How can we administer first aid in mental health emergencies if we feel that engaging with people (and often strangers) in distress is putting our own mental well-being at risk?

Jessica wurde mit dem Karl-Peter-Grotemeyer-Preis unserer Universität für hervorragende Leistungen und persönliches Engagement in der Lehre ausgezeichnet. / Jessica was awarded our university’s Karl Peter Grotemeyer Award for outstanding achievements and personal commitment in teaching.

Mind_over_matter is a collection of short films produced by Bielefeld University’s English Drama Group that investigate how the censoring and self-censoring of our identity and emotions affect our mental health.

As teachers, we need to frame plagiarism as a technical problem, not a moral one. Learning how to avoid plagiarism is an integral part of learning what academic writing is about. In fact, once students understand how and why to write as scholars, plagiarism will become a non-issue.