"Diversity as strength" enters the second round

The central goal of the BMBF-funded project - to increase the academic success of all students regardless of their background, educational history and social environment - has remained the same. Now, in the second phase of the project, which will run until December 2020, successful measures from the first phase are to be continued and offers that can be expanded are to be improved and extended. There are also some changes to the project structure.

In the second phase, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christa Maria Heidger will take over the project management in her role as Vice-Rector Education and International Affairs. Stefan Nowack is responsible for the management and the associated coordination of the project offerings in this phase.

The structural areas and fields of action of "Diversity as strength"

-             The basis and success control of the development of measures to promote student success is the monitoring anchored in the project, which is carried out by Sebastian Riedel. In addition to the central evaluation of courses and modules, surveys are carried out on student satisfaction and the reasons for early exmatriculation. Thanks to the implementation and analysis of these evaluations, problems can be identified and measures and recommendations for action can be derived for all other project areas. 

-             The  STEM Centre , headed by Christiane Matthieu, coordinates and organizes all offers designed to increase pupils' interest in technology and science, facilitate the start of their studies and support successful study. Specifically, the MINT Center deals with the demand-oriented expansion of the tutorial offer, the planning of the Come in weeks, the expansion of the MINT Trail and the expansion of the virtual internship park.

-             The field of action Internationalization has two main areas of work: Katrin Schubert is responsible for supervising and supporting international students from the initial study phase through to their transition into working life. Michaela Heidig offers specialist English courses for lecturers and supports them in developing English-language teaching modules. This is intended to promote the international orientation of the university and the possibility of student exchanges by better preparing our students for stays abroad, but also by providing INCOMER with appropriate modules in English.

-             Since the start of the second project phase, the study scouts have also been staffed in the faculties as a strength. The scouts act as a link between the project interests, their respective faculty and the students. In addition to their advisory function, they have the task of establishing and further developing successfully launched measures such as tutorials and students advising students (SbS) in the faculties and organizing new tutorials as required. In addition, the scouts are the contact persons for specific offers at schools that serve to attract new students to the HSZG. 

The study scouts

Further information can be foundat here.