Distance learning: increasingly popular in Germany despite high study costs
More than a quarter of a million people in Germany are currently enrolled in distance learning programmes, most of them at private…
Winter semester 2023/24: Fewer students, but more first-semester students in Germany
In the winter semester 2023/24, the number of students in Germany fell below 2.9 million for the first time since the winter…
Good ideas for the Federal Ministry of Education that do not cost a cent
In their assessment of Bettina Stark-Watzinger’s first year in office, many education experts would, above all, like to see more money. In…
Students wish to have more online learning even after the pandemic
In the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, students in Germany are satisfied with their university’s crisis management. This is the finding…
CHE’s Saskia Ulrich represents the think tank on the EAIR Executive Committee
The governing body of the international scientific organisation EAIR met on 19 November. After the end of Isabel Roessler’s term of office,…
Comparative data shows little progress in the acquisition of digital skills on teacher training programmes
Even today, it is possible to complete a teacher training course in Germany without having to acquire digital skills. Comparative data provided…
Growth? Yes, but not uncontrolled: more than 21,000 degree programmes offered in Germany
There have never been so many study options available at German higher education institutions (HEIs) as there are this year. This is…
Highest percentage of part-time students
According to the Federal Statistical Office, around 223,000 people in Germany were officially studying part-time in winter semester 2019/20. This equates to…
Examples of social innovation driven by German higher education institutions
Social innovation is the term used to describe new social practices or concepts that lead to change in society. One example of…
Winter semester 2021/22: Hamburg, Berlin and Saarland have the highest proportion of numerus clausus subjects
Every year in Germany, around 900,000 people start out at university. The majority of degree programmes are open to all first-year students,…
U-Multirank Covid-19 Radar: Implications of Covid-19 from the students’ perspective
After nearly a year and a half since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, universities are no longer what they used to be. International mobility has been…
Schools need team players – teacher training courses too heavily skewed towards lone wolves
Teachers in Germany are in daily contact with specialists from a variety of disciplines at school, such as inclusion assistants and school…