"Visible Learning" - making learning processes visible - is his topic: New Zealander Prof Dr John Hattie is considered one of the most influential educational researchers of our time. He will be giving a public lecture at the university on Wednesday, 17 April at 10.00 a.m. (Haarentor campus, lecture…

The monarch butterfly covers a distance of more than 3,500 kilometres to reach its winter quarters. How does it manage this impressive continental flight? Oldenburg biologist Henrik Mouritsen and his team have sought - and found - answers.

Quantumfrog GmbH, a start-up from the University of Oldenburg in the field of web development, received the "Best of CampusGründung 2013" award today at the Hannover Messe. This makes it one of the best start-ups in Lower Saxony.

Overcrowded lecture theatres? Bulimia learning? As much input as possible and the best possible "reproduction competence"? There is another way, as a seminar at the University of Oldenburg's "Research-based learning in focus (FLiF)" project shows. By Amrei Ochner

"Pause for a moment. The theatre in the field of tension between society, market and art", Markus Müller, General Director of the Oldenburg State Theatre, will open the public series of lectures of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus, Building A 14, Lecture…

Wind energy is seen as a pillar of the energy transition. But is this still the case? Dr Stephan Barth, Managing Director of ForWind, on offshore wind farms, floating wind turbines and Germany's unique wind energy research network.

The offshore wind study programme started for the first time in Oldenburg in October 2012. The 24 participants in the programme, which is the only one of its kind in the world, are about to graduate. Those interested can apply for the next programme.

What determines pupils' learning success? Not least the "diagnostic competence" of teachers, say maths didactics experts Astrid Fischer and Johann Sjuts. This needs to be firmly anchored in the training programme - and represents a real challenge.

They are at home in boxes, in the attic or at the back of a cupboard: the "leftovers". Students on the Museum and Exhibition Master's programme are showing them in their exhibition "What's left - about picking up, stowing away and leaving behind". Nina Tillhon from the organisation team in…

Teachers of the STEM subjects Mathematics, Computing Science, Natural Sciences and Technology can now apply for the Klaus von Klitzing Prize 2013. The 15,000 euro award is being presented this year for the ninth time by the university and the EWE Foundation.

Television, radio, computer or simply electric light - we need electricity for all these things. But how does it work so that there is always enough energy available? Computing Science expert Prof. Dr Sebastian Lehnhoff will answer this question on Wednesday, 13 March at 4.30 pm in the Audimax of…

Ally Sloper, Weary Willy and Tired Tim were the heroes of British comics in England at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Now they are making a comeback: the "Wonderfully Vulgar" exhibition at the University Library presents a piece of comic history.

"Murder game and high politics. Women as victims - women as perpetrators. A reading journey through the centuries" - this is the title of a reading for International Women's Day on Friday, 8 March, 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., in the Unikum at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus).

Young women who are interested in the STEM subjects of Mathematics, Computing Science, Natural Sciences and Technology and want to find out more about studying and academic appointments are in just the right place at the "Niedersachsen Technikum": As "Technikatinnen", they can complete a six-month…

Learning with and from each other - that is the principle of a language tandem. Whether grammar, pronunciation or questions about culture - with their personal language coach, students Sarah Sorsch and Jeremy Turner get answers to almost all their questions.

The state government under Stephan Weil has announced a school reform - and the debate about grades and repeat schooling is in full swing. In an interview, educational scientist Prof Dr Klaus Zierer calls for a differentiated view - based on the individual pupil.

There are no limits to imagination and ideas at the first KinderUni lecture of the spring semester: How does inventing work? This exciting question will be answered by social scientist Prof. Dr Jannika Mattes on Wednesday, 6 March at 4.30 pm in the Audimax of the Hörsaalzentrum.

US professional footballer Robbi Rogers recently admitted his homosexuality - an outing that will encourage other players? Sociologist and sports sociologist Thomas Alkemeyer explains in an interview why the image of football as an arena of true masculinity is becoming fragile.

The DAAD project "Export of the Training and Master Programmes Sustainable and Environmental Informatics in the Sub-Sahara" has started its work.

"zukunftsenergien nordwest" is the largest job and training fair for renewable energies and energy efficiency in Germany. Around 80 exhibitors will be providing information about job offers and career opportunities in this young and dynamic sector at the Bremen Exhibition Centre on 1 and 2 March.