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Duration of university studies in the Czech Republic and the effect of fees for excessive study duration
Fliegl, Tomáš ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Vlk, Aleš (referee)
Topic of the thesis is the duration of studies at universities in the Czech Republic and the effect of fees for excessive study duration on the duration of studies. It focuses on undergraduate programs at public universities, for which the fees are applicable. Author exploits data from the national student register and data on the amount of fees from most Czech universities to build a regression model. Awareness of students on the fees policy was determined by questionnaire for participants of a widely used admission test (National Comparative Test Scio). It has been found, that at the average, 41% of students extended nominal length of study program before completing it, with highest share observed in humanities. About 10% of students extended the nominal length of study by more than one year. Fees apply to one-fifth of the students, half of them because their unsuccessful studies had been attributed to their actual length of study. The results show that time to degree is only insignificantly related to the potential amount of the fee; only in the case of students of one public university we have found mild relationship and CZK 1,000 fee increase should shorten time to degree by 6 days. Influence on the length of unsuccessful studies is more pronounced and represents 10 to 90 days per CZK 1,000. Low effect...
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Funding higher education in United Kingdom
Pham, Ha Linh ; Maaytová, Alena (advisor) ; Gajdošová, Eva (referee)
This thesis deals with funding higher education in United Kingdom. The theoretical part focuses on description of higher education institutions in UK. The practical part analyses funding of higher education institutions in 2003-2015. Based on the analysis, recommendations are made for improving funding system of higher education in UK.
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Analysis of the Websites of Selected Universities
Zahradníková, Aneta ; Přibil, Jiří (advisor) ; Novák, Michal (referee)
This diploma thesis analyzes websites of universities. Today, websites have a constantly growing importance for universities. Selected websites are evaluated especially for their usability. Websites with good usability do not force their users to think unnecessarily. The theoretical part introduces the marketing communication of educational institutions and the theory of websites. The websites are discussed by the usability point of view. After that are discussed chosen methods. Web sites are evaluated by user testing with eye-tracking, SWET, and trunk testing. Based on these tests, websites are rated and evaluated. In the end is evaluated the overall usability of websites, comparing private and public universities and comparing the results with the ranking of the best universities.
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Cloud services utilization at Czech universities
Hleděncová, Adéla ; Kubálek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kubálková, Markéta (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis called "Cloud services utilization at Czech universities" is to compare services of Office 365 and G Suite and to evaluate their use at public universities in the Czech Republic which is examined on the basis of qualitative research. The thesis contains six parts. The first chapter characterizes the concept of cloud, its advantages, disadvantages and its models: delivery models and deployment models. The second and third parts describe the history and pricing plans of Office 365 and G Suite. Selected services for education plans are described and then compared from the schools' point of view within the fourth chapter. The fifth part focuses on the experience of cloud services (Microsoft or Google) at selected universities in the Czech Republic with the aim of identifying impulses, barriers, experiences, ideas and recommendations which could serve other colleges and which are summarized in the final part.
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