CHE analysis: More support for university entrants since the Covid pandemic
There is a wide range of support available to help new students get started at university. For instance, four out of five…
Student loans: number of new contracts down to pre-Covid level
The number of new student loans taken out in Germany fell considerably in 2021 compared to the previous year. The KfW Student…
Future teaching and learning models: HFD study reveals higher education institutions’ great readiness to embrace change
Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany are willing to embrace change and want to continue using digital formats even after the pandemic…
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…
One in three student loans taken out by international students in 2020
Last year, the number of first-time student loans regained the level of 2015 for the first time. However, an evaluation conducted as…
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…
CHE gives its opinion to NRW: utilise current situation in HEIs to take stock
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic also has social consequences for students. In the Scientific Committee of the Landtag (State Parliament) of…
Only few cancellations of lectures and examinations at German HEIs, despite the coronavirus
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic also has an effect on day-to-day university life. Nonetheless, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany were…
Family-friendly policies as a top priority of management help universities during and post-coronavirus pandemic
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic poses major challenges for university staff and students with family responsibilities. A recent publication by the [...]
Rapid investments, little strategy: research findings on the digital summer semester 2020
The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age) has summarised the initial results of the research accompanying summer…
Master’s students satisfied with coronavirus crisis management at their university
The need to switch completely to online teaching owing to the coronavirus pandemic was a major challenge for higher education institutions (HEIs) [...]
Guest article by Frank Ziegele on the financing of higher education institutions during the coronavirus crisis
Until now, Germany’s higher education institutions (HEIs) have come through the crisis better than their counterparts in other countries. The starting situation [...]