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Start-up advising

The start-up advisory service at the SFT of the University of Würzburg supports students, scientists and alumni of JMU on their way to entrepreneurial independence. This is the right place to go for competent advice on drawing up business plans, applying for funding, building up start-up skills and much more.

We also raise awareness of "start-up personalities" in our counselling sessions / potential analyses and jointly organise the Social Innovator Challenge.

Contact: Tanja Golly

Further information on SFT website.

Founded in 1985 and formally constituted with a charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of 37 traditional European multidisciplinary universities of high international standards. As the oldest University in Bavaria , the University of Würzburg has been a founding member of the Coimbra Group since 1985, and is the only Bavarian member of the Coimbra Group.

The Coimbra Group acts as one of the most influential lobby groups at European level in the fields of science and higher education. It strives to create special academic and cultural ties in order to promote internationalisation, academic cooperation, excellence in teaching and research and service to society for the benefit of its members.  Particularly valuable is the mutual exchange of experience, which often contributes to the development or further development of good practice in all areas of university activity. The group also aims to influence European education policy and develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.

The JMU takes part in projects and events and is active with representatives in the 12 working groups of the Coimbra Group. These are: Life Sciences, Research Support Officers, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Social Sciences & Humanities, Academic Exchange and Mobility, Doctoral Studies, Education Innovation, Employability, Development Cooperation, Heritage, Latin America and Equality and Diversity. Career Centre Director Dr Annette Retsch has represented JMU in the Coimbra Group since 2018 and has served as Vice-Chair of the Employability Working Group since 2022.

www.coimbra-group.eu

You are also welcome to read the further development of the report, on which we also collaborated:Universities' response to the Covid-19 crisis: What have we learnt so far? Key messages and recomendations from Coimbra Group Universities

This provides an overview of the strategies that have been applied at the universities of the Coimbra Group since the beginning of the pandemic and contains suggestions for improvement and recommendations for policy makers and the higher education and research community from a European perspective. The following dimensions were considered: Teaching and learning; Internationalisation strategies and mobility; Development cooperation; Doctoral studies; Research; Career services and employability; University cultural heritage; Equality, diversity and inclusion.

In our Career Centre team, Dr Annette Retsch is delegate of the Coimbra Working Group "Employability" and Sabine Mewis is delegate of the Working Group "Education Innovation". The aim is to strengthen the personal development of students in order to prepare them for the rapidly changing labour market and social issues.

The University of Würzburg is the oldest university in Bavaria and the only Bavarian member of the Coimbra Group. JMU takes part in projects and events and is active with representatives in the 12 working groups of the Coimbra Group. The activities are coordinated by the International Relations Office. JMU's Coimbra Group representative and contact person is Florian Evenbye.

The mentoring programme gives students, doctoral candidates and young graduates the opportunity to benefit from the experience of working JMU alumni who volunteer as mentors.

www.uni-wuerzburg.de/alumni

The Career Service Network Germany (csnd) was founded in 2003 by existing Career Services. The network cooperates closely with the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and today has almost 200 members. Universities as institutional members and career service employees are involved in the association for the development and expansion of vocational preparation of students.

The csnd e.V. is an umbrella organisation

• for the development and assurance of standards for the professionalization of Career Service work
• for task specific qualification of its members
• as an interface for all who are involved in the process of shaping the transition from studies to the profession
• as a contact for international partners (NACE, AGCAS, FEDORA etc.)

The field of career services is dynamic and requires a high level of expertise and qualifications. The CSND therefore offers a comprehensive further education programme that focuses on career service work. We also take part in these training courses for our students on an ongoing basis and continue our education.

At regular meetings, we also exchange ideas with other career services and discuss various topics, such as "Competently shaping the future" (annual conference 2021).

csnd.de