News archive 2025
December 2025
Student Projects: Call for Summer Semester 2026
The deadline for the call for student projects in Summer Semester 2026 is January 20, 2026. more...
November 2025
Conflict is a Messenger: AKS Leadership Conference 2025 in Oldenburg
Why collaboration among university language center leaders matters more than ever - read more...
October 2025
UP.START – Orientation Day: Impressions from the Writing Assistance Program
The big UP-Start Orientation Day on October 6 was a real highlight at the start of the semester! Right from the start, there was a lively atmosphere in Building 6 on Griebnitzsee Campus. more...
September 2025
Ninth Annual Conference of the European Legal English Teachers' Association (EULETA) in Lille
On September 19 and 20, 2025, the 9th Annual Conference of the European Legal English Teachers' Association (EULETA) took place at the Université Catholique de Lille. Joanna Thompson and Tom Heaven teach the UNIcert® courses “English for Law” at Zessko and attended the conference. more...
September 2025
Erasmus+ in Timisoara: „Empowering Young Leaders“
Read our colleague's report about her Staff Week in Timisoara. more...
June 2025
Student Projects: Call for Winter Semester 2025/26
Your commitment and creativity remain as vital as ever! The deadline for the call for student projects in Winter Semester 2025/26 is June 20, 2025. more...
May 2025
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility at Zessko – Reflections from an EDUC Colleague
Read the reflections from an EDUC colleague who visited and taught at Zessko in May 2025. more...
May 26, 2025
The SUNY COIL Global Network celebrates its ambassadors
Dr David James Prickett from the Centre for Languages and Key Competences (Zessko) was nominated and awarded for the first round of the ambassadors programme. more...
23 May 2025
Zessko at Campus Festival 2025
Despite the very dark clouds at the beginning of this year’s campus festival, the booth of the Writing Assistance has been visited by many interested people of all ages. The main attraction once again was the colourful wheel of fortune, which offered new questions about artificial intelligence. more...
March 6, 2025
Impressions of Writing Night on March, 6 2025
The Writing Night celebrated its debut in the winter semester 2024/25 under the motto: "Write the Night into Day! Find your Flow!" at the IKMZ in Golm. more...
2024/25 Winter Semester
Exploring Intercultural Competence via Academic Writing: A Student's Perspective on an EDUC Experience
The EDUC alliance offers students a unique opportunity to engage with international peers, broaden their perspectives, and develop key academic skills. more...
February 2025
SVB (Study Preparation Brandenburg): Impressions of an internship in Mexico
As part of the “Studienvorbereitung Brandenburg” (SVB) program, students must complete an internship of at least two weeks, which can also take place abroad. Omar Molina, for example, spent time at a school in Mexico as part of his internship last February. more...
January 2025
Report on a Student Internship
Omar S. H. completed his second student internship at the University of Potsdam from January 20 to January 30, 2025. He had already gained initial experience here in February 2024. more...
2024/25 Winter Semester
„Innenwelten“ ("Inner Wolrds") – An Audio Drama by Students of the University of Potsdam (in German)
In the block seminar “Audio Visions: Intercultural Encounters in Audio Drama” by Dr. Uta Ackermann, students in the 2024/25 Winter Semester not only explored auditory orientation through a historical range of audio dramas but also created their own short-form audio drama on the theme of intercultural understanding. more...
