YUFE Staff Journey
What is the YUFE Staff Journey and who is it aimed at?
The YUFE University Alliance offers a diverse and broad range of opportunities. The YUFE Staff Journey offers numerous opportunities for professional development for employees—from administration, technology, and professional service staff to academics:
- Employees have the opportunity to participate in events at ten different universities free of charge. Participation is flexible, and the program offerings range from compact online courses to multi-day in-person events with a stay abroad.
- Whether language courses – for example in English or Spanish – that can be completed online, or intensive continuing education programs on-site at one of the nine partner universities: the YUFE Staff Journey opens up a variety of learning and development opportunities in an international university network.
Current YUFE offers for employees of the University of Bremen
For academic support staff from administration and technology (professional service staff) and academic staff (academic staff):
Date | Course name | Language | Mode | Link | Open for |
08th September until 15th December 2025 | Beginning Spanish A1.2 Online | Spanish | online | everyone | |
08th September until 15th December 2025 | Intermediate Spanish A2.2 Online | Spanish | online | everyone | |
18th September until 20th November 2025 | Connect & Communicate Intermediate English in Academic Settings | English | online | everyone | |
18th September until 20th November 2025 | Engage & Elevate Advanced Academic Conversations (C1) | English | online | click here | everyone |
18th September until 20th November 2025 | Learn German Intermediate Virtual Language Café | German | online | everyone | |
anytime | YUFE Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity online course | English | online | everyone | |
anytime | UC3M’s MOOCs in EDX | Spanish + English | online | everyone | |
anytime | UC3M’s Open Course Ware | Spanish | online | everyone |
YUFE Staff Journey Team - Contact
Jennifer Robbert
YUFE Staff Journey Co-Lead
Unit 12: Research and Early-Career Researchers
University of Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 218-60318
E-Mail | SFG 0390
Jana Sievers
YUFE Staff Journey Co-Lead
Unit 12: Research and Early-Career Researchers
University of Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 218-60382
E-Mail | SFG 0370
Charlotte Simmat
YUFE Further training opportunities.
Unit 12: Research and Early-Career Researchers
University of Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 218-60347
E-Mail | SFG 3290
Funda Togar
YUFE Visiting program for researchers
Unit 12: Research and Early-Career Researchers
University of Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 218-60308
E-Mail | SFG 0400
Structural university developments
The YUFE Staff Journey not only offers a wide range of continuing education courses for employees, but also actively contributes to structural changes at YUFE Universities. Through multimodal and interdisciplinary approaches as well as close cooperation between the ten academic institutions, we promote the dynamic development of the university structures. An important component of our work is the development of the YUFE Staff Development Policy, which aims to support the continuous professional development of employees. This policy forms the basis for our continuing education offerings, which specifically address the needs of academic support administrative staff, lecturers and researchers and thus contributes to long-term improvements. In addition, we have developed a Staff Recruitment Policy that ensures that the recruitment of staff not only meets current requirements but is also strategically aligned with the long-term development of the universities. In this way, the YUFE Staff Journey becomes a catalyst for change that will have a lasting impact on our academic landscape and increase educational success at all levels.