{"id":36491,"date":"2025-10-20T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/?p=36491"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:13:47","slug":"now-the-journey-begins-motivated-first-year-students-on-the-bachelors-programme-in-social-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/jetzt-geht-die-reise-los-motivierte-studienanfaengerinnen-im-bachelorstudiengang-sozialmanagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Now the journey begins. Motivated first-year students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Social Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the start of the semester brings a breath of fresh air to the universities - and the winter semester 2025\/26 in the Bachelor's degree programme in Social Management in Nordhausen was no exception. The orientation days in the first week of the semester not only offered the opportunity to make new acquaintances and come into direct contact with social work organisations as part of the practical exploration, but also to gain first impressions of everyday university life. One thing is particularly evident here: the positive response from the first-year students.<\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"spacer_wrap\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-sm\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.4)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-md\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.6)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-lg\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.8)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-xl\" style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded-corners\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e13d4d6b042&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e13d4d6b042\" class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2024\" height=\"1104\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of 15 young adults standing smiling in two rows in a brightly lit corridor. They are mostly wearing casual clothes and looking directly into the camera - a welcome moment at the start of their studies.\" class=\"wp-image-36494\" style=\"width:800px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1.jpg 2024w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/SoMa-Studienbeginn_WS25-26_1-24x13.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2024px) 100vw, 2024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fresh at the university: The new students on the Social Management degree programme start the winter semester 2025\/26 together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"spacer_wrap\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-sm\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.4)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-md\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.6)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-lg\" style=\"height:calc(2em * 0.8)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-spacer inner-xl\" style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignleft is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Our new students come from Bremen, Cologne, Leipzig, Nordhausen and the surrounding area with the desire to make a difference in society. They are open-minded, committed and often already have some practical experience. Whether from stays abroad, such as Mozambique and South America, voluntary work, the Federal Voluntary Service or from the social work environment. They are highly motivated not only to understand social systems, but also to play an active role in shaping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"I like organising and planning.\" \"I want to be a different kind of leader in the future than I have experienced myself\", \"I want to initiate change and am interested in the tension between business without losing sight of people\" - these are just some of the comments from our first-semester students.<br>This is precisely where the Social Management degree programme comes in: it combines basic business and legal knowledge with the fundamentals of social work and sensitises students to the challenges of the social economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first few days at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences show: <strong>Social management is diverse. This is reflected not only in the numerous fields of application, but also in the courses. <\/strong>The new BA students start their academic journey full of interest and curiosity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Semesterstart bringt jedes Jahr frischen Wind an die Hochschulen \u2013 so auch im Wintersemester 2025\/26 im Bachelorstudiengang Sozialmanagement in Nordhausen. 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