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Hamburger Abendblatt: Mr. Lenzen, today is your first day as president of the University of Hamburg
Hamburg. Hamburger Abendblatt: Mr. Lenzen, today is your first day as president of the University of Hamburg. Is a picture of the Berlin Alexanderplatz on your desk?
Dieter Lenzen: No, we give more binders on the shelves. Unfortunately, my room is very dark. We are now trying to bring in more light. You may also like to see a metaphor: the image of the University of Hamburg is perceived as too gloomy. After a few calls and the sighting of many facts I do know: it has to offer great things.
Abendblatt: Set up only temporarily, to a relocation of the Little Grasbrook?
Lenzen: The debate about the future location of the university is so emotionally and become problematic, because it is obviously always looking for radical solutions: everything should stay or move either. Rather, one must look at what other universities have made in space problems: in 1810, founded Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin was about 100 years later too small. We then have built in Dahlem, fruit growing area at that time, a research campus. No one would then have had the idea to relocate the entire university! Similarly, in Munich for the location of Garching.
Evening Journal: The speech of the Senator for Science for a complete removal, then, we say, unusual?
Lenzen: The possibility of a complete removal comes to mind first, at least not necessarily. For us it is important that the science works. For This task was chosen as a representative for all areas of science alike. I see, for example, in the humanities and social sciences, the need for an urban environment, as it is here on campus. They deal with society and culture, to be held there. On the other hand, however: large-scale facilities have no place in the middle of the city. Location issues must subordinate themselves to say the function.
Evening Journal: The Senator sold the major project as a unique opportunity.
Lenzen: We expect that the city chooses to science. This has thankfully Hamburg already done so. Now must flow, but also money. That is, it must be invested in existing buildings - the current state may not stay Sun
evening paper: a complete removal it will not give you?
Lenzen: One can not say that I can not decide. But I do not think it will happen. The decisive factors are the needs of science and the needs of University members: Significant parts of the university must be in agreement here. I will ask the deans and the bodies of the university to deal with it and to comment officially. I expect that according to the specialized needs a collective voice is found, which will meet all disciplines.
evening paper, has the Senate promised you a certain sum that will go to bricks and concrete?
Lenzen: A certain amount not. Yet it does mean that there will be a structural renovation.
Evening Journal: In Eimsbüttel?
Lenzen: In my view we need to give a signal, such as for the humanities, which means that arise on the campus Eimsbüttler must have somewhat of a beacon, to show that it is making progress there. A major focus, which finds a structural expression.
The old building at the Edmund-Siemers-Allee, which now sits, the Bureau could become the center of cultural studies, including wings. A visible area of the humanities in the original building of the university. For the university administration, other rooms are rented, which need not be representative.
Evening Journal: And the content?
Lenzen: We need to look yet, what are the most attractive areas. There are, to name but a few, a very strong theology and religious studies, a very strong and powerful African philology. The same applies to areas of law and economics, other social sciences, and of course the mathematics and natural sciences and medicine. We have a wide range and will see, may arise where clusters of excellence. That we mean business, we must demonstrate our buildings. If the first reviewer come, I would like that Excavators are on campus to show: Here is what moves, here created something new.
evening paper: According to the opinion of the Authority is a renewal in Eimsbüttel difficult.
Lenzen: Take a look at aerial photographs from the '70s: Then you see that were originally hexagonal building with a hexagonal garden architecture. But at some point they started to simply place these high-rises since mid-pure. Charming it would be if we could make the original idea back to life.
Evening Journal: The University of Hamburg offers many subjects. Should we give up some, to make others better?
Lenzen: The University of Hamburg is only one comprehensive university, if they offer basically everything. Did they, as in Berlin, several universities, one can say that if we take away this one area, it is offered elsewhere in the same city. In Hamburg, there are no second full university. You can not tuck in and just say, we reduce the offer. The double duty is: to promote tips while building a broad base. This is not a contradiction, not even for the scientists themselves, it hurts physicist not an exception, if it holds a course for freshmen.
Evening Journal: How many third-party can muster a university?
Lenzen: One skilled workers cleaning the city you would never say: You must first apply for the garbage cans before you can work here. Scientists such thing is expected. But this has its limits. The University of Hamburg, with an average of 25 percent of third-party funding is already very well established, corresponding to about 90 million €. Some subjects are dealing with external funding, however, very difficult. The state is under obligation.
evening paper: Does the university participation will be strengthened again?
Lenzen: What has often been criticized as "excessive bodies culture", but also a real core idea: A university that has emerged from a citizens' initiative, has a long democratic tradition that must continue. determined from top to bottom, I will not do for that reason alone, because it does not work: who contributes and is taken seriously, and does a better job. One can not decide on the Iranian people.
Evening Journal: What do you think?
Lenzen: in Japan is discussed until no longer be adjusted, sometimes two days. This is not transferred to the mentality here, we need to find new forms in the real participation.
Evening Journal: The University of Hamburg is seen as a social democratic majority, you were once a leading candidate for the CDU-Berlin talk. Voltages are programmed?
Lenzen: (Laughs) I'm innocent, if I am held by someone for something appropriate, and proposed. I appreciate the fact that I am not bound by party. Governments come and go, the university remains.
Evening Journal: 90th Birthday of the University of Hamburg cited Horkheimer, "but time is for love, the thing that I give time, I give love and the violence quickly." Is that fast with a bachelor's degree compatible?
