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I am Reinhild Schultz-Fölsing, Professor of
Structural Engineering

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in the Faculty of Architecture and International
Coordinator.

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With Staff Mobility of the Fachhochschule Dortmund

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I went to Tallinn, Estonia, Denver in the USA,

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Pécs, Hungary, and Namibia and South Africa.
I am Anne Krainz,

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I am a research associate, also in the Faculty
of Architecture,

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and I participated in Staff Mobility in Tallinn,
Estonia.

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My motivation and expectations  for Staff Mobility
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to deepen the contacts with our  partner universities

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and to get to know the contact persons personally.

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Yes, I believe the personal contact  was

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one of the greatest motivations for me, especially

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in advising students who might  want to go
abroad,

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to know the places and the people,

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so I can provide better assistance,  having
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first-hand. I was on a Staff Exchange

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with Erasmus in Tallinn at our partner university,

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and it was an international week, and I believe
the highlight was indeed

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meeting so many people from other partners

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and also seeing Tallinn, which was

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really beautiful, seeing the university, seeing

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how they teach there.  I think that was actually

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the highlight. Yes, I was also in Tallinn,

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so it was indeed a highlight for me too,  because
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met other partners. Another highlight was a
program in Pécs, Hungary,

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where a partner university from Croatia was
also involved,

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and it was a lot of fun to supervise students

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from three countries and also to meet  with
lecturers

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from three countries. I would definitely recommend
the Staff Mobility program

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because you get to know the universities

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and partners more  intensively.

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You learn how they work,  what they do,

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what programs they have. Otherwise,  you can
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look at their websites or read through  the
curricula

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and maybe see how you fit together.

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But it is, of course, different when you  speak
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with colleagues on-site and  maybe even

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discuss specific projects.  Yes, I would also

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definitely recommend it. Besides the exchange

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and getting to know people personally,  I find
it very important

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to get out, do something different,  see something
different,

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maybe even gain a fresh perspective on  your
own work,

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your own teaching,  and I believe

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it's simply great for that. It actually  strengthens
everything,

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intercultural competence,

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broadens your horizons, language skills,

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I think everyone can benefit from it. I believe
good preparation

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is important for Staff Mobility in any case,
checking in advance

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which program you are going with, what documents
you need to submit,

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how you need to plan it. There is always  some
bureaucracy

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in advance. But I believe if you plan it  well
beforehand,

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you can enjoy the time  on-site

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and develop further without

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having to deal with technical issues.  And
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it's always a good idea to talk to the people

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personally on-site before  you go,

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just so you know who is expecting you,  what
to expect,

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and to already have  personal contact.

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Preparation is important,  including

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financial arrangements. I would say it's  also
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to have good information about your own university
with you,

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so you can perhaps find suitable  contacts

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and then establish new contacts beyond

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the Staff Mobility program.  So it requires

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good preparation to present your  faculty well

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and the university well on-site.  We hope that

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other colleagues can also be  inspired for
Staff Mobility.