Notes from the university
- Despite empty coffers, the Hanseatic Science Centre for the two universities of Oldenburg and Bremen will be established in Delmenhorst. After further hesitation, the cabinet voted in favour of the college, in which outstanding academics from Bremen and Oldenburg will each spend a year conducting project-oriented research together with colleagues from Germany and abroad - detached from everyday university life. The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (USA) is the model for all institutions of this kind.
- Following the approval of the Philosophy degree programme as a main subject as part of the Master's degree, the University Senate established an Institute of Philosophy, which includes professors from Departments 2 Communication & Aesthetics and 5 Psychology, Sports Science and Philosophy.
- "Jewish Studies" has been offered as a minor subject as part of the Master's degree programme since the summer semester. As there is no dedicated position for the degree programme, the courses offered are supported by teaching assignments and visiting professorships as well as by academics from other subjects, who have joined forces in the "Jewish Seminar".
- The head of the Centre for Advanced Scientific Training, Ina Grieb, and the psychologist Prof. Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch were elected as the new Vice Presidents by the Council on the recommendation of the President. On 1 September, they took over from spatial planner Prof. Dr Peter Singer, who had been in office for five years, and business economist Prof. Apostolos Kutsupis.
- With his five-point paper, in which he formulated control procedures for compliance with teaching obligations by academics, President Prof. Dr Daxner triggered a nationwide discussion and was criticised internally. Daxner emphasised that he had touched on an issue that should affect the few black sheep that exist at all universities and, of course, in other professional groups. In view of the job cuts, the universities could not do without any courses.
- The contributions for the university magazine of the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen "CampusRadio", which is broadcast by Radion Bremen 2 (88.3) every Wednesday 7.10 - 8.00 p.m., are now produced in a further training course for unemployed university graduates, who are to be given an easier start in the media sector. The training is financed by the Federal Employment Agency.
