"In all likelihood, both events will take place. Of course, we have to take the current regulations into account when planning. In this respect, various scenarios are being considered and planned. As things stand, the Faculty's welcome and information event will take place simultaneously in several rooms on campus. We have come up with some exciting ideas. Planning is still underway for the university's matriculation ceremony."

"Like every year, we have an entire induction week. During this week, each degree program welcomes its new students personally in separate face-to-face events. In addition to the course directors, the individual degree programs are represented by the teaching professors and teaching staff. They welcome the first-semester students and provide important information and orientation."

"Various events are held during the induction week. We rely on a mixture of face-to-face and virtual events and involve the students interactively. At on-site events, new students bring their own end devices with them and can therefore test all the services directly. In this way, they receive direct support if they have any questions. Further tutorials and assistance will then also be available to students online."

"As the introductory events are mainly held in person, there are of course plenty of opportunities to get to know each other. The question is what additional formats we can offer. The student council organizes events such as film evenings, the city game or the brewery tour. We will adapt the extent to which this additional supporting program can take place to the current requirements and conditions. There are also other opportunities within the degree programs to get to know each other better. There will be a two-day excursion for the Bachelor's degree course in Tourism Management. But other degree courses are also planning their own kick-off events."

"Due to the expected developments, our current plans are aimed at achieving a balanced relationship between face-to-face and online teaching. We are following the guidelines of the State Rectors' Conference and our Rectorate. However, the processes are very course-specific. For example, there are modules and seminars that absolutely require attendance. Larger, cross-course lectures, on the other hand, are regularly moved to the virtual room. We want to give our new students a high proportion of attendance in order to make it as easy as possible for them to settle in."

"Yes, that's right. But it's inexpensive and relatively easy to do in our charming Görlitz."

"We are planning a very detailed and helpful introduction to online teaching as part of the induction week. We have created various face-to-face formats for this purpose. In these, students will familiarize themselves with the technology and the special features of e-learning. They also receive helpful tips on how to combine online and face-to-face teaching."

"From the experience of the current semester, we know that online teaching can of course also be exhausting and challenging. There are e-learning components, and these require self-discipline and self-management. In addition, some tasks have to be completed in teams, which worked very well for the most part in the current summer semester, even virtually. In order to ensure that everything runs smoothly and is easy for students to handle, online and face-to-face teaching will alternate on a daily basis during the winter semester. To this end, we are developing timetables in which virtual live events and face-to-face events are clearly distinguishable."

"Our primary goal and the premise of our actions is always very good quality. Of course, there were difficulties in some areas when switching from face-to-face to online teaching. However, the advantage for the winter semester is that we have extensively tested online teaching in the current summer semester. In addition, the Student Council has conducted two surveys during the current semester. Weak points were identified and the design of the teaching was adapted accordingly. This enabled us to achieve significant improvements. We have also found that we have been able to improve the quality of our results and didactics through feedback loops and integrated learning teaching methods. For the upcoming winter semester, we expect the quality of the online courses to be at least as high as that of face-to-face teaching."

"The current plan is for the attendance phase for our new students to begin on 19.10.2020. The introductory events already mentioned will take place in the first week. The official courses for first-semester students will begin on 26.10.2020. However, students should definitely check the faculty or university website for the current status."

"If you have any questions, students and prospective students should contact the academic advisors listed on the course websites by email or telephone. Of course, they can also contact the faculty office, where they will be forwarded to the relevant contact person."