DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PILSEN REGION

Based on the authors’ scientific cooperation, research results, and teaching experience, the goal of the article is to analyze examples of development and support of higher education in the Pilsen region. The University of West Bohemia in Plzen is the only public higher education institution in the Pilsen Region. In the years 2017 -2022, two ESF projects were realized and one of its activities is focused on "Improving Educational Activities and Modern Educational Trends" and on the subsequent implementation and reflection of student education with new teaching methods. The aim of the project is a comprehensive system of interconnection of the education of academic staff in the area of increasing pedagogical competencies with the introduction of new teaching methods into practice and taking into account the extension of pedagogical competencies within the framework of the career order the evaluation of the quality of teaching in full time and part-time study programs as the part of the key criteria for university evaluation. The results show one example of approaches to survey this problem.