Schools need team players – teacher training courses too heavily skewed towards lone wolves
Teachers in Germany are in daily contact with specialists from a variety of disciplines at school, such as inclusion assistants and school…
Service, language and scholarships: How Spain attracts international students
Spanish higher education institutions (HEIs) are popular among international students, at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. For instance, one in three students…
CHE gives its opinion to NRW: utilise current situation in HEIs to take stock
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic also has social consequences for students. In the Scientific Committee of the Landtag (State Parliament) of…
Social responsibility of higher education institutions with regard to family-friendly policies
The Verein Familie in der Hochschule (Family in Higher Education Institutions best practice club) met for its seventh annual conference on 7…
Higher education institutions as providers of continuing education: sharp rise in shorter formats
Those wishing to continue their education at a higher education institution (HEI) in Germany now have a wealth of different formats to…
Interplay between boards of trustees and university leaders
For the first time in its history, the Forum Hochschulräte (University Board of Trustees Forum) was held as a joint event with…
CHE University Ranking 2021 – Latest Results
The latest results of the University Ranking conducted by the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) were published today by DIE ZEIT in…
Covid year group: CHE overview of bridge courses and tutorials for first-year students
The Coronavirus pandemic is having a particular impact on the 2021 intake of Abitur cohorts that are now starting university. Positive facts [...]
New record for the number of students without Abitur
Never before have so many people in Germany made use of the opportunity to secure a place at university on the basis…
Only few cancellations of lectures and examinations at German HEIs, despite the coronavirus
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic also has an effect on day-to-day university life. Nonetheless, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany were…
The pandemic as a testing ground: learning effects from the coronavirus crisis for studies, teaching and management
For a year now, the coronavirus crisis has exposed the areas of society that were already in need of reform before the…
Lack of diversity: More than three-quarters of Germany’s university heads are male
The leadership of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany are a rather homogeneous group. In this country, the typical head of an [...]