Well-being working group

Head of the group:

• PhDr. Zuzana Kasáková, Ph.D.

Members:

• PhDr. Sylvie Fišerová
• Doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D.
• Bc. Angelika Hájková
• Doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D.
• Mgr. Marek Drážďanský
• Mgr. Viera Martinková, Ph.D.
• PhDr. Ondřej Matějka, Ph.D.
• Lucie Pištěková, DiS.
• Mgr. Michael Podsedník
• Mgr. Michaela Rudinská
• RNDr. Michal Semian, Ph.D.
• Mgr. Linda Medvíď Sequensová
• Mgr. Ing. Marek Vranka

The Well-being Working Group is preparing a range of activities for both students and faculty staff. You can look forward to a series of practical workshops focusing on topics such as stress management and effective learning strategies. The specific topics of individual workshops will be announced in due course through the faculty's communication channels.

In October, we organised our traditional Mental Health Day, which took place across three faculty buildings – Jinonice, Hollar, and Opletalova. At all three locations, students had the opportunity to enjoy breakfast together and take part in relaxing activities.

At Opletalova, students could enjoy breakfast and relax by colouring mandalas. At Hollar, participants could also spend time with therapy dogs alongside breakfast and mandala colouring. At Jinonice, visitors enjoyed the most extensive programme, featuring therapy animals, virtual reality experiences, meetings with emergency responders and faculty ombudspersons, mandala colouring, creating positive affirmations, table football, board games, and a student breakfast.

The aim of the event was to brighten the day for both students and staff, provide opportunities to relax and connect with others, and raise awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being in everyday life.

And our programme doesn't end there! You can look forward to more activities organised by the Well-being Working Group in December. Further details will be announced soon.

More exciting events are also planned for spring and summer. In March, we will celebrate Mental Well-being Day, offering another opportunity to relax, recharge, and focus on taking care of our mental health. In May, our popular staff challenge, May in Motion (Květen v pohybu), will return, encouraging employees to stay active. In June, our working group will also help organise Staff Week, which will focus on well-being.

For more information, follow the faculty's official communication channels or visit the Well-being Working Group's website.

FSV UK Well-being Working Group

Events

• Mental Health Day 8 October 2026 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen, creative activities, coloring books, therapeutic animals. 
• Wellbeing Day 12 March 2026 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen and services for students with special needs, fruit for employees, Qi-gong workshop
• Wellbeing Day 13 March 2025 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen and services for students with special needs, fruit for employees, Qi-gong workshop
• Mental Health Day 10 October 2024 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen and services for students with special needs, creative activities, coloring books
• Wellbeing Day 11 March 2024 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen and services for students with special needs
• Mental Health Day 10 October 2023 - breakfast from student societies, canistherapy, booths of student ombudsmen and services for students with special needs, creative activities, workshop of suicide prevention

Workshops and seminars

• Pírka, a peer-to-peer space for employees to share experiences across FSV UK, took place on 21 April 2023
• crisis communication workshops for employees with practical training in crisis situations: held in Czech on December 12, 2022, March 14, April 25, November 23 and December 4, 2023, and in English on May 16, 2023
• online webinar for lecturers about the options for students with special needs
• the introduction of a Mental Health and Well-being Workshop for foreign exchange students at the beginning of each semester

Social media campaigns

• Well-being Calendar campaign on Instagram
• Do Yoga with FSV UK campaign on Instagram - 1st part, 2nd part, 3rd part

Podcast

• podcast De Facto with the FSV UK therapist Anna Marie Pospíšilová, published on 3 January 2023 (in Czech, the transcript to English published here)
• podcast De Facto with Alexandr Kasal from the National Institute of Mental Health, published on 10 October 2023 (in Czech, the transcript to English published here)
• podcast De Facto with Lucie Pištěková and Michael Podsedník about services for students with special needs, published on 5 December 2023 (in Czech, the transcript to English published here)

International cooperation

• organization of the international staff week on the topic of well-being
• active participation on the WISE project (Well-being Innovations for Students in Europe)