FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
National Network
Germany
Address
Kaiserstraße 12Country
GermanyCity
KarlsruheMobile Phone
+4917661503858Telephone
0049-721- 608 48933E-Mail (2)
swenja.zaremba@kit.eduE-Mail (3)
swenja.zaremba@kit.eduWebsite
Click HereYear of Establishment
1986Contact Person1
Swenja ZarembaJob Title 1
Managing DirectorContact Person 2
Christine MyglasJob Title 2
SecretaryOrganisation Type
Public InstitutionFields of Activity
Environment/Sustainable development, Youth and educationGeneral Information
As an institution affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of adult education and located at KIT's scientific unit Forum Studium Generale. Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (FORUM), the AWWK - Academy for Scientific Continuing Education Karlsruhe has been offering all citizens a diverse and interdisciplinary continuing education program since 1986.
The AWWK is legally organized by a registered association, the Gesellschaft der Akademie für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung Karlsruhe e.V., in which other Karlsruhe cultural and educational
institutions are represented in addition to KIT and the Karlsruhe University of Education.
Mission and Objectives
We offer numerous lectures, seminars, lecture series and guided tours in the fields of society and culture, nature and technology, history, religion and philosophy, music in theory and practice, art
and film, body, mind and health to broaden your personal knowledge horizon. Our program is based on the university's semester cycle and is therefore published twice a year
(March / summer semester and September / winter semester).
Main Projects / Activities
In the spirit of our numerous courses and public events, which aim to promote dialog between science and society, there are no special admission requirements for participation, such as university entrance qualifications or university studies.
How can you contribute to the Network in your country?
We can offer cooperations with academia and education in the field of "lifelong learning". It's possible that we can offer trainings or courses for ALF members.
Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
We are aiming at internationalising our programm and would like to open our courses to lifelong learners from different countries. We want to cooperate more with civil society organisations. We
are also looking for interesting partners for cooperations in the field of lifelong learning.