Supported by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, a delegation of German universities traveled to Ireland at the beginning of the year to learn about the national approach to micro-credentials from Irish universities and the Irish Universities Association (IUA).

While the introduction of micro-credentials at German universities is still making slow progress, they have been established in Ireland for years. The delegation team will report on the reasons for the success and the role of the IUA and state institutions and the transferability to German universities in the next virtual hangout on April 9 at 2 pm. Registration is necessary.

Further information and the registration link can be found here: https://forms.gle/vc9nX3QzCHAkSemKA

The delegation team is made up of the following representatives:

• Thu Van Le Thi (Nuremberg Institute of Technology): Teaching and skills development, project management “Micro-Credentials for Data Analytics (MC4Data)”.
• Dr. Malte Kneifel (University of Cologne): Prorectorate for Teaching and Studies, expert for strategic university topics.
• Matthias Spiegel (Nuremberg Institute of Technology): Computer science faculty, technical expert for the implementation of MC4Data.
• Leon Weber (University of Rostock): Staff unit for university and quality development and representative of the EU university alliance EU-CONEXUS.