Professional Development Strategy 2025-2030
Foreword
Dear staff members of the University of Würzburg,
Dear colleagues,
The changes we have undergone in the past few years have led us to critically review our 2016 professional development policy and to realign it to address the challenges of the coming years. The result of this process is a professional development strategy for the 2025-2030 period.
We are a place of education, research and innovation. We help pave the way for the development of society. We are a community in which different cultures – whether national, academic, social or work-specificones – learn and work together.
Our deeply felt responsibility to society to generate Research findings and to serve as a beacon for them is expressed in our guiding principles: ‘Science for Society’ and ‘Veritati – Committed to the Truth’. These are the distinctive pillars of the mindset and of the Actions of the University of Würzburg.
The people who research, study, learn and work with us do so in an environment that sees the freedom of opinion as a guiding value and encourages them to form critical opinions about issues and to be open and tolerant of diverse opinions. They do so in an Environment that shows how the power of the argument, of rational discourse and of critical engagement can unfold in a culture that is built on lively and appreciative interaction. We see it as our educational responsibility to society to enable all members of our university to base their actions on research findings and, in particular, on fact-based ones and to develop sustainable solutions for society on this basis. As a university community, we want to be a role model for society on how to shape a meaningful and future-ready world of work in such a way that we are not only prepared for the consequences of societal change but are also able to lead the way in finding innovative solutions to Pressing global issues.
Our professional development strategy is intended to express how we will make the educational responsibility to society described above come to life. It explains the fundamental principles, goals and methods that will be used to implement our projects in the area of professional development. The strategy takes up the key ideas that have been mentioned, it highlights the skills that will need to be enhanced and outlines a learning and development framework for the professional and personal development of the people working
in our university community.
We look forward to continuing our work with you!
Dr Uwe Klug | Prof Dr Caroline Kisker |
