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.

"Faith and Education" is the title of the book by Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, and the Oldenburg educational scientist Prof Dr Klaus Zierer, which will be published in April. We are publishing an article from it in advance - in which Zierer sheds light on the changing…

The university's contact study programme "Intercultural Competence in Education, Counselling and Social Work" is aimed at highly qualified refugees. Recently, 16 graduates of the further education programme were bid farewell. The new programme starts in April.

Niko Paech, economist at the University of Oldenburg, has been nominated for the ZEIT WISSEN "Courage for Sustainability" award in the "Knowledge" category.

The university is getting a new interdisciplinary research centre in the field of safety-critical systems. Here, scientists will develop and test socio-technical systems for cars, aeroplanes, ships and trains. The goal: safe and environmentally friendly mobility.

With the Höffmann Science Prize, the University of Vechta honours academics who have published outstanding and pioneering work on intercultural competence. In mid-January, Prof Dr Paul Mecheril, Professor of Intercultural Pedagogy at the university, received the prize, which is endowed with 10,000…

Vierkind is an Oldenburg start-up that develops innovative Internet projects. Coached by the Start-up and Innovation Centre, Vierkind has now received its first award - for a test report network designed to provide orientation in the multimedia product jungle.

Nadja Kuhlmeier and Christin Nadermann, graduates in biology and chemistry, spent two months at a high school in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. We spoke to them about their experiences - and about extremes in everyday school life.

34 million years ago, a lush forest still grew in Antarctica. Within 200,000 years, the Earth's atmosphere cooled - Antarctica became an ice-covered continent. What contributed to climate change? Researchers report in the journal Nature Geoscience.

How does inventing work? And why do inventors sometimes find it difficult to inspire others with their good ideas? Exciting questions like these are also on the programme in the tenth year of the KinderUniversität Oldenburg. Advance ticket sales for the spring semester start on 7 February.