At cosh on-site afternoons, schoolteachers meet with university lecturers to network and discuss current issues relating to the transition from school to university. The afternoon programme usually consists of lectures and workshops on current topics, as well as tours and guided visits to collections or laboratories. Where possible, the cosh on-site afternoons take place once or twice a year at different schools or at Ulm University of Technology. Teachers of science subjects at schools, as well as university lecturers in science disciplines, are invited to attend.
If you are interested in the cosh-on-site afternoons and cosh activities, please contact us!
The cosh-vor-Ort afternoon will probably take place at the end of the summer semester, information can be found on this website or at the THU events.
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the 7th cosh On-Site Afternoon took place at Ulm University of Applied Sciences, this time under the new title “Campus Meets Classroom.” Under the theme “AI in STEM Education,” teachers from schools, colleges, and universities, representatives from the Employment Agency and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), and the cosh regional team came together. In addition to the program featuring engaging presentations, the event was designed to serve as a platform for mutual exchange.
You can find the full report here.
On Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the Robert Bosch School in Ulm and the cosh student group at the University of Tübingen (THU) hosted the 6th “cosh on-site” afternoon under the theme: Physics—New Curriculum Plans & Support Services.
Siegfried Gmeiner from the List School kicked off the event with a presentation on the new physics curriculum at vocational schools. Gmeiner outlined the various approaches and goals of the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, focusing in particular on the teaching of competencies and the core principle of the curriculum: its connection to reality. Other key points included alignment with the curriculum of general-education high schools, the use of new media, the heterogeneity of the student body, and optimizing the transition to vocational high schools. Following an informative tour of the physics collection, the well-equipped electrical engineering lab, and one of the school’s educational production lines, Anna Stöcken presented the Online Bridge Course in Physics (OBKP). Designed as an online course for reviewing and deepening understanding of various physics topics, it is available for free on the internet but can also be integrated into school-specific learning management systems such as Ilyas and Moodle. After the presentation, attendees were able to try out the course for themselves right away. The event concluded with a presentation by Kim Fujan and Manuela Boin on the WiMINT clubs. The focus was on the structure of the clubs, their content organization, and their implementation in a school setting. In addition, they shared experiences gathered from the five WiMINT clubs currently active at THU.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Robert Bosch School in Ulm for their participation, organization, and support. For further information, please contact: Ben Schwarzenbach (ben.schwarzenbach@thu.de)
Strategies for solving complex problems are useful in a wide variety of activities, but they play a particularly important role in STEM fields. Starting in 2024, the mathematics Abitur exam at vocational high schools will therefore include a problem-solving task that students can choose to complete. On June 28, 2023, 28 educators from schools and universities in the Ulm/Neu-Ulm/Biberach region gathered at the University of Ulm (THU) for the fifth “cosh on-site” afternoon, this time on the topic “Problem Solving: Challenges in Schools and Universities”. Participants exchanged ideas on how schools and universities could collaborate in developing problem-solving skills.
In a keynote presentation, Achim Boger (cosh Working Group and mathematics consultant) introduced the new question type and the rationale behind it. Johannes Som (IBL at the THU Logistics Lab) presented a project idea: Students come to the THU for an afternoon to work in several small groups on a logistics problem and find effective solutions using various strategies and resources. Teachers from THU are taking the opposite approach in the “Science in the Classroom” project, which Prof. Hubert Mantz and Prof. Kathrin Stucke-Straub presented: Here, the classroom becomes a lecture hall to inspire students about topics in the STEM fields. For both types of projects, we hope that a full portfolio of topics will be developed in the future, from which teachers can select workshops that are appropriate for their classes.
In between, during the lab tour and coffee break, there was time for informal discussions to network and perhaps even to initiate future collaborations between schools and universities in the region.
On October 4, 2021, the 4th cosh-vor-Ort afternoon took place at THU. The pandemic situation allowed for a face-to-face event with 20 people who exchanged views on the topic "Corona gaps in mathematics/physics - where are they and what can we do about them?".
You can find the second newsletter on the cosh on-site activities from March 2021 here!
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 3rd cosh on-site afternoon in July 2020 could not take place in person at the Friedrich List School as planned. Instead, a first newsletter informed all interested parties about the cosh activities in the months of March to July 2020. You can find it here. In addition, a cosh on-site webinar took place on 16.10.2020. The topic was the minimum requirements catalog for physics, which was presented by Prof. Dr. Hanno Käß (Esslingen University of Applied Sciences) and StR'in Kim Fujan (GBS Ehingen). In an online discussion, ideas for implementing MiAnKa physics in schools were then developed together with the participants.
The 2nd cosh-vor-Ort afternoon took place on February 3, 2020.
You can find the invitation to the 2nd cosh-vor-Ort afternoon here.
On July 03, 2019, the first cosh on-site afternoon took place at THU.
You can find a short report on the first cosh on-site afternoon here, as well as the invitation flyer!
