Wissenschaft weltoffen - The Blog

The central aim of the Wissenschaft weltoffen blog is to promote the exchange between university research and university practice in the field of internationalisation and academic mobility. To this end, we conduct short interviews with relevant researchers and representatives from university practice and publish own articles and guest contributions. Please note that the views expressed in the interviews and guest articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the DAAD or the DZHW.

Source: Studioline Fotostudio Augsburg

“International students need early access to information about how to prepare for work in Germany”

The new "DAAD Research Brief" issue provides an overview of the current structures and strategic perspectives of International Career Services at German universities. In our interview, author Jessica Schueller from Miami University in Ohio, USA, explains which specific requirements International Career Services must fulfil, which concepts can be differentiated here and what the central challenges are when setting up such services for international students.

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Source: Various

“Many of the funded researchers kept an affiliation with Germany even after the funding had ended”

How does DAAD funding for international doctoral students affect their research and publication behaviour? This question was investigated in a study recently published in the "DAAD Research in Brief" series. The study was conducted by a research team from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Leiden University in the Netherlands. In this interview, the three members of the research team explain exactly how they went about it, which findings they consider to be particularly noteworthy and what conclusions can be drawn from this for research and practice.

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Source: Universidad de León

“Virtual Exchange can teach important skills for the international labour market”

With the “DAAD Research Briefs”, the DAAD offers a publication series that aims to make current academic findings comprehensible and usable for higher education practitioners. In the fourth issue, Dr Robert O'Dowd, Associate Professor for English as a Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics at the Universidad de León in Spain, reports on the possible uses of Virtual Exchange formats in international higher education and their benefits from the perspective of students and teachers.

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