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Register today for the Virtual Global Education Symposium on November 18

Virtuelle Gloabl Ed. mit allen Logos

Registration is now open for the Virtual Global Education Symposium “Think Global, Act Local” on November 18!
Sign up today and be part of this joint event hosted by the University of Rhode Island and the Technical University of Braunschweig.
Learn more about global citizenship, sustainability, inclusion, and many other exciting topics!

Scan the QR code or use the link  Symposium Registration Open!

 

Lecture on inclusive education in wartime by Dr. Olga Fert at URI on Sept. 24

Visiting Scholar Olga Fert, of TU Braunschweig in Germany, will discuss “A Scholar Displaced, a Mission Continued: Inclusive Education During the War in Ukraine”, her personal journey fleeing Ukraine during the war with Russia and her work with Ukrainian mothers of children with disabilities and refugees living in Germany.

 

Click the link to learn more:

https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/08/ukrainian-german-special-education-scholar-to-lecture-on-inclusive-education-in-wartime-sept-24/ 

Initiation of a new partnership between the Department of German Studies at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM)

(v.l.n.r. Daniel Fehrentz, Julia Schöll, Charles Hammond, Katja Koch, Katharina Kellermann, Cord-Friedrich Berghahn)

As part of the Lehrmat.Internationak project “Go out – Come in 2.0,” Prof. Dr. Charles Hammond from UTM visited the Technical University of Braunschweig. In addition to meeting with the internationalization coordinator of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Heinze, he met with several representatives from the Institute of German Studies. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation between him and the Institute of German Studies and exchanged ideas for mutual support and possible future hybrid (teaching) formats. Of course, they also engaged in academic discussions and talked about various topics in German studies.

Farewell to the German-American School Manhattan for an internship abroad

Shortly before her internship at our partner school, the German-American School Manhattan, Ms. Wiegmann visited Faculty 6 and the Institute of Education again.
In addition to a productive exchange about the internship, the desired learning opportunities, and her experiences in the process so far, any remaining questions were clarified.
At the end, she was bid farewell by Prof. Dr. Koch and Mr. Fehrentz.


We wish her lots of fun and a great experience at GSM!

 


We would also like to thank the entire GSM team for their excellent cooperation.

Verabschiedung Praktikum GSM 2026

Networking meeting of Lower Saxony's DAAD-Lehramt.International projects

Vernetzungstreffen Hannover

On December 1, the first networking meeting of the DAAD-Lehramt.International projects, which are being carried out at various universities in Lower Saxony, took place in Hanover. The meeting focused on the exchange of projects, ideas, and experiences. With many new impulses and joint ideas, we would like to further promote and strengthen the internationalization of teacher training!

 

Registration for the Global Education Symposium on November 19, 2025, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Global Citizenship in Action - Virtual Education Symposium Even 19.11.2025

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