Cooperation between school and university - digital education in focus

Back row (from left to right): Thorsten Kluger (Deputy Headmaster), Maik Bäumer (Head of Administration Anne Frank High School), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petra Rolfes-Gehrmann, Prof. Dr. Peter Britz, Prof. Dr.-Ing Jens Spirgatis (Department Hamm 2, HSHL) Front row (from left to right): Marcel Damberg (Principal), Prof. Dr. Klaus Zeppenfeld (HSHL President)

The Anne-Frank-Gymnasium Werne and the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences recently sealed their partnership with a cooperation agreement, thereby strengthening the MINT profile of the grammar school. Principal Marcel Damberg and HSHL President Professor Dr. Klaus Zeppenfeld agreed on the joint support of students, especially in the MINT subject areas. In this way, the university gives high school students the opportunity to visit the zdi student laboratory on the Hamm campus regularly. Concrete offers for study orientation, such as taster courses, guest lectures or university tours are agreed individually between the partners. With this collaboration, the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences is entering into its 19th school partnership. "Cooperation with schools is very important to us, because we want to show the potential of MINT at an early stage and inspire students and teachers alike," says Zeppenfeld. Professor Dr. Peter Britz...

zdi-BarCamp #1: MINT makers from NRW

What is zdi doing in space? How digital is zdi.NRW already and what opportunities and challenges does this entail for STEM education? How can zdi networks reach young people even better via social media channels? At zdi-BarCamp #1, the zdi community spent two days discussing, rethinking zdi, exchanging ideas, networking - and laughing. After an initial get-together in a relaxed atmosphere the evening before in the port of Neuss, around 110 participants met in Neuss on the day of the event, including the coordinators of the more than 40 zdi networks and managers of the zdi student laboratories in NRW - despite the considerable challenges caused by the storm Friederike . "Our goal was to offer the coordinators an opportunity to exchange ideas, where they can discuss problems and network, so that working groups might arise from them," explains Kerstin Helmerdig from the zdi office. This opportunity was gladly accepted and filled with a lot of life. In accordance with the BarCamps event format, no…