{"id":14290,"date":"2026-05-20T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/ucinkujici\/petr-kopecky\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:38:57","slug":"petr-kopecky","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/petr-kopecky\/","title":{"rendered":"Petr Kopeck\u00fd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under his leadership, the university has strengthened its position within both the Czech and European higher education landscape. The university has successfully continued its membership in international university alliances such as&nbsp;NEOLAiA. Through this step, the University of Ostrava has become part of a group of European universities working together to advance education and foster close international cooperation among students, researchers and academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He currently oversees the implementation of several major strategic transformation projects. 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