Munich Quantum Valley is working to develop competitive quantum computing in Bavaria. It enables researchers to share expertise across disciplines, provides educational opportunities for young scientists, and partners with industry to translate research into practice.
How will the future labor market look and are European education systems endowing the next generation with the skills they will need to succeed? These questions are at the heart of a new research project at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
Scientists, along with students, are developing new concepts for the use of digital media in education.
Enduring competitive pressure not only changes young people's behaviour, but also their personality: they become less prosocial. This is shown by a new study from the University of Würzburg.
Early childhood education programs neglect social skills that are important for living and working together. This is shown by a study involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Luxembourg, which examined educational policy guidelines in more than 50 countries worldwide. The importance of children's socio-economic circumstances for educational success also plays only a subordinate role in the programs.
Significant rise in research and sustainability
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Cologne have developed an AI-based learning system that recognizes strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints. This enables teachers to provide significantly more children with individualized support. - First school in Germany to use eye tracking and AI in maths lessons. - Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has enhanced the system with artificial intelligence. - System recognises pupils' individual strengths and weaknesses.
The majority of 15-year-olds in Germany know how to perform online searches, but lack confidence when it comes to assessing the quality of the information they find. They rate their skills in this regard at a lower level than the OECD average. They are also less likely to consider their teachers sufficiently competent to use digital media in the classroom. This was revealed in an analysis of the latest PISA study.
Researchers from the Africa Focus in Bayreuth will investigate the specific characteristics of vocational training in selected African countries. Together with colleagues from the UK and Canada, as well as partners from Ghana, Benin, and Côte d'Ivoire, Erdmute Alber, former Vice Dean of research in the Cluster Africa Multiple, will from 2025-2028 explore the pathways young people in Benin, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire take to acquire vocational training and the role traditional "apprenticeships" or schooling play in this process.
Children have become increasingly inactive over the past two decades, as shown by a long-term study involving 3,500 schoolchildren in Austria. Professor Dr Jan Wilke, a sports scientist at the University of Bayreuth, was involved in the project. He and his colleagues are calling for an expansion of sports activities, particularly in schools, as a way to reduce future strain on the healthcare system.
