Students need a new set of skills for today’s and tomorrow’s world of work. An analysis by the CHE Centre for Higher Education of seven subjects in the fields of… Continue reading Professors’ perspectives on promotion of future skills in university teaching in eight subjects
Category: digitisation
Peer-to-peer departmental consultation focuses on human medicine in 2023/2024
The digital transformation has become an indispensable part of medicine and the medical professions. This also implies changes in medical education. For this reason, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (German Forum for Higher… Continue reading Peer-to-peer departmental consultation focuses on human medicine in 2023/2024
Second issue of HFD strategy magazine strategie digital focuses on blended university
The second issue of strategie digital is all about the university of the future. Several authors explain why, in their view, the university of the future is directly linked to… Continue reading Second issue of HFD strategy magazine strategie digital focuses on blended university
Future teaching and learning models: HFD study reveals higher education institutions’ great readiness to embrace change
Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany are willing to embrace change and want to continue using digital formats even after the pandemic – these are the findings of a study… Continue reading Future teaching and learning models: HFD study reveals higher education institutions’ great readiness to embrace change
Students wish to have more online learning even after the pandemic
In the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, students in Germany are satisfied with their university’s crisis management. This is the finding of a CHE survey of around 6,000 Master’s… Continue reading Students wish to have more online learning even after the pandemic
Comparative data shows little progress in the acquisition of digital skills on teacher training programmes
Even today, it is possible to complete a teacher training course in Germany without having to acquire digital skills. Comparative data provided by Monitor Lehrerbildung (Monitoring Teacher Education) shows that… Continue reading Comparative data shows little progress in the acquisition of digital skills on teacher training programmes
Hochschulforum Digitalisierung: further funding up to 2025
The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) will continue to receive funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The funding period of the network will be extended to 2025, as announced… Continue reading Hochschulforum Digitalisierung: further funding up to 2025
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 able to continue delivering lectures and assessing students… Continue reading Only few cancellations of lectures and examinations at German HEIs, despite the coronavirus
CHE statement on digitalisation in higher education and teacher education in Saarland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CHE stated its view to the Landtag of the Saarland in Saarbrücken for the Enquête Commission “Digitalisation of the Saarland” on 22 February. The focus was on aspects of digitalisation… Continue reading CHE statement on digitalisation in higher education and teacher education in Saarland
Rapid investments, little strategy: research findings on the digital summer semester 2020
The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age) has summarised the initial results of the research accompanying summer semester 2020. The findings reveal that, although many… Continue reading Rapid investments, little strategy: research findings on the digital summer semester 2020
Master’s students satisfied with coronavirus crisis management at their university
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The need to switch completely to online teaching owing to the coronavirus pandemic was a major challenge for higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany. From the perspective of business students,… Continue reading Master’s students satisfied with coronavirus crisis management at their university
University architecture of the future: traditional facilities result in traditional teaching
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whether good WLAN, light rooms or flexible furnishings: modern teaching and learning concepts need an appropriate environment. Examples from higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Netherlands and in Norway show… Continue reading University architecture of the future: traditional facilities result in traditional teaching