22 January 2026

The UD[L]ehre project: More Universal Design for Learning in Teaching aims to support students with their diverse learning needs.

Diversity is currently a topic of widespread social discussion. The conversation often centers on characteristics such as age, gender, sexual orientation, background, ethnicity, and religion. In contrast, diverse teaching and learning needs and preferences, as well as barrier-free access to materials for people with various disabilities, have not been a major topic of discussion at universities until now.

However, surveys show that the need for individualized teaching approaches is growing, whether for students with neurodiversity, those from immigrant backgrounds, international students, or students with disabilities. The “Universal Learning Design” (UDL) project now aims to ensure that students with very different learning styles and patterns of perception find effective and suitable approaches, stimuli, and materials in university teaching. To this end, faculty members are to be encouraged, trained, and supported with resources to adapt their own teaching to UDL principles.

Our Commitment

Two faculty members from our School are already participating in this project: E-learning Coordinator Dr. Anja Günther is redesigning her soft skills courses, while Prof. Dr. Dorothea Alewell is redesigning her bachelor’s-level lecture on Workforce Planning (Winter Semester 2025/2026) and her master’s-level lecture on “Management of Labor Relations” (Summer Semester 2026) in accordance with UDL principles. The UDL project is funding two student assistants, Anett Hahn and Sofya Danielyan, who are supporting the redesign of the courses with great enthusiasm, time, and expertise—as well as their student perspective.

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