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In­ter­na­tional Staff Mo­bil­ity

Staff mobility includes outgoing staff mobility and incoming staff mobility of lecturers, researchers, academic and administrative staff.

Below you will find an overview of international staff mobility in the academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20.

In­ter­na­tional Mo­bil­ity of HNU Staff (Out­go­ing Staff Mo­bil­ity)

HNU employees are mobile. This applies to all professional groups: Lecturers and researchers, academic and administrative staff. The purposes are diverse, as are the destination countries.

In the academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20, a total of 127 trips abroad to 34 countries took place. 66 trips were to other European countries, while the other 61 trips were to non-European countries. These included Benin, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Togo, the USA and Vietnam.

The top 5 destination countries for mobile staff are Finland, USA, Chile, Malta and UK.

Reas­ons for in­ter­na­tional mo­bil­ity

There are many different motivations for staff members to travel abroad. A very common reason is to attend a conference or for further education and training. Teaching at partner universities or exchanges with partners as part of a joint project are also motives for international mobility. In addition, maintaining contacts and expanding the international network are causes for travelling: visiting network fairs to meet existing partners or find new partners, as well as visiting existing and potential new partner universities, often with the aim of promoting student exchange.

Participation in conferences and further education and training are the two most common reasons for HNU staff to be internationally mobile.

Erasmus+ Staff Mo­bil­it­ies

The majority of staff mobilities in Europe took place within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. On the one hand, there is the possibility to teach at a partner university abroad (Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching), on the other hand, there is the possibility to further educate oneself in another European country (Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training).

8 out of 10 Erasmus+ Staff Mobilies were aimed at training and further education.

Op­por­tun­it­ies for fur­ther and con­tinu­ing edu­ca­tion in Europe

Participation in intensive English language courses has been particularly popular for some years. Many employees also take part in an International Staff Week at partner universities or in a workshop.  In addition, the possibility of so-called "job shadowing" is used, where the employee spends a few days at a partner university abroad in order to have an intensive exchange with a colleague from the same work area.

 

Every third Erasmus+ mobility aims to improve foreign language skills.

Im­pres­sions

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Verena Seitz, Leitung des International Office auf einer International Staff Week an der University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spanien
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Marina Fotteler, research associate at the Department of Health Management, gives a lecture at the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil
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Marina Fotteler and Felix Holl, research assistants of the Department of Health Management on a familiarisation trip to the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil
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Prof. Patricia Franzreb, Professor at the Department of Information Management at the Master Design Managament workshop on "Human Centered Design and Design Thinking" at the European University of Lisbon (IADE) in Portugal.
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Bianca Bergande, research associate at the Department of Information Management at the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden: Presentation of the paper "Bergande, Bianca and Brune, Philipp (2018) When students meet developers: are barcamps a format for interactive software engineering education?"
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Linneaus University in Sweden regularly organises International Staff Weeks, which are very popular with staff at the HNU (photo by Bianca Bergande)
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Cornelia Häusler, Vice Head of the International Office at the International Week 2019 at the German University of Technology in Oman
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Bildhäuser, Professor at the Department of Economics teaching Strategic Management at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, Thailand
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York is a particularly popular destination for language study trips, pictured is York Cathedral (Photo by Veronika Witte)
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Bianca Bergande, research assistant at the Department of Information Management and Prof. Dr. Dany Meyer, professor at the Department of Information Management at the Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2018: Presentation of the paper "Meyer, Dany and Bergande, Bianca and Seyser, Dominik (2018) Yes We CAN: A low-cost approach to simulate real-world automotive platforms in systems engineering education for non-computer science majors."
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Lilia Briel, Coordinator for International Exchange Students at the International Week at the University of Chile, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEN)
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International Staff Week at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland - in addition to lively professional exchange, social exchange is also not neglected
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International Staff Week at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland - often combined with a trip to the snow
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The Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland is the most frequent destination for international mobility - among employees and students. The picture shows Oulu's landmark: the statue of the Market Square Policeman
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Verena Seitz, Head of the International Office of the HNU and Aizat Hisham Ahmad, Acting Director, International Mobility and Collaboration Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia at APAIE 2019. This networking fair and conference of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Re­search Pro­fessor Down Un­der

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In the winter semester 2018/19, Prof. Dr. Heiko Gewald spent several months on a research stay at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Together with Australian colleagues, he researched the topic of how digital resources can be used by an ageing society.

HNU re­search pro­fessor ap­poin­ted hon­or­ary pro­fessor at Macquarie Uni­versity in Sydney

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At the end of his research stay at Macquarie University in Australia, Prof. Dr. Heiko Gewald was awarded the title of Honorary Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, in the summer semester of 2019.

