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Nichts Geringeres als die Gestaltung der Zukunft haben die Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften im Blick. Doch wie die gesellschaftlichen, (welt-)politischen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen angehen in einer sich immer schneller verändernden und komplexer werdenden Welt? Was bedeuten nachhaltige Entwicklungsziele für den Hochschulkontext und ganz konkret für die einzelne Hochschule? Welche Handlungsbereiche gilt es, voranzutreiben und welche Instrumente stehen zur Verfügung?

The UAS7 Roadshow about "Career opportunities at German Universities of Applied Sciences" has been touring Germany since 2017. On Friday 6 May, 2022 we went international for the first time. In an online session and in English, UAS7 showcased the career path as a professor at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS). Several international professors from our member universities were invited to speak about their personal career paths.

Im Rahmen der UAS7 Virtual Academy sind durch freundliche Unterstützung von Antonia Levy, stellvertretende Direktorin des Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology an der CUNY School of Professional Studies, zwei Videos zum Thema Barrierefreiheit und Inklusion in der Online-Lehre entstanden.

In den nächsten Jahren werden Tausende von Professuren an Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften frei. Jedes Jahr gibt es ca. 900 bis 1100 Neubesetzungen an HAWs. Am 02. Dezember 2021 zeigten die FH Bielefeld, HAW Hessen und UAS7 in einem Workshop, welche Voraussetzungen – neben Innovationsbereitschaft und Praxisorientierung – Interessierte mitbringen sollten und welche Unterstützung und Wege es gibt, Berufungsfähigkeit zu erlangen. Damit stellten die Partner ein Stück weit einen geographischen Querschnitt dar.

The course Air Pollution Control, part of the UAS7 Virtual Academy, was a transatlantic cooperation between Bremen University of Applied Sciences and the University at Albany. The key goals of the joint course were to engage students in solving real-world air pollution problems through project-based learning. In doing so, they learned to foster collaboration, relationships and networks with fellow international students and their instructors.

Students from several engineering and computer science programs at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and at University at Albany conduct experiments on artificial intelligence and develop their own products for the Internet of Things. They exchange ideas in transatlantic teams and give each other feedback on their project ideas.

Since the UAS7 Virtual Academy is a joint project between several institutions, it seeks to bundle and harmonize competencies as much as possible in order to build capacity and ensure that the project has a trickle-down effect throughout the universities and beyond. Experts on evaluation, quality management, and intercultural competence from all participating German universities joined forces to create a joint evaluation tool (questionnaire) for students, in order to measure the impact of the projects.

The mid-point in the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) and University at Albany (UAlbany)‘s COIL project on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility was marked with a rather unique session that led to students reflecting on a range of cultural and legal aspects.