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The last two years changed the world and with it changed the parameters of applied sciences. At a hybrid University-Industry talk, sponsored by the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation, academic, business and industry leaders from three continents shared their ideas on university-industry relations and Innovation Powered by Applied Sciences.

Das seit Pandemiebeginn erfolgreiche virtuelle Konzept des Hochschulverbundes, die „UAS7-Roadshow“ zur HAW-Professur, hat sich mittlerweile zu einer hybriden Veranstaltung gewandelt. Am 24. September fand diese erstmals an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (HWR) Berlin statt.

Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der Dieter Fuchs Stiftung besuchen Neubau des Instituts für Musik - zukünftiger Ort der Begegnung und Kreativität für Studierende aus den Bereichen Jazz, Pop, Musical und Klassik

April 2021 was an intense month of learning and cross-cultural interaction for students of the course Different Approaches to Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility in the US and the EU at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin). Students joined selected counterparts from the University at Albany in the US for a month-long interactive online course that placed international collaboration at its heart.

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.

UAS7-Hochschulen waren bei der von der Stiftung „Innovation in der Hochschullehre“ initiierten Ausschreibung „Hochschullehre durch Digitalisierung stärken“ besonders erfolgreich. Sie warben in Einzel- und Verbundanträgen mehr als 18 Mio.€ an Fördergeldern ein. Allen Anträgen gemeinsam ist der Gedanke, Studium und Lehre neu zu denken und innovative, digitale Lehrformate zu entwickeln und zu implementieren.

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.