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The human factor – Prof. Dr. Sabrina Eimler on the role of psychology in computer science

zdi in an interview with Prof. Dr. Sabrina Eimler. She teaches Human Factors and Gender Studies at the Institutes of Computer Science and Positive Computing at the Ruhr West University, organizes courses there every year for Girls Day and told us how she ended up as a psychologist in the STEM field.

Key handover at "Lab4u" - a zdi student laboratory in Oberhausen

Oberhausen's Lord Mayor Daniel Schranz (right), University President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Susanne Staude and Prof. Dr. Uwe Handmann, photo: Kerstin Bögeholz/HRW

Preparations for the opening of the zdi school laboratory in Oberhausen are underway. This week there was a key handover with all donors.

A worthy conclusion: The final event of the Jugend Inde Lab

The final event of the JugendIndeLab (JIL) had to take place digitally due to the corona pandemic. The aim of the JIL is to involve young people in the development process relating to structural and climate change.

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, thus strengthening the MINT profile and the digital education 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. The fact that the "M" in "MINT" - mathematics - is an integral part of all of this was made clear...