Dear readers and colleagues,
we start our first newsletter 2023 with a look back at past activities. International excursions to Bosnia and Herzegovina & Chile took place within the framework of the liveSciences³ project. In Göttingen, the International Student Office could welcome the newly arrived students for the winter semester 2022/23 at the Welcome Event, … Weiterlesen
Past Events
Implementing International Learning Opportunities
International Excursions to Bosnia and Herzegovina & Chile
Experimenting with and implementing new forms of mobility was one of the goals of the DAAD liveSciences³ project. Together with international partner universities, different blended mobility scenarios were co-design and jointly implemented.
In September 2022, an international excursion in forest sciences took place in collaboration with the University of Sarajevo (UNSA), … Weiterlesen
Guided Tours with the Welcome Centre
The Welcome Centre of the University of Göttingen not only supports researchers in all matters to settle in Göttingen, but also organizes monthly guided tours enabling international researchers to visit special places in the city and to mingle with their international fellows.
Some of the guided tours last year have been to the Town Cemetery, … Weiterlesen
Introductory Event for New International Students – Winter Semester 2022/23
On 13 October 2022, the official welcome event for newly arrived international students in Göttingen took place at the Aula of the University, after 2 years online finally back in presence. After a formal welcome, a panel discussion with international students provided first-hand tips on living and studying in Göttingen. „Try to stay positive, try to embrace new cultures, … Weiterlesen
New Programmes & Projects
R & Statistics Material Wiki
As part of the liveSciences³ project, an open R & Statics wiki is being created in collaboration with R & Statics professors, lectures & enthusiast. Until today more than 30 people from all livesciences³ faculties and data science departments in Göttingen as well as liveSciences³ partner universities ( Aarhus University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) are engaged and have contributed to the Wiki. … Weiterlesen
New Programme: Study & Basketball
With “Study & Basketball”, the University of Göttingen is launching a new cooperation: students from partner universities can study at the University of Göttingen and train at the same time with the German national basketball league team BG. The students can choose from the courses offered at University of Göttingen. Depending on their performance level, … Weiterlesen
ENLIGHT
New ENLIGHT Videos
Virtual Exchange
Find out what ENLIGHT virtual Exchange is all about.
Go to video „Virtual Exchange“
Inclusive Mobility
This video addresses existing structural barriers that have prevented and excluded many students from participating in international mobility in the past and present, and explains how ENLIGHT aims to tear down these barriers.
Go to video “Introducing ENLIGHT’s vision, … Weiterlesen
Events
Global Dialogues
Students from the nine ENLIGHT Universities can meet online with their global peers to share experiences on student led sustainability initiatives. In each of the sessions, four student organisations will present their projects followed by a joint discussion on student engagement, creating projects and impact: 31 January at 7pm (CET), 4 February at 11am (CET) and 7 February at 7pm (CET). … Weiterlesen
University of Göttingen hosted second ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning conference
More than 200 students, researchers, and teachers from nine European universities met in Göttingen from 16 to 18 November for an international scientific conference on teaching and learning under the banner of „Diversity and Co-Creation in Higher Education – inclusive approaches on-campus and online“.
“With the second ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference, we have established a new tradition for ENLIGHT,” said Prof. … Weiterlesen
Apply for ENLIGHT Awards
ENLIGHT R&I ECR Mobility Award
The Enlight R&I ECR Mobility Award facilitates mobility/travel for promising joint collaborations – in research fields linked to the five Enlight flagship domains – between early career researchers from different Enlight consortium partners. The flagship domains are: Health and Wellbeing, Digital revolution and Impact of digitization, Climate change, Energy and Circular economy. … Weiterlesen
Services
Career Service offers Access to GoinGlobal
The Career Service of the University of Göttingen offers exclusive access to the career development platform GoinGlobal for all Göttingen students who are interested in pursuing an international career. GoinGlobal offers expert advice on global career opportunities, as well as resources designed to facilitate the job search all over the world.
With specific information for more than 120 locations worldwide as well as more than 16 million daily updated international job and internship postings, … Weiterlesen
Foyer International
“It is a great place to meet interesting people from all over the world” Elif, Turkey
International cooking evenings, film nights, language workshops, theater and much more – the Foyer Internationals of the University of Göttingen offers various workshops for students. It was established in 1957 as a new site for relations between foreign and German students. … Weiterlesen
Open Calls
Horizon Europe – MSCA Calls Currently Open
Within the second call under the programme Horizon Europe, two calls in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are currently open:
MSCA Staff Exchanges
The Staff Exchanges action funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in the research and innovation activities of participating organisations. The aim is to develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular SMEs), … Weiterlesen
Erasmus+ Call for 2023 Published
On 23 November 2022, the European Commission published the new Erasmus+ Call for 2023 with an allocated budget of 4.2 billion EUR. For the Higher Education sector, the call provides continuity by offering well-established funding lines such Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE), the Erasmus Mundus Action or Jean Monnet Actions. … Weiterlesen
Upcoming Events
Introductory Events for International Students – Summer Semester 2023
The International Office invites all international students who start their studies in Göttingen in the summer semester 2022 to its welcoming events:
Pre-Arrival Online Introductory Week
During the pre-arrival online introductory week, international students will have the opportunity to find out more about their stay in Göttingen before they arrive. Topics include arrival, studying, living and working in Göttingen as well as tips from students for students and an introduction to the buddy programme. … Weiterlesen
Staff Updates
Valia Carvalho
Valia Carvalho joined the Welcome Centre as team leader in October 2022. She has been working at the International Office as Regional Coordinator for Latin America and Africa since 2015.
Valia Carvalho comes from Bolivia and has studied in Argentina and Mexico and holds a BFA and a MFA in Fine Arts. Since 2005 she has worked as project coordinator in several institutions as the Humboldt University in Berlin, … Weiterlesen
Sarah Wiesenthal
Sarah Wiesenthal has been working in the Enlight project at the International Office since November 2022. Among other things, she supports the Enlight team in the coordination of work package 4 (WP4) and in public relations. Sarah Wiesenthal studied Communication Science and Romance Languages and is looking forward to working in an inspiring and international environment. … Weiterlesen
Xiaoting He
Xiaoting He has started her work as Incoming Exchange Advisor October 2022 as the successor of Christiane Seack. She will be responsible for the coordination and administration of all the incoming exchange students within the Global Exchange Programme, as well as the Erasmus+ KA131 and other programmes.
Xiaoting He has been working at the International Office since 2017. … Weiterlesen
Diana Bähnisch
Diana Bähnisch has been working at the International Office with the ENLIGHT team since March 2022, coordinating video productions and organizing events. She already worked at the International Office in 2021.
Diana Bähnisch has a creative background and a degree in Product Design. Diana worked internationally for many years as a design and product manager, and also as a freelance designer and media design teacher. … Weiterlesen