In the post-Brexit era, German and British universities are seeking new ways to collaborate. Thanks to a new programme, chemists Lena Albers from Oldenburg and Catherine Weetman from Glasgow are working together on a joint research project.
Vote now for the University Pearl of the year 2021! The Oldenburg project "Work it out!" is also on the ballot: The certificate course supports international students in their transition to professional life.
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Sustainable mobility across Europe
As well as supporting mobility in higher education, the European Erasmus+ programme aims to promote social change towards more sustainability. The University of Oldenburg is supporting this goal in its own special way.
Originally, Jingjing Xu planned to spend just one year at the University of Oldenburg. That was in 2017. She stayed longer to continue her research and has now been awarded the DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students for her work.
35,000 metres of altitude, two broken chains, one broken spoke and one flat tyre. In this interview, business education student Lennart Zembsch tells why he cycled from Oldenburg to Piraeus in Greece for his Erasmus semester.
Researchers expand Master's programme in East Africa
Computer systems that control devices such as televisions are the focus of a study programme that Oldenburg's business informatics experts helped to establish in Tanzania. The partners are now receiving another multi-million euro grant.
Many students dream of one or two semesters abroad. In this interview Jenka Schmidt, head of the University's International Office, talks about what is possible now and what the situation could be once the pandemic is over.
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Achieving more together
Joint outlook for the future: following the recent renewal of their cooperation agreement, the Universities of Oldenburg and Groningen have drawn up a strategy paper setting out the key focus areas for their fifth decade of cooperation.
Advancing digital research among students is the goal of the new international project „A European Network for Digital Undergraduate Research“ (EU-dUR) led by the University of Oldenburg.
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Effective health services research beyond national borders
How do the different healthcare systems in Germany and the Netherlands affect the healthcare of individual citizens? In a new project, health services researchers from Oldenburg and Groningen are now addressing this question.
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Among good neighbours
The Universities of Groningen and Oldenburg have been cooperating for 40 years. In an interview, the two presidents Jouke de Vries and Hans Michael Piper talk about cross-border cooperation and pay tribute to the special relationship.
Raising awareness to cultural diversity is what a DAAD project for the internationalization of teacher education intends. The university and its partners are now trying to find ways to achieve this goal in times of the pandemic.