AT JGU Scotland HUB we have a long and successful history or creating networking events.

We can rely on a wide network of academic, personal and institutional copntacts with a broad number of Scottish partners. In the past, we have also successfully managed projects and events in cooperation with the Rheinland-Pfalz ministry of Education and the German Foreign Office.

For the GET-Together events, sponsored by the German Foreign Office, we have created networking events for all Scottish and German stake-holders involved in the teaching of German in Scotland.

The Reading Scotland series is the blueprint for our plan to create a virtual community with a focus on Scotland for all involved in the teaching of English in Rheinland-Pfalz and beyond.

Furthermore, we have well-established connections to the JGU’s Centre for Continuing Academic Education (ZWW) with whom we have worked together in the past to institute successful teacher trainings.

The JGU Scotland HUB supports all things Scottish in Rheinland-Pfalz and beyond, from whisky tasting to ceilidhs, from book or song to festivals to readings or political debates.

Among many Scotland related events at the JGU Scotland HUB throughout the year, we have three cultural annual highlights:

• Burns Night in January
• Scot-t Fest in June
• St. Andrew’s Day in November

The JGU Scotland HUB is the central point of contact for students wishing to spend time abroad in Scotland and Ireland. Due to our partnerships with the University of Glasgow and the University of Limerick we are able to organise short term student mobility to these countries.

These stays include exciting opportunities such as the participation in our programmes:

• Global Outreach Projects
• LPlus
• GET Across Boarders
• and many more
  

Each year we provide slots at the University of Glasgow to M.A. students wishig to write their thesis or dissertation within the field of Scottish Studies.

In addition, there is one slot at the University of Limerick for students studying theater to gain hands-on experience in directing the annual play while also teaching German language courses at university level.

An integral part of our GET Across Borders, Global Outreach and LPlus programme is the premise of intercultural learning.

The primary goal is to train future teachers to become cosmopolitan, enlightened, and tolerant citizens. Only by equipping the next generation of highly qualified young teachers with the necessary intercultural competencies and skills, we will ensure that the challenges of the globalised classroom can be addressed.

Education for global citizenship involves awareness raising, knowledge and activities which aim to equip all participants with the skills and understanding to take responsibility, value diversity and play an active part in European democratic life today.

Another vital part of the activities and programmes we host and organise at the JGU Scotland HUB is our contribution to the internationalisation of teacher training – both within within the university context and beyond.

To this end, we have created our project Teaching Scotland. Its goal is to connect education professionals with different levels of experience and knowledge to establish a new community. The outcome is a virtual space to share experiences, lesson plans and concrete exercises for teaching topic related to Scotland’s culture.

This community boosts the importance of education as part of the partnership in education, culture, higher education and research between Rheinland-Pfalz and Scotland.