Regarding the Taiban's decision to ban women in Afghanistan from accessing higher education, HRK President Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt said today: „The German Rectors' Conference strongly condemns the...
Read moreHRK President Peter-André Alt commented on the press release from the Federal Statistical Office on current student numbers. "Despite unfavourable general conditions, German universities have...
Read moreThe HRK notes with great concern that progress in the appropriate consideration of women at academic career levels is still too slow, despite numerous funding measures and initiatives. The 26th report...
Read moreThe current price increases for natural gas, district heating and electricity continue to pose enormous challenges for German universities, despite ambitious energy-saving measures of their own and...
Read moreAt its meeting, the General Assembly of the HRK expressed its dismay at the continued state violence in Iran against peacefully protesting citizens, including many students and academics. The assembly...
Read moreHRK President Peter-André Alt commented on the decisions of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), in particular on the Future Contract for Strengthening Studying and Teaching in Higher Education and on...
Read moreOn the occasion of the international conference of the G7 and the EU Commission on the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine, the rectors' conferences of France (France Universités),...
Read moreWhich methods can be used to evaluate and appreciate the quality and impact of research achievements? And what criteria should be used as a basis for assessing scientific research? These questions...
Read moreAs part of its project "MODUS – Enhancing student mobility across educational boundaries through recognition", the HRK has launched a new website for students and prospective students that provides...
Read moreIn view of the escalating situation in Iran and the obvious repression of students and academics by the state at numerous Iranian universities, the Senate of the HRK expressed its shock and concern at...
Read moreOn 1 September 2022, the HRK will launch the "Diversity at German Universities" initiative funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of the initiative is to support...
Read moreThe Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany now has its own website. The recently launched website www.allianz-der-Wissenschaftsorganisationen.de clusters all the information on the Alliance and...
Read moreThe HRK and the German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) are appealing to the federal government and the federal states to ensure that university operations and social services offered by...
Read moreAnja Steinbeck, Rector of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, will remain spokesperson for the Universities Member Group of the HRK and in this capacity also Vice-President of the HRK. In the...
Read morePeter-André Alt will relinquish his office as President of the HRK on 31 March 2023 and thus before the regular end of his second term of office. From 1 April 2023, Alt will be responsible for the...
Read moreAt its closed meeting in Berlin, the Universities Member Group of the HRK adopted proposals for the further development of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (WissZeitVG) and called for...
Read moreWhat will change and what will remain the same after almost four semesters of online-based distance learning at German universities? More than 200 students, teachers and employees of higher education...
Read moreThis year, several German universities will make their premises and infrastructure available to refugees from Ukraine who are interested in studying in order to conduct standardised examinations for...
Read moreThe budget proposals debated today in the German Bundestag (federal parliament) clearly show that the governing coalition parties are willing to strengthen universities and academia despite the...
Read moreHRK-President Peter-André Alt has commented on the results published today of the evaluation of the effects of the 2015/2016 amendment to the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act...
Read moreAt its meeting in Leipzig yesterday, the General Assembly of the HRK approved the admission of Gera-Eisenach University of Cooperative Education (DHGE) to the HRK. This means that the HRK currently...
Read moreBefore the second reading of the 2022 federal budget, the General Assembly of the HRK expressed concern that the annual increase in funding for the "Zukunftsvertrag Studium und Lehre stärken" (Future...
Read moreCompetences acquired at work, at university or in other contexts should be recognised as easily as possible when changing subjects or universities and between studies and the world of work. This is...
Read moreThe German universities united in the HRK declared their full solidarity with Ukrainian universities at its General Assembly. They assured refugee students and academics from Ukraine who are seeking...
Read moreThe General Assembly of the HRK once again called on the Iranian leadership to revoke the death sentence against Swedish-Iranian scientist Dr Ahmadreza Djalali and to release him from prison...
Read moreThe Annual Assembly of the HRK began in Leipzig. HRK President Prof. Dr Peter-André Alt welcomed the around 240 guests to the Paulinum at Leipzig University and warmly thanked both the University and...
Read moreThe HRK member group Universities of Applied Sciences has elected Prof. Dr Jörg Bagdahn, President of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, as its new spokesperson. His term of office begins on 1...
Read moreAfter four semesters impacted by Covid-19, in which studying and teaching had to take place predominantly in digital form, the Senate of the HRK welcomed the prospect of being able to hold classes...
Read moreThe members of the Senate of the HRK have expressed extreme concern about the current situation in Ukraine and the effects of the war on universities there and on students and researchers in the...
Read moreThe Senate of the HRK adopted recommendations on digitalisation in teacher education. They include guidance for studies in individual academic disciplines, didactics and educational sciences, as well...
Read moreThe DAAD and the HRK appeal to the Federal Government: a support programme for German universities to accept and support Ukrainian students and researchers must be launched now. "Three weeks after the...
Read moreIn view of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Presidents of the HRK and the DAAD, Peter-André Alt and Joybrato Mukherjee, appealed to the members of German universities to stand up together for...
Read moreThe Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany has issued a statement condemning the Russian attack on Ukraine and expressing solidarity with its Ukrainian partners. The organisations are determined...
Read moreIn a statement, HRK-President Peter-André Alt has strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This is a deeply distressing day. Our solidarity goes out to the people of Ukraine and especially...
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