Studying even if you are working or have taken a family break - the federal-state competition "Advancement through Education: Open Universities" promotes the introduction of academic continuing education programmes that make this possible. The University of Oldenburg will receive 200,000 euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) over the next two and a half years to coordinate the "Open Universities Network". This initiative was launched in 2015 as part of the federal-state competition. To kick off the second funding period, the first working meeting of the network will take place shortly at the PFL cultural centre in Oldenburg. You can find the full announcement here.