Podcast
How to Hochschule
Welcome to our i² podcast How to Hochschule!
This podcast invites you to delve deeply into the lives and work of our diverse international HSRW community. Each month, a specific theme will guide us as we seek out inspiring stories and people springing from life at our institution: how to start, how to fail, how to love, how to stay, how to … . From studio interviews with experts to conversations on campus and beyond, the How to Hochschule podcast aims to bring listeners closer to the experiences of people learning, working, teaching and creating at Rhine-Waal University and the university of life in general. We want to inspire, empower and touch the lives of our listeners.
How To Hochschule is produced and presented by theatre scholar, pop festival maker and film fest organiser Stephan Hanf. The Podcast is part of the i² project, an internationalisation project initiated by the Executive Board, run by the Centre for Internationalisation and Languages and funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Episodes are released at the end of each month from Januar 2023 on your favourite podcast platform.
Contact us:
Feel free to let us know what you think: podcast@hochschule-rhein-waal.de
We are looking forward to hearing about your questions and suggestions and how you liked the episode.
N E W S:
Read about Hari's first podcast experiences in the Catcher on the Rhine: How to Podcast
How to Hochschule - Episodes
This way to the Spin-off How to Hochschule VOICES
Episode 1 - How to Start
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Our first episode explores what it means to make a start: |
Podcast #1 – How to Start |
Show Notes:
Nele Decker is both a German student at Hochschule Rhein-Waal and the coordinator of the Welcome Centre as part of the Student Advisory Service. Nele’s main task is to help international students with their transition to life and studies at our institution. Organising the Freshers Week, which takes place at the start of every winter semester, is also part of her work.
Related links: Welcome Centre, Student Advisory Service, Freshers' Week
Dr Zunera Rana completed her Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance at the Lahore School of Economics in Pakistan. She then moved to Germany to pursue her Master’s degree in the same field. Now she is a research assistant in macroeconomics and public finance at the Hochschule. She holds a PhD in Development Economics with a focus on aid effectiveness and fungibility from Radboud University, the Netherlands.
Related links: Dr Zunera Rana
Dr Joost Kleuters started his academic career in the Netherlands and is now the head of the Centre for Internationalisation and Languages. As a member of HSRW from the very beginning, his work has always been related to the advancement of internationalisation at our institution. Dr Kleuters shares his insights and experiences in this field.
Related links: The Centre for Internationalisation and Languages
Norman Körber is a first year student from Germany studying Sustainable Tourism at HSRW. As a new student who grew up locally Norman shares his unique perspective and experience of starting at our international university.
Related links: Sustainable Tourism, Degree Programmes
Episode 2 - How to German
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In the second episode, we explore a very important |
Podcast #2 – How to German |
Show Notes:
Hariharan Arevalagam is a student of Science Communication & Bionics at Hochschule Rhein-Waal. He is not only the main guest of this episode, but also co-produced the episode by helping with conducting interviews as well as post-production.
Related links: How to Hochschule Podcast, Science Communication & Bionics
Carlos Eduardo Cabral Holguin was in his second semester of Mechatronics Systems Engineering at the time of recording. As an international student with an international background, he was able to share some relatable experiences about living in Germany and using the German language.
Related links: Faculty of Technology & Bionics, Degree Programmes, Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Carla Bongers is a German teacher at Hochschule Rhein-Waal. A native of the lower Rhine region, Ms Bongers has years of valuable experience in teaching the German language to international students and offers great advice to German learners.
Related links: Languages Department
Benedikt Brömling is a treasurer of the Schützenbruderschaft St. Josef Haldern. As a longtime member of this traditional German nightwatch brotherhood, he shared some insights about the annual folk festival and how it is closely tied to its local village community. Benedikt highlights how these traditions are not only annual events where people have a good time, but they also make up a big part of their members' identities, who also happen to be very open to "outsiders" joining them.
Related links: Schützenbruderschaft St. Josef Haldern
Brett Ellis is the deputy head of the language department at Hochschule Rhein-Waal. Originally from the United States of America, Brett is a great example of someone from a different country making Germany their home - and becoming fluent in German while their at it. Brett talks about his language learning journey and the importance of culture in language learning.
Related links: Languages Department, Centre for Internationalisation and Languages
Episode 3 - How to Study
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The theme of this episode is a crucial one for any student: In this episode, we delve into the topic of 'How to Study' We also examine the difficulties that studens often face |
Podcast #3 – How to Study |
Show Notes:
Verena Schürmann started her studies in psychology at HSRW and is now a research assistant who provides support in the study programmes Work & Organisational Psychology and International Management & Psychology. Verena is also a researcher and is currently doing her PhD focusing on collaboration.
Related links: About Verena Schürman (in German)
Sophie-Marie Clemens and Larissa-Tabea Bettray are both students of psychology, specialising in industrial and organisational psychology. Their programme is part of the Communication and Environment faculty that is based in HSRW's Kamp-Lintfort campus.
