Developing Writing Skills
Organizational unit: Centre for Transferable Skills Course type: Online course This course for non-native speakers provides students of all disciplines with the skills required to develop their academic writing in English. It is suitable for those who have to complete English assignments in any discipline. You will learn practical, transferable strategies – such as […]
Managing Diversity: Challenges of working in multicultural teams
Organizational unit: Centre for Transferable Skills Course type: Online course “We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.” —Berners-Lee, inventor of the Worldwide Web, 2012 In a globalized world, working in an international environment with international teams is nothing unusual. Therefore, managing diversity and learning how to work in multicultural […]
Keynote lecture “Semper Reformanda: Reform and the University Through History”
Keynote lecture “Semper Reformanda: Reform and the University Through History” (William Whyte, Oxford University), Thursday, May 5, 2022, 17-18.30 (CET), University of Konstanz Universities are perpetually in need of reform. That, at least, is the conclusion many scholars seem to have reached. Successive studies show universities through history either reforming or failing to reform. What […]
The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education
The ERUA research group is inviting to its second workshop: “The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education”, held in Konstanz May 5-7, 2022, Workshop “The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education” This is the second instalment of a workshop series, organized by the […]
Meet Kathrin. Read what our ERUA student representative has to say about her ESA experience
Where do we want Europe to go in the next decades? What is important to us as young people? How does our democracy and society need to change to appropriately face challenges of the present and the future? These and many more questions made up the core of the European Students Assembly on the 3rd […]
Art in public spaces
In this course students will have the chance to study the relationship between artworks and their environment. Starting from the observation of historic and contemporary works – ranging from monuments to street art- we will question the different forms of dialogue between art and public space, including their urban, cultural and political context. Students are […]
Call for Expressions of Interest
ERUA is issuing a call for expression of interest to become a member of the ERUA Participatory Body (PB), which is dedicated to complement the other bodies of the ERUA governance and advisory structure, such as: the University Council, the Executive Committee and the Advisory Board. The Participatory Body positions itself as an intermediary between […]
Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle
Organizational unit: Department of Economics Course type: Hybrid intensive course The course “Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle” consists of two parts: 1.) Theoretical part: In this part, the concept and relevance of portfolio choice and of life cycle models in general will be introduced. Furthermore, we will discuss research on how to choose optimal […]
Gender Disparity through Linguistic Behaviour
Organizational unit: Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies Course type: Hybrid course The course is about the study of the relationship between language and society. It will highlight the various functions that a language performs in a society which results in disparity of genders. Therefore, this course aims at exploring the role of gender […]
Human and Aquatic Resources
Organizational unit: Department of Biology Course type: Online course This is a multidisciplinary course, which does not require a prerequisite knowledge about the aquatic environment. This course reviews interaction between humans and aquatic resources. We focus on the types of aquatic ecosystem services to humankind and the anthropogenic effects brought by humans on these […]