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The Team Department of Studies & Teaching

The Teaching & Learning team is multi-professional. This results in a bundle of measures related to studying and teaching.

The Department of Studies & Teaching includes the areas of diversity management and University social workthat Study Service Centre and the Language Centre.

The main tasks of the unit at a glance:

Since 2021, HSN has been working on a Teaching and digitalisation strategy together with the 2022 founded Teaching Advisory Board. Students, lecturers from both faculties, representatives from the Language Centre and other interfaces work regularly in the Teaching Advisory Board to jointly negotiate the interests of studying and teaching at the HSN and make recommendations to the Presidential Board. 

HSN successfully opted for a broad process with the highest possible level of participation for the creation of the teaching and digitalisation strategy. Peer-to-peer strategy consulting applied. From October 2023 to September 2024, we worked on the process internally and with the support of our peers and the University Digitalisation Forum. The finalised teaching and digitalisation strategy will be presented at the beginning of 2025 and the first measures will be implemented from March 2025.

The Teaching Advisory Board is a committee chaired by the Vice President for Study & Teaching and appointed by the Presidential Board for the duration of the President's term of office. The Teaching Advisory Board is tasked by the President's Board with advising and supporting the university management on fundamental and interdisciplinary issues relating to study and teaching and making recommendations. This includes quality assurance in teaching, profile development in the areas of didactics and digitalisation as well as the strategic planning of new degree programmes.

The members of the teaching advisory board are standing next to each other, with a woman sitting on the armrest of a red armchair on the far right.

In consultation with and with the involvement of the Teaching Advisory Board, the Department of Studies & Teaching develops the teaching evaluation, in which all courses are regularly evaluated according to the different course types. In addition, the Department of Studies & Teaching regularly launches its own surveys, such as the lecturer survey or the student survey on infrastructure and other HSN topics. The evaluations are anonymised made public.

A comprehensive student survey is conducted once a year.

Study & Teaching

The questionnaires for the student course evaluation were developed in collaboration with the Teaching Advisory Board, the Staff Council, the dean's offices of both faculties and the Department of Studies & Teaching.

The student evaluation of study-related infrastructure and services is carried out every three semesters (Evaluation regulations of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences).

Teachers also have the opportunity to include further questions in the question catalogue or to help design the questionnaires. The following application form must be completed and sent to the Teaching Advisory Board.

You will find important information on the online procedure in presence in the instructions:

Explanatory videos

You can find information on the purpose, procedure and significance of course evaluation in videos:

Evaluation of study-related infrastructure

The student evaluation of study-related infrastructure and services is carried out every three semesters (Evaluation regulations of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences).

The Questionnaires for the evaluation of study-related infrastructure and services were revised in a participatory process from January 2023 to May 2023.

Process participants: Study Service Centre, Media Centre, e-Team, Library, International Office, Staff Council, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Officer, Presidential Board and StuRa.

The survey with the new questionnaire will take place for the first time in winter semester 23/24.

Parties to the proceedings:

  • Study Service Centre,
  • Media Centre, e-Team,
  • Library,
  • International Office,
  • Staff Council,
  • Equal Opportunities and Diversity Officer,
  • Presidium and StuRa.

The survey with the new questionnaire will take place for the first time in winter semester 23/24.

Further surveys

The Department of Study & Teaching conducts two online surveys for the Health and Social Sciences degree programme. Students at the end of the 7th semester and alumni are surveyed in different surveys.

The eTeach Network Thuringia supports and promotes the digital transformation of teaching, learning and testing in Thuringia. It makes a significant contribution with the help of qualification, counselling and support. The full potential of the network and the joint work of the Thuringian universities can be utilised through cross-university projects, transparent results and the bringing together of several interest groups.

As the local service centre of the eTeach network Thuringia is Marius Knodel Contact person for all topics relating to the eTeach network, supports teachers, students and interested parties with a wide range of didactic and media technology issues together with the university's own e-team and helps with the conception and implementation of digital teaching and learning content.

The eTeach Network Thuringia also offers various free events focussing on qualification and further development of teaching. One in each case Current programme can be found on the website of the University of Weimar.

University Didactics HSN Links: Graphic, futuristic - a person is standing on a paper aeroplane, he is carrying various things. in his back are cogwheels.

Further training in university didactics
(only for members of the HSN)

We offer HSN teaching staff needs-orientated further education and training courses on various topics. We work with the eTeach Network Thuringia together.

Current events:

currently none

Past events:

A panel discussion in a seminar room. Four men sit on chairs in front of an audience and discuss. Prof Jörg Wagner holds a microphone and speaks while the others listen attentively. In the background is a screen with a picture of another participant who is taking part in the discussion virtually. There are water bottles and glasses on the table in front of the speakers. The audience is partially visible.

Panel discussion "Interference wanted? Universities and the neutrality requirement"

13 June 2024

On 13 June 2024, Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences hosted a hybrid panel discussion on the question "Interference wanted? Universities and the neutrality requirement". Participants were:

  • Andreas FroeseDirector of the Mittelbau-Dora Memorial Centre
  • Dr Andreas JantowskiDirector of the Thuringian Institute for Teacher Training, Curriculum Development and Media and representative of the state government for Jewish life in Thuringia and the fight against anti-Semitism in the school sector
  •  Dr Christoph Haker-LiedkeSociologist at Paderborn University, works on right-wing populism and right-wing extremism at universities
  • Stefan Heerdegen: MOBIT
  • Prof. Dr Viola Sporleder-Geb: establishes references to legal bases and provides a framework at the beginning and end of the event in the form of statements that "lie" in allegorical scales
  • Prof Dr Jörg WagnerPresident of the Nordhause University of Applied Sciences

Under the moderation of Thomas Müller The result was a successful exchange that opened up new perspectives.