Rector's Directive No. 18/2018












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            Title:               Creation and competences of Coordination Boards of doctoral programme
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            Effect:              1 June 2018                                                          




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            * Creation and competences of Coordination Boards
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            * Article 1 Introductory provisions
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            1.A Subject Area Board plays an irreplaceable role within the doctoral study; the Board be

              responsibility for the content of the programme of study and for its implementation. Coo
              are to be established for the purposes of supporting cooperation among individual Subjec
              and for creating a space where common and shared standards for individual doctoral progr

              can emerge.
            2.A Coordination Board is a platform for cooperation primarily among those Subject Area Bo
              declared their affiliation in closely related areas of education.





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            * Article 2 Activities of a Coordination Board
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            A Coordination Board is to coordinate activities of participating Subject Area Boards. Its
            are mainly as follows:
            a.Strategic decision-making with respect to the direction and development of doctoral prog

              in the respective area;
            b.Identifying intersections in the implementation of doctoral programmes of study;
            c.Creating uniform standards for programmes of study related by their topics (such as crit

              admissions procedure, quality criteria for scientific outputs achieved by students and q
              to be met by supervisors, criteria for dissertations etc.);
            d.Proposals of measures aimed at increasing the students’ rate of success in study;

            e.Cooperation in preparing possible common accreditation; and
            f.Communication with relevant units of the Rectorate and faculties.




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            * Article 3 Composition and meeting of a Coordination Board
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            1.The Coordination Boards of the doctoral programmes of study are composed of the chairs o

              Boards of the doctoral programmes of study. The Chairs of Subject Area Boards become mem
              Coordination Board to which their Subject Area Board has been assigned according to thei
              with a particular area of education; alternatively, they can be assigned to a Coordinati

              have chosen, upon their appointment by the Rector in that respect. The Chair of a Subjec
              may be a member of more than one Coordination Board. A Coordination Board member may be 
              a meeting by a designated deputy, who is a member of the respective Subject Area Board a

              relevant rights and duties for the purposes of the meeting.
            2.A representative of the Faculty engaged in the implementation of the doctoral programme 
              included in a respective Coordination Board, may become a member of the Coordination Boa

              Alternatively, it can be a specialist proposed to the Rector by the Dean or the Chair of
              Coordination Board and appointed by the Rector.
            3.Board members nominate a Chair of the Board from their membership and the Chair is then 

              Rector. The Chair or any deputy designated thereby is to convene and preside over the me
            4.The Coordination Board is convened when necessary, usually twice a year. Minutes of a me
              be taken, as well as a brief report regarding proposed measures is to be drafted; the re

              submitted to the member of the Rector’s Board who is in charge of doctoral study at Char
            5.Methodological assistance to Coordination Boards is provided by the Student Affairs Depa
              Rectorate, which would also arrange for administrative support of activities should it b

              the Coordination Board Chair.
            6.Meetings of a Coordination Board may be attended by a member of the Rector’s Board, or t
              deputy, in their capacity as a permanent guest.

            7.Meetings of Coordination Boards are open to the public. If need be, the Chair may decide
              meeting, or part thereof, will be closed to the public.
            8.Coordination Boards can adopt, by resolution, more detailed rules governing their meetin





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            * Article 4 Final provisions
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            1.This Directive comes into effect on 1 June 2018.
            2.The main roles of persons and bodies engaged in doctoral studies is summarized in Rector
              19/2018 - Doctoral Study Handbook.

            3.The recent outline of composition of Coordination Boards is available at the Student Aff
              of the Rectorate of Charles University.
            Prague, 23 May 2018
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
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