All News of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

A new ethnographic study funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection provides valuable insights into the impact of prison architecture on the lives of inmates and staff. Conducted by a research team from the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, the study provides…

In the 2024/25 funding period, Germany Scholarships were awarded to 29 outstanding students from a large number of applicants. The students receive 300 euros per month for one year. Since the start of the programme, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, in cooperation with numerous partners and…

Hadi Daaboul, a Master's student at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, is one of the "100 Heads of Science 2024" - an award presented by the science editors of Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten to individuals with special…

On the occasion of her appointment as Professor of Inclusive Work with People with Disabilities and Diversity at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences, Prof. Dr Franziska Geib will give her inaugural lecture on 4 November 2024 entitled "What understanding of inclusion does social work…

At the symposium "#FormingSociety in the Digital Age", academics and practitioners discussed topics relating to digitalisation in social work and related professions and disciplines.

In 2004, the first childhood education degree programmes were created, including the degree programme in Early Childhood Education at the Department of Social Sciences and Education. The conference, which was organised by the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, was intended to take stock…

Accessibility at universities is of central importance in order to provide all students, staff and visitors with equal access to the campus and to education. This starts with good orientation on campus.

85 years after the beginning of the Second World War, on the occasion of Anti-War Day on the 1st of September 2024, the Interreligious Forum Potsdam and the Ecumenical Preparatory Committee invited people to the Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam for the opening of the Intercultural Weeks 2024. The…

Call for Participation! Planned Job Shadowing by Alumnae/Alumni for Students shows Career Prospects at close Quarters.

With the publication of the new education plan "The extended principles of elementary education" by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MBJS), Brandenburg is sending a strong signal in favour of child-oriented and scientifically based early childhood education. The education plan was…

Prof. Dr Franziska Geib, born in 1987 in Alfeld an der Leine in Lower Saxony, has been a professor in the Department of Social and Educational Sciences since 1 April 2024. She is Professor of Inclusive Work with People with Disabilities and Diversity and the Anti-Discrimination Officer at Potsdam…

On 4th of July 2024, the symposium "Addiction self-help in open men's and women's prisons" took place at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. The occasion was the publication of a qualitative study on addiction self-help in open prisons, which was carried out at the University of Applied…