Open access publishing - thanks in part to a publication fund, more and more Oldenburg academics are utilising this method. The university has just submitted a follow-up application to the German Research Foundation (DFG).

It's a lateral move in the middle of the Master's programme, for some a leap in the dark: 275 student teachers at the university are currently completing their practical semester at primary, secondary and intermediate schools in the region. They are now teaching several days a week instead of…

Researching biodiversity in the oceans and developing practical concepts for nature conservation - this is the challenge that the scientists at the newly founded Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity want to tackle. In this interview, biodiversity expert Helmut Hillebrand talks…

The canteen forecourt will be transformed into a colourful cultural meeting place on 8 June: once again this year, the University's International Summer Festival will come to life thanks to the efforts of many students. Preparations are in full swing.

Closing research gaps and creating a scientific basis for marine conservation - these are the goals of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity. The Institute was officially founded at the University of Oldenburg on Wednesday.

Clothes swap corner, snipping disco, repair café: how we can use resources responsibly is the focus of the Sustainability Week organised by the General Students' Committee (AStA) at the University of Oldenburg.

More and more young people are beginning to study after leaving school. However, some students leave university without a degree or change their degree programme. The reasons why some drop out of their studies and how the number of dropouts can be reduced are now being investigated by Oldenburg…

Monitoring and analysing oil spills from an aircraft: For years, this was the task of the "laser fluorosensor" developed by scientists in Oldenburg. Now the sensor, which was the model for many other models, has had its day and has travelled to Munich: in future, it will be accessible to researchers…

Presenting a complex research topic in just ten minutes in an entertaining way - six young scientists rose to this challenge at the university's 7th Oldenburg Science Slam. The prize for the best presentation, the "Golden Brain", went to Jannik Ehrich.

Mixtures of hydrocarbons - such as crude oil or natural gas - are the basis for many products, from painkillers to plastic packaging. How can carbon-hydrogen bonds be brought to direct reactions in a targeted manner? This is what doctoral students in a new Oldenburg research training group will soon…

A team led by biochemists Karl-Wilhelm Koch and Farina Vocke has succeeded in elucidating the molecular basis of a genetic retinal disease. The findings could help to better understand more common forms of retinal degeneration.

On 21 June, the time has come: a team of students and staff from the University of Oldenburg will compete in the "Sportabzeichen Uni Challenge" against universities from Hanover, Vechta, Braunschweig, Darmstadt and Erfurt. The athletes have been preparing for the competition since the beginning of…

When ADHD patients become adults, their disorder is not necessarily over - but treatment often stops, according to scientists at the university. The Oldenburg ADHD outpatient clinic would therefore also like to better dovetail adolescent and adult psychiatry.

Thesis, application, job interview: The eighth Career Day at the University of Oldenburg will focus on the transition from studies to academic appointments. The job and internship fair will take place on Tuesday, 9 May, from 10:00 to 15:00 in the university's lecture hall centre.

From Munich to Helgoland, from Bonn to Berlin: last Saturday, tens of thousands gathered in Germany alone to demonstrate in favour of the value of research and science for democracy.

Campus radio has been telling stories from the University of Oldenburg for three years. The team will be presenting some of them in an interactive podcast tour until 30 April.

On Ardley Island in the Antarctic, a colony of gentoo penguins lives dangerously close to a volcano: the penguins have been brought to the brink of extinction several times over the past 7,000 years by volcanic eruptions. This is shown by a recent study in which Oldenburg researchers were involved.

The final of the international Hyperloop competition will take place in California at the end of August. A team of students from the University of Oldenburg and the Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences is in the race for the fastest vehicle for the means of transport of the future.

It is not a beauty, pale and rather inconspicuous - but in terms of evolutionary biology it is a sensation: the first known cave fish in Europe. Oldenburg genomicist Arne Nolte was also involved in the spectacular discovery north of Lake Constance.

Office hours for cuddly toys at Oldenburg Children's Hospital: medical students at the university organised a "Teddy Bear Hospital" for the fourth time. The aim was to take away the children's fear of visiting the doctor.