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Starting in the upcoming winter semester 2023/24, the TU Ilmenau will offer orientation programs for students of engineering programs.

The University of Freiburg has a new mission statement The University of Freiburg has published its new mission statement following a co-creative development process.

News from At a time when the world is being rocked by multiple crises, a research network in Central Germany is showing new ways forward.

News from Another great success for Leipzig in supporting early career researchers: the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced today (8 November) that two new Research Training Groups with more than 60 doctoral researchers will be funded from 2024.

Whenever people learn together with others, they draw comparisons. Usually, a contrast effect occurs that immediately affects one's perception of one-s own academic abilities. If others perform better, one assesses one's own abilities as worse. If others perform less well, one perceives oneself as more talented and capable.

What fiction tells us about Britain's relations to the European Union Eurosceptic dreams of an independent UK and nightmares of faceless EU bureaucrats are not confined to the world of politics, public opinion and the media.