Co-operation between university and school (MoU)
Co-operation between university and school (MoU)
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU)
The University of Oldenburg and the schools in our education region can enter into co-operation partnerships. The aim of these partnerships is to improve the quality of teacher training and further education as well as teaching practice in schools.
The cooperation partnership is formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The aim is to utilise the institutional offers and structures as well as the potential and expertise of the university and school in partnership in order to professionally develop subject-related didactic and/or educational research and developments on the university side and teaching ideas, concepts and methods on the school side.
Process for applying for a MoU cooperation partnership
If you are interested in a co-operation partnership with a school, the following process flow shows the individual steps of the application procedure (click on the graphic to enlarge):
Areas of co-operation
The collaboration between the partners covers the following areas:
- Surveys and studies which are of particular potential benefit to schools and which include both research projects with the option of publication and student examination and credits in accordance with applicable legal provisions, carried out by academic staff at the UOL or by UOL students.
- Teaching trials and empirical monitoring in the context of UOL’s research and development projects in subject-specific didactics or educational science.
- Support and academic guidance for school-based developments relating to the specific practical needs of the school.
- The (further) development and testing of specific teaching materials (exhibits, experiments, teaching aids, digital media) and of teaching and learning sequences that have been created in schools or at the UOL (design-based development and research).
- Opening the school to student and teacher observation visits.
- School excursions by classes or groups of pupils to the UOL to supplement school-based learning opportunities and to support the professional development of trainee teachers.
- Providing proportionate support for pupils’ research projects in schools.
Application areas and limits
The MoU formulates the framework conditions for the above-mentioned areas of cooperation.
Possible detailed rules and specifications (e.g. distribution of tasks between the co-operation partners, insurance law issues, terms of use for premises, liability issues) within the co-operation cannot be covered by a framework format, but must be clarified in separate individual agreements if necessary.
Entry into force and term
The cooperation between the partners is agreed for a period of 5 years. The partnership may continue beyond this period or be terminated prematurely. However, the co-operation partners undertake to complete ongoing measures.
The existing agreements are represented on the DiZ website.
Memorandum of Understanding" template
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was adopted at the meeting of the Teaching Council on 13 December 2023 and can be downloaded here.
MoUs signed
| University department | School | Start of collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education | Staakenweg Primary School (Oldenburg) | 26 July |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education | Schule am Wiesendamm (Geestland-Bad Bederkesa) | 26 July |
| FK III, Institute of Material Culture | Osternburg Secondary School (Oldenburg) | 26 July |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education | Schule an der Kleiststraße (Oldenburg) | 26 July |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education, Specialist Group for Education in Behavioural Disorders | Oldenburg Prison (Oldenburg) | 26 July |
| FK IV, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport and Education | Johannes Althusius Grammar School (Emden) | 26 June |
| FK I, Institute of Educational Sciences, Specialist Group for Education in Behavioural Disorders | Von-Aldenburg School (Varel) | 26 June |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education | Pestalozzi School (Brake) | 25 Dec |
| FK I, Institute of Educational Sciences, Empirical Teaching and Learning Research | Osterscheps Primary School (Edewecht) | 25 September |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education, Pedagogy and Didactics for Learning Disabilities | IGS Fötenteich (Oldenburg) | 25 September |
| FK I, Institute of Educational Sciences, Empirical Teaching and Learning Research | Christopherus Primary School (Bad Zwischenahn) | 25 June |
| FK V, Institute of Mathematics, Elementary Mathematics | Bümmerstede Primary School (Oldenburg) | 25 March |
| FK I, Institute for Special and Rehabilitation Education, Pedagogy and Didactics for children with intellectual disabilities | St Vincenzhaus School (Cloppenburg) | 25 March |
| FK IV, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport and Education | Graf Anton Günther School (Oldenburg) | 24 November |
| IGS Kreyenbrück (Oldenburg) | 24 November | |
| Altes Gymnasium (Oldenburg) | 24 November | |
| Eversten Grammar School (Oldenburg) | 24 Nov | |
| Helene Lange School (Oldenburg) | 24 November | |
| Haarentor Primary School (Oldenburg) | 24 Oct | |
| FK V, Institute of Mathematics, Mathematics Education Research Group | Graf Anton Günther School (Oldenburg) | 24 Oct |
| FK IV, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport and Education | Herbart Grammar School (Oldenburg) | 24 Oct |
| FK III, Institute of Philosophy | IGS Kreyenbrück (Oldenburg) | 24 June |