Prof.-Programme

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
• Swetlana Gerbel, Head of Applications Division, Gauß-IT-Zentrum

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

In this hands-on event, you will receive an introduction to examination law. The following areas will be covered, among others: Legal bases, examination material, problems in conducting an examination, assessment and legal protection.

Speaker:

• Dr. Markus Pein, Department 11 - Legal Department

Venue: New Senate Hall, 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.

Speakers:

• Norman Nitzsche, Head of the President's Office, Designated Office President's Office
• N.N., Head of the Communication and Press Service, Designated Office Communication and Press Service
• János Krüger, Editor, Designated Office Communication and Press Service
• Anika Stegemann, Coordinator International Science Communication, Designated Office Communication and Press Service

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 University Construction
• Florian Kirchhoff, Head of Division 2 - Finance
• Petra Eimbeck, Head of Department 22 - Public Procurement Law and Procurement
• Axel Patzwaldt, Team Leader Travel Expenses, Department 12 - Human Resources
• Christian Müller, Head of Department 21 - Budget Law and Financial Services
• Astrid Röder, Deputy Head of Department 21 - Budget Law and Financial Services

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

• Norbert Döring, Designated Office of University Controlling, Specialist Area of Material Resources and Investment Controlling

• Cathleen Farr, Head of Department 11 - Legal Department

• Katharina Philipps and Schaghaiegh Monzavi, Department 11 - Legal Department, Contractual Matters

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In this module, the President of TU Braunschweig, Prof. Dr Angela Ittel, together with the Designated Office of Strategic University Development, invites you to get to know the strategic orientation of our university and the University Development Concept 2030 in a short kick-off workshop. We will continue with the strategic overarching themes of digitalisation, internationalisation, equality and diversity and 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 introduces itself with its fields of activity and internationalisation projects. The House of Science reports on its background, goals and orientations on the topic of knowledge exchange in cooperation with TU Braunschweig. The full-time Vice President for Digital Transformation 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 Designated Office oft the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer), hear tips on data protection and discuss your questions with our speakers.

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, President of the TU Braunschweig
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk, Full-time Vice President for Digital Transformation and Sustainability
• Anouk Almstedt, Diversity Policies Officer, Strategic University Development Unit
• Dr. Christian Böttger, Head of Staff Unit Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• Dr. Phillip Hahn, Head of Staff Unit Strategic University Development
• Sira Möller, Coordinator Green Office, Project House
• Dr. Jeremias Othman, Managing Director Haus der Wissenschaft
• Jan-Marc Pilawa, Head of the Gauss IT Center
• Stephan Rehfeld, Data Protection Officer TU Braunschweig
• Heinrich Schwabecher, Head of International House
• Theresa Wegner, Consultant for Strategic Process Coordination, Strategic University Development Unit
• Ulrike Wrobel, Head of Equal Opportunities Office, Central Equal Opportunities Officer

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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. The Research Funding Network will offer you its experience in an advisory capacity and the University Library will inform you about further services for researchers in the areas of research data management, (open access) publishing and bibliometrics

Speakers

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Hecker, Vice President for Research
• Andreas Hebbelmann, Head of the Designated Office of Research Services
• Dr. Inga Schepers, National Research Funding, Designated Office of Research Services
• Dr. Dominik Baumgarten, Officer Recruitung & Early Career Stage, Designated Office of Research Services
• Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke, Spokesman for the Research Funding Network, Institute for Information Systems
• Robert Strötgen, Senior Library Director, University Library

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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 University Construction
• Bernt Erlewein, Head of Division 1 - Human Resources, Law and Studies
• Anne Fritz, Head of Department 12 - Human Resources
• Axel Patzwaldt, Team Leader for Professors and Civil Servants, Department 12 - Human Resources
• Dr. Martin Bollmeier, Head of the Occupational Safety Unit
• Anke Formaniak and Dr. Anne Fleige, Heads of Central Human Resources Development
• Dr. Ina von Zelewski, Occupational Health Management, Central Human Resources Development

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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:

• Anne Fritz, Head of Department 12 - Human Resources
• Yijun Li, Research Assistant, Institute of Psychology; Decentralised Equal Opportunities Officer in Faculty 2, TU Braunschweig
• Thomas Kronschläger, Research Assistant, Institute of German Studies; Commission for Gender Equality at TU Braunschweig

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Vice President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kwade 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.

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Kwade, Vice President for Transfer and Innovation
• Prof. Dr. Reza Asghari, Head of Entrepreneurship Hub
• Dr. Saskia Frank, Head of the Knowledge Transfer Team, Transfer Service
• Henning Karsten, Head of Team Relationship Management, Transfer Service
• Jörg Saathoff, Head of Technology Transfer, Transfer Service
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Block, Chairman of the Board of Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund e.V.
• Christian Köcher, Managing Director Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund e.V.
• Eduard Klein, Managing Director of the innovation company iTUBS

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

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

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Collegial dialogue on the topic of leadership exclusively for professors.

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

In the personal kick-off meeting, we will inform you as a newly appointed professor about the exclusive welcome offer and other offers in the field of university and media didactics as well as the further development of leadership and personal skills. We will contact you to arrange an appointment, but of course you can also contact us at any time.

Junior and tenure-track professors want to talk to successful and established professors - we invite you. Ask me anything: Together with a group of interested junior and tenure-track professors, you can talk online for an hour with your preferred professor about the academic or science management topics that concern you. It's time for the question you've always wanted to ask.

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. (AE 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 AE)

Trainer:  Nikolai Radke, Actor und Speech Trainer

The mandatory welcome offer of the Prof. program is constantly aligned with the developments at TU Braunschweig and the needs of the professors and currently consists of six modules and three hands-on events.

Participation in higher education didactics courses offered by the Competence Centre for Higher Education Didactics for Lower Saxony (KHN) or the TU Braunschweig Project House is recognized as continuing education within the meaning of the appointment target agreements. Your participation will be recognized in work units (1 AE corresponds to 45 minutes).

Participation in the events offered by the Science and Leadership Forum is recognized as leadership-related further training in line with your appointment target agreements. By combining events in the Science and Leadership Forum with thematically appropriate coaching sessions, you can combine the formats according to your interests and priorities. Your participation will be recognized in work units (1 AE corresponds to 45 minutes).