Prof.-Programme

Venue: Central Campus, venue will be announced

The quality assurance of appointment procedures, including transparency, duration of procedures, information flow, gender equality and diversity sensitivity, is of crucial importance for the future direction of TU Braunschweig. Every newly appointed person is called upon to participate in academic self-administration and can be appointed as a member of an appointment committee or be entrusted with the chairmanship of the committee. TU Braunschweig has its own appointment law and must ensure the quality of its appointment procedures itself.

In the workshop, you will learn and discuss the basics of the approval and appointment procedure for filling a professorship at TU Braunschweig. The recruitment requirements for candidates according to the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act will be addressed as well as possible procedural hurdles in the work of an appointment committee. The aim of the event is to provide you with the necessary information about the online application management system introduced at TU Braunschweig in order to be able to organise and carry out swift, diversity-sensitive and successful appointment procedures.

Speakers

• Anouk Almstedt, Diversity Management Officer, Strategic University Development Unit
• Emma Axer, Appointments Officer, Strategic University Development Unit
• Nicole Brückner, Appointments Officer and Legal Matters, Strategic University Development Unit
• Ulrike Wrobel, Head of the Equal Opportunity Office & Equal Opportunity Officer

Venue: New Senate Hall, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4, 1^st floor (UK)

In this module, the President of TU Braunschweig, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, together with the Strategic University Development Unit, invites you to get to know the strategic orientation of our university and the University Development Concept 2030 in a short kick-off workshop. The Vice President for Teacher Training, Prof. Dr. Katja Koch, will report on the strategic development of teacher education at TU Braunschweig. We will continue with the strategic cross-cutting topics of digitalisation, internationalisation, equality and diversity as well as knowledge exchange: The Equal Opportunity Office and the Diversity Policies Officer will report on the goals and activities of TU Braunschweig with regard to equality and diversity. The International House will present its areas of responsibility and internationalization projects. The Senior Vice President for Digitalization and Sustainability Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk will introduce you to his department. Get to know the Green Office, learn about current IT fields of work from the Gauß-IT-Zentrum and the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) staff unit, hear tips on data protection and discuss your questions with our speakers.

The President of TU Braunschweig, Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, together with the Strategic University Development Unit, invites you in this module to get to know the strategic orientation of our university and the University Development Concept 2030 in a short kick-off workshop. The Senior Vice President for Digitalization and Sustainability, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk, will introduce you to his department. Afterwards, receive information on current IT work areas from the Gauß-IT-Center and the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) office, listen to guidance on data protection, and have your questions answered. Subsequently, you will have the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic of sustainability at TU Braunschweig at themed tables with the Green Office team and to get to know the strategic work of the Project House.

Regarding the strategic cross-cutting issues of equality and diversity, the Equal Opportunity Office and the Diversity Management Officer report on the goals and activities of TU Braunschweig. The International House presents itself with its areas of responsibility and projects for internationalization. Discuss your questions with our speakers.

Speakers

• Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, President of TU Braunschweig
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk, Senior Vice President for Digitalisation and Sustainability
• Anouk Almstedt, Diversity Management Officer, Strategic University Development Unit
• Dr. Christian Böttger, Head of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• Dr. Philip Hahn, Head of the Strategic University Development Unit
• Helen Lehne, Coordinator Teach4TUmorrow Green Office
• Sira Möller, Coordinator Green Office
• Julius Othmer, Head of Project House
• Jan-Marc Pilawa, Managing Director and Head of Gauß-IT-Zentrum
• Stephan Rehfeld, Data Protection Officer TU Braunschweig
• Margarethe Schuseil, Head of Strategic Internationalisation Projects, Deputy Head of International House: Strategy
• Heinrich Schwabecher, Director of the International House
• Ulrike Wrobel, Head of the Equal Opportunity Office & Equal Opportunity Officer

Venue: New Senat Hall, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4, 1^st floor (UK)

The module focuses on the central performance dimension of research at TU Braunschweig. The Vice President for Research introduces his department and talks about research priorities, special research areas and future funds, among other things. Against the background of the diverse research funding landscape, the team from the Research Service Office will provide you with an overview of the support services offered by TU Braunschweig in the area of third-party funding acquisition. In addition, the Research Funding Network offers you its experience in an advisory capacity. The University Library will inform you about services for researchers in the areas of research data management, (open access) publishing and bibliometrics. The GITZ will report on the new Development Department and its benefits for researchers at TU Braunschweig. The BMBF-funded project GeDiMINT “Sex and gender dimensions within the scope of STEM research” presents itself and its consulting services for the consideration of sex and gender dimensions in STEM-research.

