heiSKILLS heiSPARK – Shaping Learning for Transformation

heiSPARK – Shaping Learning for Transformation is Heidelberg University’s new future-oriented strategy to strengthen innovative teaching and transformative competencies. In a world undergoing profound change, education must find new pathways—and we are committed to shaping them together.

The goal: Teaching that empowers individuals to meet complex challenges, take responsibility, and actively contribute to a sustainable future.

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heiSKILLS Collegium

Building a Community of Practice:
- Fellowship Programm
- Visiting Lecture
- Fellow General Assembly

Together4Transformation

Challenge, Innovate, Impact:
- Think Tank for the Preparation of Teaching Activities
- Summer / Winter Schools

ScaleUp2Innovate

Advancing Curricula for Lasting Impact:
- Data2Innovate
- Idea2Innovate

With support from the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre), heiSPARK offers instructors, students, and entire departments across all disciplines a wide range of opportunities to develop, test, and sustainably implement new teaching concepts.

The funding phase begins on October 1, 2025. Further information will be available shortly.

Interested? Get in touch with us: heispark@heiskills.uni-heidelberg.de