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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 [...]

Family-friendly policies as a top priority of management help universities during and post-coronavirus pandemic

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic poses major challenges for university staff and students with family responsibilities. A recent publication by the [...]

CHE statement on digitalisation in higher education and teacher education in Saarland

CHE stated its view to the Landtag of the Saarland in Saarbrücken for the Enquête Commission “Digitalisation of the Saarland” on 22 [...]

New rules: Not every Psychology programme leads to a degree in Psychotherapy

A new Psychotherapists’ Act came into force in September 2020. This new law also has an impact on the study of Psychology. [...]

Quality standards for dual study in Africa

CHE teamed up with university partners from Africa and Europe to develop quality standards for dual study programmes in Mozambique and South…

BMBF study on the need to develop dual study gets underway

CHE has been commissioned by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to conduct a study on the current status of…

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…

Anja Steinbeck, President of Düsseldorf University, is “University Manager of the Year 2020” – Special Award goes to Sabine Kunst, President of Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Professor Dr. Anja Steinbeck, President of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, is “University Manager of the Year 2020”. With this award, the weekly [...]