In addition to very nice memories, I am taking a new feeling for language with me for my everyday life. [...] I can only advise everyone to take advantage of this opportunity.

Veronika Witte, International Office, Erasmus+ language course in York, Great Britain

In­ter­na­tional guests at the HNU (In­com­ing Staff Mo­bil­ity)

In the academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20, a total of 153 international guests from 27 countries were at the HNU.

 

Coun­tries of ori­gin of our guests

 
  • Australia (3)
  • Austria (1)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Canada (4)
  • Chile (3)
  • China (1)
  • Cuba (1)
  • Denmark (1)
  • Ethiopia (1)
 		 
  • Finland (5)
  • Indonesia (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Italy (4)
  • Japan (2)
  • Kenya (45)
  • Mozambique (1)
  • Nigeria (1)
 		 
  • South Africa (17)
  • Taiwan (1)
  • Tansania (10)
  • Thailand (28)
  • Tunisia (9)
  • Turkey (1)
  • USA (6)
  • Vietnam (1)
  • Zambia (1)
 

 

The majority of the guests came to the HNU in the context of joint projects with the Africa Institute.  The second large group came to the HNU to participate in the International Conference on Economics, Management and Technology (IEMT), which was organised by the Department of Economics in the winter semester 2019/20. The third large group taught at the HNU, individual lessons or entire courses.

Present­a­tion of some guests

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In November 2019, a high-ranking delegation from our Thai partner university Srinakharinwirot University visited the HNU. The aim was to intensify the already very well-established cooperation. Participants of the delegation were the President Associate Professor Dr. Somchai Santiwatanakul (in the picture on the left next to the President of the HNU, Prof. Dr. Uta M. Feser) as well as two Vice Presidents and nine Deans of the Srinakharinwirot University.
In November 2019, the second International Conference on Economics, Management and Technology (IEMT) took place at the HNU under the motto "Social Innovation and Transformative Business Management". It was organised by the HNU in cooperation with Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand, the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and attracted an international audience of experts from numerous countries. A total of 33 international guests from 13 countries were present.
In February 2020, Prof. Gary Galbraith (School of Public Safety), Prof. Shahrzad Farzinpak (School of International Business Management) and Ashley Laracy (International Mobility Office) from our Canadian partner university Seneca College visited the HNU with the aim of curriculum mapping (identifying suitable courses for student exchange) and discussing new forms of cooperation.
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From January to July 2020, the Iranian scientist Zahra Meidani, professor at the Kashan University of Medial Sciences (KAUMS) spent a research semester at the HNU. The aim of the stay was to strengthen the joint research activities between the department of Health Management at the HNU and KAUMS through joint research proposals, among other things.
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In December 2018, the International Teacher Exchange Week (ITEW) took place at the HNU with 9 guests from 7 countries. The guests came from Australia, Denmark, Italy, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand and the USA. The topic was "Internationalisation and Digitalisation", the exchange took place across faculties. The keynote speeches by all the guests were followed by lively panel discussions. One important finding was that the challenges in the different countries are similar.
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In May 2019, Prof. Alicia Núñez from the University of Chile - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEN) was a guest at the Department of Health Management. In addition to teaching, the focus was on professional exchange on the Chilean and German healthcare systems.
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Dr. Dhouka Oueldoubey Habibeche from the ENSIT University of Tunis, Tunisia, regularly teaches the English-language course "International Management" at the Department of Economics. The course is very popular with exchange students, among others, and international teamwork is very important here. The enthusiasm of one student is nicely expressed by the following quote from the corona-related online semester: "Dear Professor, Thank you for teach me and give me a lot of knowledge. I’m studying Economics and I’m in my second year, so I have no idea about International Management but you can make me understand it easily. Your class is very useful for me and funny. Even if it’s an online classroom but you did it very well. I love your class and I love you so much. Thank you, Professor Dhouka Oueldoubey"
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In May 2019, Prof. Dr. Akihiro Matoba, Vice President of Kanagawa University in Japan, visited the HNU. The aim of the visit was to discuss further cooperation opportunities. In the picture from left: Cornelia Häusler, International Office, Prof. Dr. Julia Kormann, Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Akihiro Matoba, Vice President of Kanagawa University, Prof. Dr. Carsten Prenzler, Internationalisation Officer of the Department of Business and Economics.
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In November 2019, Prof. Antoine Bagula Bigomokero from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa was a guest at the Africa Institute of the HNU as part of the project "Big Data in Logistics". The picture shows him working on a supply chain management game with an exchange student.

Se­lec­ted re­ports

In­ter­view with Zahra Meidani

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Visit of Seneca Col­lege

IEMT2019

In Neu-Ulm and Ulm you can live the local life!

Matías Lee Torres, University of Chile - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEN)

Ac­cred­it­a­tion and cer­ti­fic­ates

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