SoWi?So! supports students both directly through concrete offers to students and indirectly through the support of teaching staff and study offices. On these pages you will find our offers for lecturers who want to get involved, educated or network in (international) university teaching, develop their skills or network. Special target groups also include new teaching staff and visiting scholars who are looking for contact with students or would like to offer entire courses (e.g. as part of a staff exchange).
Certificate for international teaching skills
Taught in English – Certificate for International Teaching Skills is a program of the faculty in which international teaching and lecturing skills can be acquired and proven.
Are you interested in the certificate? Then write to us: sowiso@uni-mainz.de
CRiSS- Lecture series on research at the faculty
CRiSS (Contemporary Research in Social Sciences) is a recurring lecture series of Faculty 02 and takes place in the summer semester. Members and international guests from all institutes present their current research projects. The lectures are held in English. Read more
Are you interested in a CRiSS presentation? Then write to us: sowiso@uni-mainz.de
Space for international teaching
Courses that are not anchored in the curriculum can be offered at departmental level. The courses are aimed at all students in the faculty or, depending on the wishes of the teaching staff, at all JGU students. It is up to the institutes of the faculty whether they wish to recognize individual courses as curricular credits.
There is room for events here
- visiting scholars (e.g. as part of a staff exchange)
- external doctoral candidates who would like to gain experience in teaching internationally (paid teaching contract possible in principle)
- for innovative teaching projects (e.g. international teaching cooperations) that cannot (yet) be anchored in the regular study regulations of a subject
To get an impression of what we offer, you can find an overview of past seminars and lectures here. More info
Materials for your teaching and advising
Our study guides offer lecturers support in advising students and teaching the basics of academic work. You are welcome to forward the guides, link them, integrate them into your course or use them as a template for your own materials.
- Guidelines “Term papers”
- Guidelines “Presenting appropriately”
- Guidelines “Structured through the program of study”
- Guidelines “Topic identification”
- Research proposal” guidelines
Guidelines in English can be found here. We also welcome feedback and suggestions for improving our guidelines. If you see a need, you are welcome to draw students’ attention to our full range of support services.
Doctoral candidate representation of the JGU
The DoV is a substitute elected by the doctoral candidates of all faculties, passing 21 members. As an official body of Mainz University, they have a say in various bodies, in particular the (University) Senate, various Senate Committees and the faculty councils. They advocate for the interests and needs of doctoral candidates and work closely with the Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers (GYR). As DoV, they accompany some projects within the university and critically examine them. Read more
