Faculty of Arts Receives Scholarships for Top British Universities












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            * Faculty of Arts Receives Scholarships for Top British Universities
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            On June 1, 2010, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Michal Stehlík, and the Vice-Dean fo

            Affairs, Dr. Lenka Šulová, for the fourth time received scholarships for young scholars fr
            representative of the Anglo-Czech Educational Fund. These are designed to cover stays of y
            prestigious British universities. Out of six applicants, three received the grant for the 

            2010/2011.

            The Anglo-Czech Educational Fund is a non-profit founded by Mr. Arnošt Kramer, who left Cz

            Great Britain in 1948. The foundation's goal is to support study and research stays of exc
            students up to 35 years of age – both graduate and post-graduate – in Great Britain. Beari

            original intentions of the founder, motivated by the patriotic goal of maintaining contact
            of Czech and British science and universities, this scholarship is designed to enable youn
            teachers to stay at top British universities. Applicants are expected to be mature scholar

            advantage of the experience and knowledge that cannot be earned in the Czech Republic. Dur
            they should be able finish their Master's thesis or dissertation or prepare for publicatio
            has already been handed in. Applicants must have already been in contact with the respecti

            and the invitation letter, which is a part of the application, must show that the universi
            to accept the student. Another important condition of this scholarship is the perspective 
            working at the Faculty of Arts after the completion of his scholarship.


            In the 2010/2011 academic year, one Master's degree student, one doctoral student and a po
            in Great Britain under this scholarship, at the University of Oxford, University of Bristo

            College London, respectively. They come from the fields of English and American literature
            Turkish language and literature. The scholarship is a unique form of support of scholarshi
            connect young researchers in humanities with the world's top institutions.


            June 10, 2010, press release issued by the Faculty of Arts