Lectures have recently started again at many universities in Germany. And after a year and a half of lectures and seminars held remotely, fifty to eighty percent of events nationwide are to be held in person again. How well does this work? And why is it so important? Franziska Koohestani, author for jetzt, the young … Read more
How do I write a good term paper? Susanne Meisch from the LMU Writing Center reveals how to avoid writer's block, what constitutes good style – and whether a week is enough to write a good academic paper. Interview by Franziska Setare Koohestani 12 April 2022 – 8 mins reading time
Make, made, made. Break, broke, broken. I often mumbled these triple jumps to myself as a teenager, with a table on the table that listed the present and past tenses of irregular English verbs. It was very helpful; today I can put verbs in the past tense intuitively. It wasn't fun. That's just how it … Read more
The number of registrations at German adult education centers has steadily declined during the Corona years. While there were more than eight million course registrations in the pre-Corona year of 2019, the number fell to around 4.5 million in 2020 and to just under three million in 2021, according to a spokeswoman for the German … Read more
Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) has invited people to an education summit in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday. There has been harsh criticism, particularly from Union politicians from the federal states. 14 of 16 specialist ministers, including those from other parties, are demonstratively staying away from the summit. This is “at best a kick-off … Read more
The results of the PISA education study are in – and they do not look good for students in Germany. Their skills in basic subjects have declined nationwide – 15-year-olds are finding it increasingly difficult, especially in mathematics. There are several reasons for this: the school closures during the pandemic, but also the fact that … Read more