Speakers

• N.N., Vice President of Research
• Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke, Head of the Institute for Information Systems
• Prof. Dr. Henriette Bertram, Junior Professor Gender.Ing, TU Braunschweig; Project Manager of GeDiMINT
• Jan Büssers, Officer of BMBF-funded project “Geschlechterdimensionen im Blick der MINT-Forschung (GeDiMINT)”
• Dr. Jan Gäbler, EU-Officer, Office of Research Services Unit
• Andreas Hebbelmann, Head of Research Services Unit
• Dr. Jan Hegewald, Head of Development Department Gauß-IT-Zentrum (GITZ)
• Dr. Inga Schepers, Research Services, National Funding Support
• Robert Strötgen, Senior Library Director
• Juliette Wedl, Head of BZG and project coordination, Managing Director and Head of GeDiMINT
• Anne Wolff, EU-Officer, Office of Research Services Unit

Venue: Raum Weitblick (left), Haus der Wissenschaft, Pockelsstraße 11, 5. OG

Vice President for Transfer and Innovation welcomes you to the Transfer module and introduces you to this performance dimension of TU Braunschweig. Based on the strategic development of TU Braunschweig, you will learn about the transfer strategy and the activities derived from it. The Transfer Service reports on its task of offering professional services in the areas of technology transfer, knowledge transfer and relationship management so that scientists can enter into a creative exchange with the TU Braunschweig communities. The Technology Transfer Office, the Entrepreneurship Hub and the innovation company iTUBS offer you opportunities to promote a start-up culture and specific services, e.g. to initiate targeted contacts, to market new technologies and patents or to realize spin-offs. The Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund is the friends and supporters association of TU Braunschweig. You will be informed about the concept of the Haus der Wissenschaft, its background, goals and orientation for practical benefits in cooperation with the TU Braunschweig.

Speakers

• N. N., Vice President for Transfer and Innovation
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Block, Chairman of the Board of University association of Brunswick e.V.
• Christopher Dormeier, Coordination Exist-Projekt Inteknow - International Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Hub
• Dr. Saskia Frank, Head of Knowledge Transfer
• Dr. Laura Jess, Managing Director Transferservice
• Henning Karsten, Head of Relationship Management Team
• Christian Köcher, Managing Director of University association of Brunswick e.V.
• Dr. Jeremias Othman, Managing Director of Haus der Wissenschaft
• Moritz Tetzlaff, Manager of Innovationsgesellschaft iTUBS

Digital event, the access link will be sent to you.

For many newly appointed professors, financial management is an area they have rarely come into contact with before. The module therefore provides an overview of important elements of financial management that are needed in everyday academic life. These include financial architecture, procurement, travel expense management, third-party and special funds administration and appointment funds controlling. You will gain basic knowledge of funding streams, the requirements and implementation of public procurement law and travel expenses law, insights into resource management and budgeting processes as well as contract law and liability law, which must be observed when cooperating with non-university institutions. Take the opportunity to discuss your questions with the central contact persons at TU Braunschweig.

Speakers:

• Dietmar Smyrek, Full-time Vice President for Human Resources, Finance and Infrastructure
• Florian Kirchhoff, Head of Division 2 - Finance
• Petra Eimbeck, Head of Department 22 - Public Procurement Law and Procurement

• Anne Fritz, Acting Head of Division 1 - Human Resources, Legal Services and Student Services; Head of Department 12 - Personnel Department; Provisional Team leader travel expenses, Department 12 - Personnel Department

• Katrin Kujer, Travel expenses, Department 12 - Personnel Department

• Astrid Roeder, Services Head of External Funding, Deputy Head of Department 21 - Budget Law and Financial

• Anja Kübler, Head of the Designated Office of University Controlling

• Cathleen Farr, Head of Department 11 - Legal Department

• Schaghaiegh Monzavi, Department 11 - Legal Department, Contractual Matters

• Katharina Philipps, Department 11 - Legal Department, Contractual Matters

Venue: New Senate Hall, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4

In this module, the full-time Vice President Dietmar Smyrek will introduce you to the Human Resources department and talk about professorial rights and duties at TU Braunschweig. As a professor, you will be informed about committees and participation rights as well as the handling of secondary employment. The topic of personnel law is of particular importance for you as managers and is covered in this module, as are the topics of personnel responsibility and occupational health and safety. You will also get to know the Central HR Development unit with its services and contact persons as well as the service and support provided by Occupational Health Management.

