In this interview, Ariane Derks explains the visions and goals she associates with her tasks at the Lusatia Science Park.

Since March 2023, Ariane Derks has been the managing director of the "Lusatia Science Park" (LSP) project. In her position, she is responsible for setting up an operating company for the technology and innovation park, which is being created as one of the outstanding structural development projects under the auspices of the BTU in Cottbus.

The Center Efficient Factory of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will show on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Senftenberg how digitalization can also be realized in small and medium-sized enterprises.

IÖW and BTU scientist Prof. Bernd Hirschl has handed over the expert report on the Brandenburg Climate Plan to Climate Protection Minister Axel Vogel. The almost 500-page report contains recommendations for a Brandenburg climate protection strategy and proposed measures for the state's climate plan.

To promote new cooperations as well as to deepen existing cooperations within the European higher education area, the International Relations Office offers initiation trips for BTU members (university teachers and academic staff) to existing or potential new partner universities.

The BTU has explicitly set itself the goal of further increasing the proportion of women in the entire field of science. Equality of all genders, equal opportunities and family orientation therefore form important cross-sectional tasks and basic principles at our university.

The motto of the 33rd Brandenburg Women's Week is "Not with us!" and calls for opposing discrimination, increasing the visibility of women in all areas of life and celebrating their diversity.

Comprehensive information about dual study opportunities is available to prospective students at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Participation is possible both in presence and online.

On February 22, 2023, Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, presented Referenzkraftwerk Lausitz GmbH (RefLau) and the research consortium consisting of the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and TU Dresden at the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park with a notice of grant of 28.5 million euros.

The EUNICE universities, which include BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, have developed a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) that covers a variety of topics from a global perspective. Until May 31, anyone and everyone interested can participate via the EUNICE website; for some BTU degree programs, the course can be selected as an elective module.