May 2025
University of Oldenburg Faculty Newsletter
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May 2025
University of Oldenburg Faculty Newsletter
On our own behalf
On 1 January 2025, the Office for Teaching Strategy (Stabsstelle Universitätsstrategie - Schwerpunkt Lehre) was established with Isabel Müskens (email: isabel.mueskens@uol.de) as Head of the Office. It supports the university's strategic development in the area of teaching by providing strategic advice and overarching conceptual work, supporting strategic degree programme planning, coordinating external funding applications for strategically relevant teaching projects as well as managing and monitoring project implementation, supporting the digital transformation and developing the University as an open institution of higher education (with programmes and courses open to a diverse range of target groups).
The following teams still belong to the Department for Studying and Teaching:
Further information about the Department for Studying and Teaching
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Pedagogic Workshops, 'Mittagstreffen' and certificate programme
The current programme of courses for the 2025 summer semester (in German) and slides of past Mittagstreffen can be found on our courses page ("Veranstaltungen"). In the future, we will release our workshop programme on a semester basis. The programme for the 2025/26 winter semester is expected to be published in July. If you have any questions, topic suggestions or would like schedule a consultation, get in touch with us!
Online self-study course on gender-sensitive STEM teaching
In the self-study course ‘Gendersensible MINT-Lehre - wie und warum?’ [in German], teachers will find ideas on how to make their courses gender-sensitive. The teaching and learning methods presented are particularly suitable for teaching hard sciences or technical content. The self-study course is embedded in a Stud.IP study group that is open to all interested instructors and also offers the opportunity for exchange.
Digital SOUVER@N tool collection has been published
The recently published ‘Souver@ne Toolsammlung’ from the SOUVER@N project provides a structured overview of various digital applications to facilitate the search for tools in higher education. The collection contains short descriptions and direct links to all tools. Users can also search for tools that are suitable for their specific purpose and offered by their own university using filters and free text. The tool collection can also provide help for non-teaching staff (e.g. administrative staff).
Internal Evaluation
Course evaluation: Voluntary registration open until 15 May
In addition to the selection made by the schools, instructors can voluntarily register their own courses for the course evaluation [link in German]. This can be done until 15 May in Stud.IP via the course management system under the ‘Overview’ tab.
Survey results from winter semester 2024/25
Course evaluation
The course evaluation results for the 2024/25 winter semester [link in German] are available on the intranet.
In the summer semester, the course evaluations will run 16 – 27 June 2025, but teachers can request alternative dates.
First-year student survey
Once every two years, Bachelor's and State Examination students in their first semester are surveyed about their satisfaction with the start of their studies and their expectations and wishes.
The results of the first-year survey from the 2024/25 winter semester are published on the Internal Evaluation pages of the intranet.
Students in joint study programmes
Students in teacher training degrees at the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have the opportunity to attend courses at the other university in subject which are not offered at their home institution.
In the 2024/25 winter semester, students of these subjects were asked about the challenges of studying at two universities at the same time. The results of the survey of students in joint study programmes [link in German] are available on the Internal Evaluation pages of the intranet.
"Focus groups" are now called "Dialogue in Focus"
Dialogue in Focus, previously known as Focus Groups, is a moderated group discussion based on predefined guiding questions. In the 2024/25 winter semester, this method was used in two degree programmes and provided valuable insights into programme development.
In March, the Internal Evaluation presented ‘Dialogue in Focus’ at the spring conference of the AK Hochschulen (Working Group on Higher Education) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Evaluation e. V. in Cologne.
If you are interested in implementing this method at your department, please contact us (evaluation@uol.de). An increasing number of transfers or high dropout rate are some of the topics that can be addressed with this qualitative feedback method.
forschen@studium
10th Conference for Student Research on 17/18 June 2025
On 17 and 18 June 2025, the 10th Conference for Student Research will take place at the University of Oldenburg. Under the motto Together towards the future - Discovering new horizons the conference offers an interdisciplinary forum for students from all over Germany. The aim is to present research results across disciplinary boundaries, exchange ideas and develop new perspectives together.
Registrations are open until 18 May 2025
International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR)
The ICUR is an interdisciplinary hybrid conference aimed specifically at young researchers from all over the world. This year for the first time, students from Oldenburg will be able to participate in the conference live on site in Oldenburg while being connected to multiple universities around the world in real time. The conference will take place on site and online on 18 and 19 June 2025.
Call for proposals for instructional projects for Research-Based Learning and Ideas for Research-Based Learning open until 10 June 2025
As part of the Research-Based Learning funding programme, instructors and staff at the University of Oldenburg can receive assistance for implementing research-based learning formats. Proposals for funding instructional projects or Ideas for Research-Based Learning (e.g. hiring student assistants or covering material costs) can be submitted to forschen@studium until 10 June 2025. Applications can be submitted for grants up to a maximum of €3,000 for the 20205/26 winter semester or the 2026 summer semester.
Funded research-based learning projects for the 2025 summer semester
Under the patronage of Prof Dr Andrea Strübind, Vice President for Instruction, the Research-Based Learning committee has selected for funding the following projects: nine instructional projects under the funding line Research-Based Learning, three projects under the funding line Ideas for Research-Based Learning and four student research projects. The funded projects have started in the summer semester 2025.
For your students
Funding for student research projects – application deadline: 10 June 2025
We are looking for students from all disciplines (Bachelor's, Master's, state examination) who would like to carry out an extracurricular research project. A maximum of €5,000 per group is available for materials and work time (students would be hired on a student assistant contract). Applications can be submitted until 10 June 2025.