News from Down Under

The new partnership between the Faculty of Applied Social Studies(Opens in a new tab)  at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the University of Western Australia(Opens in a new tab)  (UWA) in Perth, Australia, is fun and enables intensive international cooperation at various levels.

Over the past few years,Prof. Dr. Nicole Tigges(Opens in a new tab)  has not only succeeded in winning a university from the so-called "Group of 8"(Opens in a new tab) , the most renowned and research-intensive universities in Australia, for a cooperation, she is also a welcome guest in the School of Health and Clinical Sciences(Opens in a new tab)  at UWA, which also includes Social Work and Social Policy.

This year, Nicole Tigges and a delegation from UWA traveled to Sydney for the annual Australia & New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research(Opens in a new tab)  (ANZSWWER) Symposium to give a total of four presentations on the topics of school social work and professional attitudes (also in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Rosenmüller(Opens in a new tab) , Simone Weis and Sandra Holzkamp from the Faculty of Applied Social Studies).

Nicole Tigges is supporting the development of a National Association of School Social Work in Australia, which is currently being formed based on the German model and is attracting international attention. She is also involved in a research project on the role of school social work and its professionalization, and next year a cooperative English-language textbook will be published with Australian and German participation, which will also be used in the teaching of the Faculty of Applied Social Studies.

Students from the Faculty of Applied Social Studies who are interested in a semester abroad in Perth, for example, can look forward to a stunning campus located directly on the Swan River, a very special animal world and a warm welcome in the spirit of the "Australian way of life".

Nicole Tigges and Beril Koetz(Opens in a new tab) , who are responsible for students in the faculty who are interested in studying abroad, are available to answer any questions.