{"id":43432,"date":"2020-04-04T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/?p=43432"},"modified":"2020-04-07T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:41:23","slug":"communication-on-teaching-in-the-2020-summer-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/en\/allgemein\/communication-on-teaching-in-the-2020-summer-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication on teaching in the 2020 summer semester"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the professors and instructors
at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,\u00a0
Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spread of the coronavirus and the social\ndistancing it brings with it also mean that the 2020 summer semester will take\na different course at Goethe University than originally planned. In this\ncommunication and its addendum, we would like to inform you of the most\nimportant guidelines for the summer semester. We made them in dialogue with the\nother Hessian universities, the HMWK (Hessian Ministry for Higher Education,\nResearch and the Arts) and in accordance with the KMK announcements (Standing\nConference of the Culture Ministers). We also received important tips from the\nstudy deans, who met for this purpose virtually last Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our decisions and our actions are guided by our conviction that we want to provide teaching and learning to Goethe University students to the greatest extent possible in the 2020 summer semester. The students should at least not lose an entire semester. This is dictated by our responsibility with regard to their individual life planning and also with regard to society, which is in need of graduates with degrees from our study courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though this is our goal, study and teaching will\nnot be able to be realised everywhere in the customary rhythm, to the customary\ndegree, and maybe not even immediately at the same standards we ourselves have\nset. If possible, students should not suffer disadvantages from this \u2013 and we\nare advocating for this at state and federal levels \u2013 especially regarding\nsemester count and BAF\u00f6G benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As at the other Hessian universities, the lecture period will begin on Monday, 20 April 2020<\/strong> with remote course programmes<\/strong>. In-person teaching is not possible. It is expressly permitted, and in our view absolutely recommended, to offer study and teaching in virtual form the entire semester<\/em>. We cannot currently say at what date we can again offer classroom teaching. If the assessment of the health risk changes, we will of course again open the university for classroom teaching, in an initially limited capacity if necessary. This is not to be expected before 2 June 2020. To make an orderly transition possible, we will announce this with at least four weeks\u2019 advance notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As addendum to this writing, please find the central guidelines for the 2020 summer semester and other references. These will be completed over the course of the coming week on the website and continually updated (German) (https:\/\/www.uni-frankfurt.de\/rahmen-sose2020<\/a>)<\/em>. You can also send us questions and impulses at the e-mail address we have created for this purpose: lehre-sose2020@uni-frankfurt.de<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know that the coming summer semester means\nconsiderable extra effort and additional work for everyone involved \u2013 be it the\nUniversity Computing Centre staff, library staff or examination offices, to\nname a few \u2013 but above all for you, the professors and instructors. The\nfeedback reaching us from the faculties, the dean\u2019s offices and committees is,\nhowever, encouraging. We discern a high level of creativity and readiness to take\non this joint effort. Thank you very much for this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are confident that we can carry out teaching\noperations in the upcoming 2020 summer semester \u2013 without making extensive compromises\nin quality or quantity. We will continue to discuss numerous issues and\nsolutions, we will have to allow ourselves to make some mistakes, but we will\nalso implement a number of creative ideas. It is our hope that we can manage\nthis difficult time together with the students and also learn from this\nexperience for the future of Goethe University!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With best regards, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birgitta Wolff\u00a0
Goethe University President

Roger Erb
Vice President for Study and Teaching\u00a0
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Guidelines for the 2020 summer semester <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


1. Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n