The Week at TU Braunschweig | 10.04.2026 Our Newsletter for all Employees
Topics: New Spokesperson + Teaching the Future + Pandemic Film
Editor: Bianca Loschinsky
► Parking in trial mode
The option to register for the new parking management scheme is already proving very popular. During the trial phase, only free trial tickets can be booked. We will provide updates here regarding the exact start date of the paid phase. Please send any questions, feedback or praise to parkraumbewirtschaftung@tu-braunschweig.de.
► Office hours with the President
Anyone who has a concern or ideas, either personally or as a small group, can discuss them confidentially with President Angela Ittel during the office hours on 16 April at 10 a.m. Please register with Karen Lehmann by 14 April.
► New Co-Spokesperson for the QuantumFrontiers Cluster of Excellence
Prof. Stefanie Kroker succeeds Prof. Andreas Waag as spokesperson for TU Braunschweig. In a joint interview, they discuss the change and our university’s role in metrology.
► Inaugural lecture
Prof. Ann-Marie Nienaber, Institute for Management, will hold her inaugural lecture “Wenn alles ins Wanken gerät – Vertrauen als wichtigste Ressource” on 15 April.
► Shaping sustainability – get involved now!
With the TUmorrow Awards and the Ideas Competition: Teaching the Future!, the Green Office provides two opportunities to contribute to sustainable development at our university. The TUmorrow Awards recognise outstanding projects, final-year dissertations and community engagement, each receiving a prize of 500 euros. The Ideas Competition supports innovative teaching concepts, offering up to 2,000 euros in funding. Apply by 30 April!
► Lecture: Resilience in organisations
What does resilience mean in a work context for individuals, teams, and organisations? Which resources can be strengthened at these levels? Dr Josefa Kny will speak on this topic on 21 April. The Corporate Health Management team invites you to the online lecture, “Don’t Underestimate Crises – Organisational Resilience for a Resilient University”.
► Lecture series on Extended Realities (XR) in education
Virtual worlds, real education? Under this motto, the digital lecture series organised by the INTERXR project will continue from 21 April. Topics include 360° videos in teacher training, XR in schools, and XR for greater participation in urban planning.
► TechHeritage Workshop: Exploring Collections
Academic collections are living repositories of knowledge. The “TechHeritage” workshop on 16 April invites you to rediscover university collections, explore new ideas together and play an active role in shaping their future. Funded by the Call for Impact from the Transfer Service.
► How do we want to live together in the region in the future?
On 15 April in Wolfsburg, the Cooperation Office for Universities and Trade Unions in South-East Lower Saxony will present the findings from the future workshops, the Barcamp conference and the online survey on this question. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic, in which Prof. Susanne Robra-Bissantz will also take part.
► Visionary, entrepreneurial, female: First round of WISE*UP funding
For all women interested in starting a business: The Transfer Service’s WISE*UP programme offers personal coaching, tailored workshops and access to a strong network of female founders, mentors and experts. Applications are open until 24 April. Register for the online information session on 14 April.
► Central DAAD Call
The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) has published various funding schemes for project support: among others Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Infrastructure (Ghana) and Centre of Excellence for Application-Oriented and Responsible Artificial Intelligence (based in Kenya).
► Our darling of the week
… is a special film night. In collaboration with the Science and Art Lab, the Universum Filmtheater is screening the Swiss documentary “Blame” on 20 April, which follows scientists investigating the origins of Covid-19 who find themselves facing massive hostility. After the film, Prof. Melanie Brinkmann and Prof. Monika Taddicken will discuss science communication during the coronavirus pandemic, experiences with defamation and disinformation, and the loss of trust in scientific institutions. Get your tickets now!