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.
• Bc. Marek Jaklovský
• 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 several activities for the upcoming semester, designed for both students and faculty staff. You can look forward to a series of practically oriented workshops focusing on topics such as effective learning, intercultural communication, and culture shock. The specific topics of individual workshops will be announced in due time through all available faculty communication channels.

In March, we will also host the traditional Mental Well-being Day. At the Jinonice campus, participants can enjoy a rich breakfast organized in cooperation with faculty student organizations, dog-assisted therapy, table football, and other accompanying activities and workshops. At the Hollar building, you can look forward to therapeutic pets.  The aim of this event is to make the day more enjoyable for participants while also raising awareness of the importance of well-being in everyday life.

In May, the employee challenge May in Motion will take place again, and in June, the Working Group will also be involved in organizing the Staff Week, which will be thematically focused on well-being.

To stay informed, please follow the faculty’s information channels or the website of the Well-being working group. 

Events

• 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)