The Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences (HWG LU) stands for strong teaching in business administration, social and health care, and is also characterized by its practical orientation, research strength, and regional and international networking with institutions, partner universities, social institutions, and business enterprises. But is this enough as an answer to the ever-increasing internal and external challenges ranging from climate change and the energy crisis to demographic and socio-political developments, the shortage of skilled workers, digitalization and AI? HWG LU is now consciously addressing this question in a scientifically moderated and accompanied strategy process in cooperation with CHE Consult and Z Punkt The Foresight Company. The project for the development of a viable and sustainable target image with derived options for action and implementation recommendations started in the fall of 2022 and is now entering its second phase with the inclusion of external perspectives.
Whereas at the start of the project, internal interests and views of the university were collected in individual discussions and group workshops and classified with regard to possible future scenarios with a time horizon of 2030, the first interim results of the participatory process are now being critically reflected on by the broad-based steering committee and external perspectives are being more closely included. The steering committee is broadly based and consists of representatives of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Science, the City of Ludwigshafen, the Palatinate Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH, the students, the departments and the administration of HWG LU. Through members of the university council, the board of trustees and the alumni section, representatives from business and other public institutions are also represented. The committee makes directional decisions for the strategy development project and bundles the work results at the meta level.
The kick-off meeting of the steering committee took place on Jan. 30, 2023, at the university. "Here we presented the first interim results and discussed them intensively. In the further course of the process, options for action and concrete measures will be developed, which the steering committee will also reflect on and make recommendations in the sense of a "sparring partner." The university considers itself fortunate to be able to involve this group in the process," says university president Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller, summarizing the current status. The results of the strategy process are expected to be finalized in the summer.
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Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
Pascal Mayer
University management officer
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