Speakers

• Dietmar Smyrek, Full-time Vice President for Human Resources, Finance and Infrastructure
• Anne Fritz, Acting Head of Division 1 - Human Resources, Legal Services and Student Services; Head of Department 12 - Personnel Department
• Axel Patzwaldt, Team Leader for Professors and Civil Servants, Department 12 - Personnel Department
• Dr. Martin Bollmeier, Head of the Occupational Safety Unit
• Anke Formaniak and Dr. Anne Fleige, Heads of Professional and Personnel Development
• Dr. Ina von Zelewski, Occupational Health Management, Professional and Personnel Development

Venue: New Senate Hall, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4

In this module, the Vice President Prof. Dr. Baumann welcomes you and introduces you to the strategic performance dimension of studying and teaching at TU Braunschweig. You will be informed about strategic orientations, current projects and future plans in studies and teaching. You will learn about the higher education and media didactic qualification opportunities and fields of action of the Competence Center for Higher Education Didactics for Lower Saxony as well as the topics of the project house. You will also be introduced to the Central Student Advisory Service, the Student Service Center and the Advisory Network BeN, each with their different fields of activity in (student) advisory services. The teaching-learning platform Stud.IP and the campus management system HISinOne are central applications for studying and teaching, hear about the current status and development perspectives here.

Speakers

• Prof. Dr. Knut Baumann, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
• Anja Üffing, Head of Department 16 - Academic and Student Affairs
• Dr. Yvonne A. Henze, Head of Academic Advice Service
• Prof. Dr. Stefanie Hartz, Academic Director, Teaching Excellence in Lower Saxony - The Center of Excellence in Lower Saxon Higher Education
• Volker Voigt, Managing Director, Teaching Excellence in Lower Saxony - The Center of Excellence in Lower Saxon Higher Education
• Anja Veckenstedt, Deputy Head of Project House
• Veronika Mayer-Szeimies, Stud.IP Team, Project House
• Dr. Swetlana Gerbel, Head of Applications Division, Gauß-IT-Zentrum

Venue: Lehrstudio, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4

We don't want you to communicate more, we want you to communicate better. This event will give you an overview of typical scenarios and instruments of science and university communication. You will get to know typical questions from media representatives and learn how to avoid misunderstandings. You will also reflect on which communication is right for you and which measures you can use: From press releases to websites, social media and events. The Press and Communication Office at TU Braunschweig would like to talk to you about how it can support you in science communication, where you can find templates and image material or where you can get advice in tricky situations.

Speaker:

• Dr. Jörn Rieckhoff, Head of Communications and Press Service, Spokesperson

Venue: Room „Weitblick“(left), Haus der Wissenschaft, Pockelsstraße 11, 5th floor (UK)

Collegial dialogue on the topic of leadership exclusively for professors.

Venue: New Senate Hall, Historic Main Building, Pockelsstraße 4, 1^st floor (UK)

Collegial dialogue on teaching exclusively for professors. (3WU)

Venue follows

Collegial get-together and exchange of experiences exclusively for junior and tenure-track professors.

In the personal kickoff meeting, we inform you as a newly appointed professor about the mandatory welcome offer of the Prof.-Programme. With regard to your appointment target agreements, we look at which events from the Forum on Science and Leadership are suitable for the development of your leadership and self-competence and can be credited. You will be informed about training opportunities in the field of university and media didactics. Finally, we discuss which other offers of the Prof.-Programme or the TU Braunschweig might be of interest to you.

The events you are required to attend according to your appointment target agreements are documented in an attendance overview. For the area of university and media didactics as well as personnel management, you will also find the number of working units (1 WU corresponds to 45 minutes) and training days (1 day corresponds to 8 WU). You will receive the attendance overview at the end of the semester or upon request.

In an individual pit stop we will build on the topics of the kick-off meeting. After you have worked at TU Braunschweig for a few semesters, it can be useful to reflect on your individual goals and look at your target agreements. During the pit stop, we will give you an overview of the events and consultations you have completed and discuss any further requirements.

