All children starting school in Germany are, from now on, entitled to all-day care at primary school. In this interview, education expert Till-Sebastian Idel discusses educational quality – and schools as future hubs in neighbourhoods or villages. 

Dr Silke Bakenhus is investigating how primary school children imagine life 200 years ago. She has found out that five- to twelve-year-olds rarely have a realistic image of the past.

The "Kontaktstudium" has been offering counselling and further education for migrants and refugees with previous educational knowledge since 2004 and is now undergoing essential further development.

Prospective teachers learn how to tend a school garden on the Haarentor campus. The "Campusacker" project, led by educationalist Ines Oldenburg, aims to help bring education for sustainable development into schools.

The CERM-ESA education research project brings students from African countries and researchers from Oldenburg together. Two participants talk about their experiences – and about how their time in Oldenburg has inspired their research.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) at universities is the topic of a new research group headed by Heinke Röbken. The team is investigating fields of application and the use of AI in research, administration, studying and teaching.

A new Pädagogik-Kolleg aims to overcome hurdles that make it difficult for migrants to enter the teaching profession. The project’s leaders have learned from experience what kind of support is really helpful.

School is static? Educational scientist Till-Sebastian Idel and his team take a different view. For years, they have been researching long-form schools without the transition between primary and secondary level. This would be a new type of school for Germany.

Trainee teachers spent a semester researching how interactive whiteboards can be meaningfully integrated into school lessons - and which hurdles make their use difficult in practice.

Researchers at the university are analysing mechanisms and forms of institutional racism. To this end, they will soon be scrutinising everyday life in six schools.

Some of the university's student teachers gained unconventional practical professional experience when they accompanied young people on their school's challenge project. Some things also proved to be a challenge for the prospective teachers.

For example, he teaches future teachers how to deal with right-wing extremism. In this interview, Christian Pfeil talks about the reasons why people join or leave the scene - and what motivates him to help them leave.

Schoolchildren often react emotionally in class. The subsequent reactions of teachers and children usually follow a set pattern, according to a study by Oldenburg educational scientist Juliane Schlesier.