Individual Staff Mobility Grant

Project facts

Project promoter:
Masaryk University, Brno
Project Number:
CZ07-0025
Target groups
Teachers, trainers, managers, leaders and other staff within higher education institutions
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€4,458
Final project cost:
€3,537
From Norway Grants:
€ 3,165
The project is carried out in:
Czech Republic

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Description

The diploma and Ph.D. theses are serving, among others, as a relevant indicator of both student's acquired level of knowledge and the quality of institution providing the education. In social sciences empirically based approach and data-driven conclusions are a significant part of research. This should be reflected also in setting diploma and PhD. thesis standards. To provide students with support on appropriate quantitative and empirical research methods the competent staff is needed. This project allows applicant to increase her knowledge in selected quantitative method via attendance of Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM) held in Oslo.

Summary of project results

At the beginning of the activity students were informed by an e-mail that applicant is going to attend GSERM. Further they were informed about an opportunity to consult problems related to the selected quantitative method after applicant's accomplished GSERM visit. In the period of 9-22.1.2016 applicant participated at the Global School of Empirical Research Methods programme at BI University in Oslo. Signed Certificate of attendance is attached. At the end of the activity students of statistics courses and multivariate analysis courses were informed (the 20th February 2016; email filed in students' study materials) about the opportunity to consult problems related to "Mediation and Moderation". Further, study materials acknowledged to Norway Grants on "Mediation and Moderation" were uploaded into students'study materials folder in Applicant's study materials section on University websites (will be used in the long term).The file is also attched to the monitoring report.

Summary of bilateral results

Increased skills/competences of staff