News Overview

Student Survey 2021: Final report

After the publication of all 5 sub-reports on the Student Survey 2021, an overall report (in German) was finalised, which has recently been made available on the Intranet TU4U.

It is a supplement to the sub-reports and provides in-depth analyses. The recommendations for action, which are based on the almost 1,400 student responses and are intended to initiate necessary further developments at TU Graz, are essential. The recommendations have been structured according to the five major topics surveyed (socio-demographic composition, motives for studying/ information/ orientation, study situation, COVID-19, inclusive culture).

Outlook: The first-year students survey 2022 ended in July. Publication of the results is planned for the winter semester 2022/23.

First Competitive Call for Teaching Infrastructure

With this call we would like to strengthen teaching by funding resources or costs that are needed for teaching. Preference is given to funding resources that are used by several institutes. Funding will be provided for 80 % of the costs of newly acquired infrastructure or comparable resources, with a self-financing share of 20 % of the costs.

• Deadline for submissions: 19 September 2022

You can find all information and the submission form at tugraz.at/go/infrastructure-funding.

Workshop: From slides to OER

With the "ConvOERter", a new tool is currently being developed that easily converts presentation slides into open educational resources (OER). At the end of July, there will be two workshops for all those interested in gaining an insight into the topic of OER and the ConvOERter.

Workshop 1 (for OER beginners)

What are OER? How do I turn my set of slides into OER? What is the ConvOERter? Lubna Ali, PhD student at RWTH Aachen University, introduces beginners to the topic.

• When: Monday, 2022-07-25, 9-12 a.m.
• Where: Webex

Workshop 2 (on the ConvOERter)

Lubna Ali will introduce the CovOERter, which can be tried out during the workshop.

• When: Thursday, 2022-07-28, 10-11.30 a.m.
• Where: Webex

Registration for the workshops: tcnoSpam@tugraz.at

First-year students survey 2022

Currently, all Bachelor students who have enrolled in a degree programme at TU Graz for the first time in the winter semester 2021/22 or in the summer semester 2022 are being surveyed about their motives for studying, their study situation and much more. The participation of many first-year students is intended to reflect the situation of this group on the spot and enables us to further develop the university where there is a need.

In order to increase the response rate, it is kindly requested that the survey be mentioned in courses or at other events. A free-to-use slide on this is available on the Intranet TU4U. You can also find the collected results of the previous surveys (2020: First-year students survey, 2021: Student survey) under this link.

• Link to survey: go.tugraz.at/fys-en

Open call: Project fund for teaching

You currently have the opportunity to support projects for the optimisation and further development of your courses via the "Project Fund for teaching". The open call is not subject to any thematic restrictions, the requirement is the implementation of the project in one or more courses from the academic year 2022/23 onwards.

• Funding: 50,000 € (max. 5,000 € per submission)
• Information on the call on the Intranet TU4U
• Submissions: via LimeSurvey form or PDF to vr-lehrenoSpam@tugraz.at
• Deadline: 22 June 2022

If you have any questions, please contact vr-lehrenoSpam@tugraz.at.

Joint Online Courses: Call open until July 10!

Are you interested in developing an online or hybrid class with a colleague from a partner university? Then you will be happy to learn that TU Graz is launching a 2^nd call for joint online courses to foster teaching cooperation with international partner universities.

We are looking for high-quality teaching concepts promoting intercultural learning by connecting students from different universities. Innovative digital technologies should be used for this purpose.

• Funding: 3 x 15.000 €
• Deadline: 10 July 2022
• Target group: Junior lecturers (i.e. university assistants, and assistant professors). A professor/senior lecturer can act as coach in the project team.

Contact:

Barbara Boettger,
International Office - Welcome Center

Further information: Intranet TU4U