InRegioFIT
When will the next workshop take place and how can I register?
The following workshops will be offered in the winter semester 2025/2026:
A: FIT at university
- FIT for scientific work I - getting started: Wed 1 Oct, 16-18 (online)
- FIT for oral exams: Thu 2 Oct, 10-15 (in-person), Tue 7 Oct, 10-12 (online), Thu 9 Oct, 10-13 (in-person)
- FIT for scientific work II - writing texts: Wed 29 Oct, 16-19 (in-person)
- FIT for lectures & exams: Mon 17 Nov, 16-18 (online), Wed 19 Nov, 16-19 (in-person), Wed 26 Nov, 16-19 (in-person)
FIT for scientific work III - revising texts: Wed 12 Oct, 16-19 (online)
B: FIT for the transition to work
- FIT for everyday life at work I - getting started: Wed 20 Oct, 16-18 (online)
- FIT for internships & starting your career: Thu 23 Oct, 16-18 (online)
- FIT for everyday life at work II - mastering everyday life: Wed 5 Nov, 16-19 (in-person)
- FIT for applications (incl. counselling): Mon 01 Dec, 16-18 (online), Wed 03 Dec 16-19 (in-person), Wed 17 Dec, 16-19 (online)
FIT for everyday professional life III - small talk & politeness: Wed 14 Jan 26, 16-19 (in-person)
If you take part in all workshops of a thematic block (e.g. all events on the topic "FIT in the transition to work"), you can receive 3 ECTS points via the Studium Generale. Registration takes place via PAUL.
If you would only like to take part in individual events, please send an e-mail to jennifer.mueller2@upb.de.
You can also find more information about the project here: https: //www.uni-paderborn.de/studium/international-office/inregio/
If you would like to be regularly informed about events, you are welcome to subscribe to the InRegioFIT mailing list: https: //lists.uni-paderborn.de/mailman/listinfo/inregiofit
What and for whom are the InRegioFIT workshops?
The workshops take a closer look at typical situations at university and practise language skills in these situations. This includes, for example, preparing for exams, oral exams or writing theses, but also organising your own everyday life as a student, dealing with AI correctly and writing applications and conducting job interviews.
The workshops are primarily aimed at international students and doctoral candidates at Paderborn University, exchange students from partner universities and German learners in DSH courses.
What will we do there?
Input from the workshop facilitators and concrete examples will provide orientation knowledge on the various topics. In individual, pair and group exercises, you will develop strategies for a successful transition to university/work environments, focussing on appropriate language use in various situations. At the same time, you will learn to correctly assess your own strengths and weaknesses and to further develop your (language) skills in a targeted manner.
The following questions, among others, will be answered in the various workshops:
- How can I effectively integrate AI into my language work at university?
- How do I craft polite emails to professors in order to receive targeted support?
- Which methods help me to avoid writer's block?
- How can I prepare well (linguistically and subject-specific) for written and oral exams?
- Can I be understood well? What can I do to make myself understood more easily?
- How do I check my term paper for comprehensibility, structure and linguistic correctness?
- How can I deal with test anxiety?
- How do I recognise what is expected of me in a job advertisment? How do I write a suitable application?
