Department of Studies & Teaching

The team Study & Teaching acts multiprofessionally. This results in a bundle of measures related to studying and teaching.

The department for studies & teaching includes the areas of diversity management and university social work.

The four members of the team look happily into the camera from top to bottom. In the background blue sky and the yellow autumn leaves of a tree. — The team of the Department for Studies & Teaching

An overview of the unit's main tasks:

Teaching and digitization strategy together with the teaching advisory board

The HSN is working on a new teaching and digitization strategy together with the likewise newly founded Teaching Advisory Board, which has been appointed for an initial period of two years. Students, teachers from both departments, representatives from the language center and other interfaces meet at least twice a semester for agenda setting.

Design and implementation of surveys and teaching evaluation

In consultation with and with the participation 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 event forms. In addition, the Department of Studies & Teaching regularly launches its own surveys and makes the evaluation available to all teachers. A comprehensive student survey takes place once a year.

Continuing education in higher education didactics (only for members of the HSN)

Each year, various university didactic training courses are held in an in-house format for HSN faculty. The topics vary. Current developments in higher education didactics and formats are offered to the teachers as well as classical higher education didactic trainings. The eTeach Network Thuringia is an important partner in the area of university didactic training.

Interface to the eTeach network

The eTeach Network Thuringia is an important interface for the HSN to bundle individual initiatives of university teaching throughout Thuringia. (E)didactic formats for university teaching, the need for qualifications, the financing of measures and possibilities of innovation and compensation through synergy effects are discussed and implemented together.