U!REKA Week 2025
U!REKA Week will take place at Frankfurt UAS from 24 to 28 November. During this week, we want to bring U!REKA to life with lectures, exhibitions and workshops. Our goal: to work together on topics, get to know each other and network.
Target group: students, lecturers, researchers and staff at Frankfurt UAS and U!REKA universities.
Program highlights
- U!REKA Job Shadowing Program for staff members from our U!REKA partners
- U!REKA Guest Lectures from teachers of our U!REKA partners
- Urban Circular Hack(athon) for students on 24 and 25 November
- U!REKA Day on 26 November
In addition:
- City tour, visit to the Adlerwerke and the Frankfurt Christmas market
- Fairtrade breakfast and karaoke night
- Open workshops and exhibitions
Registration:
Please register here for the U!REKA Week events.
Please note that there are extra registration forms for:
- the English courses that are offered during the U!REKA Week
- the U!REKA Day workshops.
Programme
08:30-17:00
Students: UrbanCircularHack(athon) | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
12:30-13:30
Open U! Lunch | Cafeteria
13:30-15:30
Job shadower: Welcome event with campus tour | registration necessary
Campus visit (long, 2hrs, including labs) or campus visit (short, 30 min)
Meeting point: Building 4, empore
13:30-16:30
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Navigating Day One for Student Success" | registration necessary | Building 2, Room 326
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
09:00-17:00
Students: UrbanCircularHack(athon) | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
09:00-09:30
U!REKA Guests: Welcome by the Vice President for Research, Transfer, and Internalization, Prof. Dr. Susanne Rägle
10:30-12:00
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Challenges in the Classroom" | registration required | Building 2, Room 276
11:00-12:00
Get-Together U!REKA Student Council
12:30-13:30
Open U! Lunch | Cafeteria
13:30-15:30
Workshop for staff and students: Motivation and Resilience in study | registration necessary | Building 2, Room 303
15:30-16:30
Final presentation UrbanCircular Hack(athon) | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
16:00-18:00
Meeting U!REKA Student Council
17:00
Presentation: U!REKA Experiences - Students share their personal stories | Building 1, Café 1
18:00
Exhibition Opening: U!REKA Lab: Urban Commons | Building 1, Café 1
20:00
U!REKA Karaoke night | Building 1, Café 1
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
9:00-13:00
Keynotes:
- Interoperability, Channa van der Brug, Stifterverband / University Forum for Digitalization
- Best Practice: UNITE! Metacampus, Christian Hoppe, UNITE! / Technical University Darmstadt
10:30-11:15
U!REKA Day Gallery Walk: Coffee break and poster exhibition on U!REKA offerings | Building 10, Johannes Uthoff Hall
11:00-12:30
U!REKA Day Workshops:
- Across Europe in 75 Minutes – U!REKA World Café
- Collaborative Online Teaching in U!REKA
- Teaching Across Borders in U!REKA – In the Room, Not Just on Zoom
- Exploring Research Collaboration in U!REKA
- U!REKA Engagement Workshop
All programme items: Registration required | Building 10, Rooms 113, 125, 203, 204, 205 & 303
13:00-14:00
Open U! Lunch | Cateria
15:00
- Guided city tour through Frankfurt' new old town | Registration required
OR
- Guided tour of the historical site “Adlerwerke”, Frankfurt (factory concentration camp, 1944-1945) | Registration required
17:00
Visit to Frankfurt’s traditional Christmas market
9:00-11:00
Fair trade breakfast and keynote | Registration required
Keynote: Fairtrade and the SDGs: Shaping a Sustainable Future for the Next Generation | Judith Meder, agricultural economist and active in fairtrade for many years
9:00-12:00
Company visit: Continental AG | Registration required
10:30-12:00
UAS Council connect: Exchange between the student councils of UAS and U!SC
10:30-12:30
Lecturers: U!REKA Cooperation Workshop | Building 2, Room 114
12:30-13:30
Open U! lunch | cafeteria
13:30- 15:00
U!REKA Student Council meeting
13:30-16:30
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Fine-Tuning Your Impact in the Classroom" | Registration required | Building 2, Room 362
15:00-18:00
Visit of the KulturCampus Bockenheim (New European Bauhaus project) | Registration required
17:00
U!REKA Lecture: Prof. Sónia Bentes, Ph.D.: Hedging climate risk – The strategic role of climate bonds in sustainable finance | Building HoSt, R. 05
Lecture as part of the research seminar by the Sustainable Finance Research Lab (SuFiRe Lab) | Further information
20:00
U!REKA Closing Party | Building 8, Foyer
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
09:00-10:00
U!REKA English Café: Everyday Sustainability: Small Steps That Make a Difference | online | registrations via Email
11:00-12:00
U!REKA Week – Job Shadowing Wrap-up and Good-Bye | Building 2, room 277
12:00
Open U! lunch | cafeteria
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
Map and directions
The campus of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences is located in the north of Frankfurt at the station Nibelungenplatz (UAS) and can be reached by public transportation or by bike. Parking spaces at the institution of higher education are limited.
This map (PDF file) will present an overview of all buildings on the campus, including the barrier-free accesses and elevators.
Further information: Directions and map
