Truancy, i.e. all common forms of unauthorised, unlawful absence from school, is as old as the introduction of compulsory education in 1919.…
What to do when children don't go to school?

After prominent lecturers in the last two years, the Wuppertal "Poetry Lectureship for Factual Storytelling", which is unique in the German-speaking…
Poetry lectureship at Wuppertal University welcomes Jan Philipp Reemtsma to the Bergisch region

How does urban greening help protect the climate? In order to be able to make reliable statements about this, scientists at the University of…
Researchers test new sensor technology to assess urban green spaces

Yesterday saw the second round of the Campus Summer Festival after last year's successful premiere: "By students for students" was the motto again!
Impressions of the Campus Summer Festival 2024

A new board of the Friends and Alumni of the University of Wuppertal (FABU) was elected at the general meeting on 11 June. Johannes Slawig and…
New board at the University of Wuppertal's alumni association FABU

Manfred Hucke has worked for industrial companies in Canada and Germany as well as giving lectures and seminars at universities here and overseas.…
Retired doctorate: Manfred Hucke appointed doctoral engineer

"I see a great danger in the tendency to view scientific facts as just another opinion," says psychologist Kevin Winter. His research focusses on…
What to do with extreme attitudes, Mr Winter?

This week, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) invited visitors to the "Woche der Umwelt"…
Living Lab NRW at the Week of the Environment in Berlin

Only around 20 per cent of start-ups in Germany are founded by women. This means that female founders are still severely underrepresented. The…
More women for the start-up scene: Invitation to the Female Founders SUMMIT 2024

From 24 to 28 June, the University of Wuppertal is hosting the Summer University. Under the motto "A week of study on trial for young women in science…
SommerUni 2024: Registration now open!