Individual coaching gives you the opportunity to think through specific practical or management issues in a targeted manner. In an initial meeting, you clarify your concerns and goals with the coach and agree on the further course of the process. In confidential discussions, for example, questions about reflecting on your role as a manager, managing employees or time and self-management are dealt with. Ideas from the Science and Leadership Forum can also be taken up and explored in greater depth. Together with your coach, you will develop solutions for specific issues. You will also be supported by your coach during the implementation phase. (WU according to scope)

Prof.-Programme Coaches

» Anne Ebeling, Rüdiger Freiwald, Karin Leven, Viola Steffen-Kreissel

In (digital) courses, lectures, conferences or meetings - the voice is an important instrument of expression for professors. Speech coaching helps you to use your voice effectively and gently at the same time. The one-to-one sessions of 60 minutes are arranged individually with you and also take place as a video conference. (2 WU)

Trainer:  Nikolai Radke, Actor und Speech Trainer

Junior and tenure-track professors want to have successful and established professors for conversation - we invite them. Ask me anything: Together with a group of interested junior and tenure-track professors, you will talk online for an hour with your chosen professor about the scientific or science management topics that concern you. It is time for the question you have always wanted to ask.

The Ask me anything kick-off with President Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel | Wed. 26.04.2023, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

New Senate Hall in the Historic Main Building (Pockelsstraße 4, opposite the Forum Building), 1st floor

Venue: Media Lab, Historical Main Building: Pockelsstraße 4, Room 023 (GF)

Teaching is always media-supported, whether with a blackboard or teleprompter. Digital media, in particular, currently offer many new opportunities but also present challenges. In this workshop, we will examine these from a practical and didactical perspective. We will explore AI systems, XR applications, and a variety of established digital learning tools. The focus will be on the practical use of digital tools as well as didactical questions such as what effective digital teaching and learning settings look like and how to successfully implement digitally supported face-to-face teaching. In this workshop, you can discover new digital methods and tools and receive inspiration and practical tips. Specific projects can be discussed with the Media Lab in individual appointments following the workshop.

Team Media Lab, project house, TU Braunschweig

The Center of Excellence in Lower Saxon Higher Education (KHN) is established at TU Braunschweig with the support of the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK) as a statewide center for higher education didactics. The KHN offers fee-based, practice-oriented training and consulting for teaching staff at Lower Saxony's universities, as well as support for the quality development of studies and teaching.

Virtual Lunch Breaks with the Green Office: Sustainability in teaching

The Green Office cordially invites you to a virtual lunch break. Every Thursday from 12:00 to 12:30 pm, experts from academia and practice will present 20-minute short talks offering “morsels of knowledge” about higher education for sustainable development and sustainability in teaching:

Current events of the Green Office will be listed here

Impact Learning is a support program of Knowledge Transfer at the Transfer Service to strengthen transfer-oriented teaching. The program provides financial and organizational support to lecturers in designing courses so that students can work on real societal, ecological, or technological challenges together with practice partners and thereby create impact, i.e., societal effect.

In addition to financial support for courses, lecturers benefit from networking with practice partners as well as communication and visibility formats such as the Impact Map, the event week Impact Week, and the campus-wide exchange formats “Community Café” and “Knowledge-Kiosk.”

Students benefit from project funding, project coaching via the sandbox-platform, and teaching-learning tools. Student engagement is awarded annually in the competition “Best Impact Project” with prize money.

In addition, you can request the employees for a visit to your course in order to engage in a conversation with the students on the topic of transfer, to conceptually develop project ideas, and to jointly reflect on what impact means and how societal effect can be deliberately created starting from the study program and the course. 

Your contact person is Gina Kerber, Coordinator of Impact Learning

The Media Lab is a workspace and experimental space in the heart of the central campus. Teachers, students, and staff test new media technologies for use at TU Braunschweig together with the Media Lab team. The Media Lab consolidates important didactical as well as technical information on solution approaches and application scenarios for media-supported teaching, learning, and working. It offers media-didactical professional advice on individual questions regarding media technology and media competence in teaching, support for innovative media-supported events, the testing and demonstration of software and hardware such as projectors, camera technology, microphones, mobile displays, and VR/MR glasses: medialab@tu-braunschweig.de.