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09/20/2018 | Pressemitteilung

Panel discussion at the University of Kassel on university construction and building maintenance

On September 27, a panel discussion on the topic of university construction and infrastructure will take place at the University of Kassel's Gießhaus. Representatives of the parties represented in the Hessian state parliament will discuss under the motto "Crumbling lecture halls or forward-looking investments?" The event is part of a series organized by the Conference of Hessian University Presidents (KHU). Start time is 5 p.m.

Building, renovating, maintaining are hot topics at Hessian universities - and not just since today. Good research infrastructures, new buildings, sufficient rooms and laboratories, and modern equipment form the basis of excellent research and teaching. The universities have set expectations for state politics and formulated them in election test papers for the state elections, including the demand for more money for university construction and maintenance.

In the public panel discussion, the following representatives of the political parties currently represented in the Hessian state parliament will take a stand: Eva Kühne-Hörmann, CDU, Gernot Grumbach MdL, SPD, Daniel May MdL, BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN, Marjana Schott, deputy parliamentary group leader DIE LINKE, and Christian Kuschel, Chairman Junge Liberale Kassel.

After a welcome by Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, President of the University of Kassel, there will be a keynote speech by Frank Kupfer, Chancellor of the European University of Flensburg and Chairman of the Working Group on University Construction of the Chancellors of Germany's universities. This will be followed by a panel discussion. The panel discussion will be moderated by Petra Nagel, a journalist from Kassel.

Central aspects of the discussion will be, on the one hand, the university construction programs Heureka I and II, which have been in place since 2007, and their effects on construction projects and building maintenance at Hessian universities. The discussion will also focus on the major renovation backlog and the financial framework that the universities believe is necessary for improvements. On the other hand, the representatives of the political parties will be asked how the Hessian state policy intends to further develop and stabilize the building investment programs.

Venue: Gießhaus of the University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 5, 34127 Kassel
Time: September 27, 2018, 5 pm.

Contact:
Sebastian Mense
University of Kassel
Communications, Press and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 561 804-1961
Email: presse[at]uni-kassel[dot]de