Related links: Psychology, Specialization: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, B.Sc.
Ali Ayan and Anirudh Madhusudhan are both higher semester students of Mechatronic Systems Engineering and are tutors at HSRW's Welcome Centre.
Related links: Welcome Centre, Ali's bio, Anirudh's bio, Faculty of Technology and Bionics
Professor Alexander Struck is a professor of Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Technology and Bionics. He is very popular among the students of his faculty and is also the professor in charge of HSRW's Astronomy Club.
Related links: Faculty of Technology and Bionics, HSRW Astronomy Club
Professor Jörg Petri is a professor of Media Production in the Faculty of Communication and Environment at HSRW. In 2019 he was elected Vice-President for Studies, Teaching and Continuing Academic Education.
Related links: Prof. Dr. Petri's bio
Anežka Konvalinová is the Departmental Coordinator for International Exchanges and Internships at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. She is also part of the administrative group of the VERSATILE project - a project that develops, tests, and evaluates methods for running a collaborative online semester abroad. Both Masaryk University and HSRW are partner universities in this project which is co-funded by Erasmus+.
Related links: Masaryk University Faculty of Social Studies, VERSATILE Project
Simon Park and Alexander Hermsen are students of International and Business Management. They both took part in the VERSATILE project for an online exchange semester. They share their experiences of their virtual semester abroad and the challenges they faced when working collaboratively.
Related links: International Business and Management, B.A.
Episode 4 - How to Find a Home
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The theme of this How to Hoschule episode may be the We tackle the challenges often encountered by students Whether you're a new student navigating the German |
Podcast #4 – How to Find a Home |
Show Notes:
Shashwat Singh Chandel is an engineering student at Hochschule Rhein-Waal who originally comes from India. Throughout his time in Kleve, he has moved houses a few times and in this episode, he shares some of his misadventures during his early weeks in Germany where he faced some challenges .
Related links: Industrial Engineering
Anna Maria Rivas Sandoval comes from Colombia and studies Gender and Diversity at HSRW. She is also employed by the university's Welcome Centre where she supports students that struggle with student life. In this episode, she talks to us about blacklisted landlords who all students should look out for.
Related links: Welcome Centre, Housing, Gender and Diversity
Ibrahim Bageya, originally from Uganda, is a student of International Taxation & Law at HSRW. He is also a student assistant who supports both his own degree programme as well as International Business & Management. Ibrahim tells us about his experience navigating life in a small German town and being perceived as an outsider but learning to adapt and thrive throughout the journey.
Related links: International Taxation & Law
How to Hochschule VOICES - Spin-off
In this new spin-off series from the How to Hochschule team, you can listen to full-length interviews and stand-alone stories as a mid-monthly bonus feature to the main podcast. HtH VOICES will also feature a collection of interviews in German with the people of HSRW, and the people of Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort!
Bonus Feature 1
This episode of HtH VOICES is entirely in German. The English transcript is available on our How to Hochschule blog.
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In our first feature of HtH VOICES, Norman Körber, |
Podcast #2.1 – HtH VOICES |
Show Notes:
Norman Körber is a first year student from Germany studying Sustainable Tourism at HSRW. As a new student who grew up locally Norman shares his unique perspective and experience of starting at our international university.
Related links: Sustainable Tourism, Degree Programmes
Claudio Abels is the very first graduate of HSRW. In 2012, he obtained his engineering Master's degree in Bionics, M.Sc. After moving to Italy, he worked on his PhD in the field of microsystems engineering and even invented an artificial lateral line sensor (Find out more by listening in on the feature). HSRW was then fortunate to win Claudio Abels back as a scientific researcher. Claudio Abels has since joined the StartGlocal team where he shares his experience as an entrepreneur and inventor by helping students develop their own ideas and prototypes.
Related links: Bionics M.Sc., StartGlocal
Bonus Feature 2
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In our second installment of How to Hochschule VOICES, |
Podcast #2.2 – HtH VOICES |
Show Notes:
Hariharan Arevalagam is a student of Science Communication & Bionics at Hochschule Rhein-Waal. He is the host of this episode and conducted the interview with Brett.
Related links: How to Hochschule Podcast, Science Communication & Bionics
Brett Ellis is the deputy head of the language department at Hochschule Rhein-Waal. Originally from the United States of America, Brett is a great example of someone from a different country making Germany their home - and becoming fluent in German while their at it. Brett talks about his language learning journey and the importance of culture in language learning.
Related links: Languages Department, Centre for Internationalisation and Languages
Bonus Feature 3
This episode of VOICES is entirely in German. The English transcript is available on our How to Hochschule blog.
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This time How to Hochschule VOICES takes us into the |
Podcast #2.3 – HtH VOICES |
Show Notes:
Daniela Polensky is studying International Relations at HSRW and lives next to her neighbour Wolfgang in a six-person WG in Kleve Kellen.
Related links: Degree Programmes, International Relations, B.A., City of Kleve