour of the university traffic light.
The O-N-T/V-C-T rule (vaccination - past disease - testing) applies only to healthy individuals – those with symptoms of respiratory disease do not attend classes, do not go to the faculty. We continue to urge students to get vaccinated unless medical reasons prevent this.

Study

All seminars and lectures for up to 200 people are taught in person according to the set schedule.
Students are required to prove O-N-T/V-C-T status through the relevant application in the IS (https://is.muni.cz/auth/koronavirus/)
For seminars and small courses with up to 100 students enrolled, the O-N-T/V-C-T registration is to be verified by the teacher via the Teacher application in the IS; for large courses with over 100 enrolled students the O-N-T/V-C-T is checked at the entrance to the lecture room by the study department clerk (the registration is available in the List of students in the respective course in the Notebook in the IS).
Anyone who does not present a valid certificate cannot participate in in person classes. The teacher will assign them substitute work (e.g. reading literature or working on a term paper, the specific type of work is up to the teacher).
There is no hybrid or online instruction; the faculty strives to ensure in person / contact teaching at the highest possible level
Ventilation of classrooms: building administration will provide ventilation at 7:45 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:45 p.m., and 5:45 p.m. for all classrooms. At the beginning of the following class, teachers are to close the windows. All windows are closed at 6:00 p.m.
Internships and placements are possible under third party conditions.

Meetings and conferences

Meetings (including the meetings of departments, institutes): o up to 5 people: it is required to wear face-masks, no spacing required o 6 - 25 people: necessary spacing of min. 1.5 m between each person, facemasks are required o over 25 people: exclusively online.
Conferences, seminars, etc.: O-N-T/V-C-T required for max. 50 people (including organizers); over 50 people will be exclusively online.
Meetings of the Faculty Scientific Board, the Faculty Senate, and the Dean's College will be held online.

Employees

All employees are required to register O-N-T/V-C-T in INET (https://inet.muni.cz/app/osoby/koronavirus_prevence). Registration is required. With the exception of teaching, employees without O-N-T/V-C-T are not prevented from working.
Employees who do not prove O-N-T/V-C-T in INET cannot attend offline teaching. Instead, they have an obligation to provide students with alternative tasks; the heads of departments can impose other job duties on them. Staff in the offices should take turns so that there is always a maximum of two people in one room (coordinated by the head of the department).
Home office will be arranged with workers belonging to at-risk groups (e.g. unvaccinated people over the age of 65, unvaccinated pregnant women, unvaccinated people with chronic diseases).

Movement within the Faculty premises

It is compulsory to wear respirators in all indoor areas of FSS MU except:

Offices where no more than two people are present and working there steadily, keep a distance of at least 1.5 m between them, and both agree to remove their respirators.
Lecturers during teaching with complete vaccinations (all others must wear are spirator at all times).

The public is not allowed in the building, except for persons providing instruction (freelancers), representatives of collaborating companies, and partners for key meetings that cannot be held online.

Examination period, state exams, master's, and doctoral entrance examinations

Exams - may take place in person, but must show proof of O-N-T/V-C-T in the IS and maintain a minimum space of 1.5 m in all directions. Lecturers are obliged to offer an online form of examination. The faculty management recommends that exams are only taken online under comparable conditions.
State exams - to be held online only for the autumn semester 2021. The obligation for students to submit one printed copy of the bachelor's or master's thesis is waived. It is to be submitted digitally via the IS only.
Master's studies admission - all faculty programs except psychology will hold admissions without contact (essentially following the rules of previous semesters); psychology will hold their entrance exams in person (unless there is a further tightening of restrictions) under strict hygienic conditions and with the obligation to prove O-N-T/V-C-T by all applicants.
Doctoral studies admission - to be held online only.

Library, computer rooms

Library - it is forbidden for non-university public to enter the library; only students and employees of Masaryk University can enter.
The possibility of loans in the study rooms remains.
1.5 m spacing in all directions and the use of face-masks is required.
Small conference rooms and team rooms will remain open with limited capacities.
Computer room in the library will be closed. Other computer rooms in the building can be entered only with O-N-T/V-C-T.

Traveling

It is recommended to carry out business trips only in necessary cases that cannot be replaced by online meetings.
• Travel to countries with a non-low COVID risk are prohibited (for a specific overview, see here).
• Travel to countries with low COVID risk are possible; the obligation to register in the DROZD system applies.

These rules were discussed and agreed upon at a meeting of the FSS MU management and the Dean's Board of the FSS MU on 15th November 2021.

prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
dean FSS MU