Lenzen: Not at all. The problem is that two traditions mixed in this system are: In the common space is often tackled by concrete problems of everyday life. Those who study but in continental Europe, for example philosophy wants to depict the subject in his head first without practical application. The latter does not fit into the tight curriculum, put over, Germany is now no need added. From one extreme, an average of 16.7 semester, we went to the other extreme now leave early 20-year-old university, but are not by University also matured personally.
evening paper: How will the conditions in two years in Hamburg?
Lenzen: We must act quickly. It makes sense to create many bachelor's degrees in eight semesters. Six terms are useful only for narrow vocational dimension: The academic teacher-training as we desperately need.
Abendblatt: Tuition?
Lenzen: decides the policy, I've always been against it. Especially since surveys show that even small fees can a deterrent effect on students. Another problem is that tuition fees will be used by the policy is not always as advertised: not also, but ultimately as an economy measure. If they were abolished, which would, however, many millions of euros less a year which offset the state should.
Evening Journal: What drives a 62-year-olds to take up a new university?
Lenzen: "The Free University of Berlin has succeeded in recent years to fourth place after the universities of Munich and Heidelberg. That was a long way: As before, the FU, the University of Hamburg in the same situation as the FU ten years ago and is discussed below value. It inspires me to change that.
Evening Journal: Have you been living in Hamburg already?
Lenzen: The apartments here are much more expensive than in Berlin. Moreover, much of this is slower, which has advantages but also disadvantages. The bureaucracy as: From my first seven people jumped off five. The Personnel Office was too inflexible, in many cases provide reasonable contracts. I say this clearly: if does not change, Hamburg is not competitive in science sein.r
g. is a picture of Berlin Alexanderplatz is on your desk?
Dieter Lenzen: No, we give more binders on the shelves. Unfortunately, my room is very dark. We are now trying to bring in more light. You may also like to see a metaphor: the image of the University of Hamburg is perceived as too gloomy. After a few calls and the sighting of many facts I do know: it has to offer great things.
Evening Journal: Set up only temporarily, to a relocation of the Little Grasbrook?
Lenzen: The debate about the future location of the university is so emotionally and become problematic, because it is obviously always looking for radical solutions: everything should stay or move either. Rather, one must look at what other universities have made in space problems: in 1810, founded Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin was about 100 years later too small. One then has built in Dahlem, fruit growing area at that time, a research campus. No one would then have had the idea to relocate the entire university! Similarly, in Munich for the location of Garching.
Evening Journal: The speech of the Senator for Science for a complete removal, then, we say, unusual?
Lenzen: The possibility of a complete removal comes to mind first, at least not necessarily. For us it is important that the science works. For this task, I was elected as representative for all areas of science alike. I see, for example, in the humanities and social sciences, the need for an urban environment, as here on campus. They deal with society and culture, to be held there. On the other hand, however: large-scale facilities have no place in the middle of the city. Location issues must subordinate themselves to say the function.
Evening Journal: The Senator sold the major project as a unique opportunity.
Lenzen: We expect that the city chooses to science. The Hamburg has kindly done so already. Now must flow, but also money. That is, it must be invested in existing buildings - the current state may not stay Sun
Evening paper: a complete removal it will not be with you?
Lenzen: One can not say that I can not decide. But I do not think it will happen. The decisive factors are the needs of science and the needs of University members: Significant parts of the university must be in agreement here. I will ask the deans and the bodies of the university to deal with it and to comment officially. I expect that according to the specialized needs a collective voice is found, which will meet all disciplines.
evening paper, has the Senate promised you a certain sum that will go to bricks and concrete?
Lenzen: A certain amount not. Yet it does mean that there will be a structural renovation.
Evening Journal: In Eimsbüttel?
Lenzen: In my view we need to give a signal, such as the humanities, that is: built on the campus Eimsbüttler need something like a lighthouse to show that it is making progress there. A major focus, which finds a structural expression.
The old building at the Edmund-Siemers-Allee, where now sits the Bureau could become a center of cultural studies, including wings. A visible area of the humanities in the original building of the university. For the university administration, other rooms are rented, which need not be representative.
Evening Journal: And the content?
Lenzen: We need to look yet, what are the most attractive areas. There are, to name but a few, a very strong theology and religious studies, a very strong and powerful African philology. The same applies to areas of law and economics, other social sciences, and of course the mathematics and natural sciences and medicine. We have a wide range and will see, may arise where clusters of excellence. That we mean business, we must demonstrate our buildings. When the first witness to come, I would like that Excavators are on campus to show: Here is what moves, here created something new.
evening paper: According to the opinion of the Authority is a renewal in Eimsbüttel difficult.
Lenzen: Look at aerial photographs from the '70s: Then you see that were originally hexagonal building with a hexagonal garden architecture. But at some point they started to simply place these high-rises since mid-pure. Charming it would be if we could make the original idea back to life.
Evening Journal: The University of Hamburg offers many subjects. Should we give up some, to make others better?
Lenzen: The University of Hamburg is only one comprehensive university, if they offer basically everything. Did they, as in Berlin, several universities, one can say that if we take away this one area, it is offered elsewhere in the same city. In Hamburg, there are no second full university. You can not tuck in and just say, we reduce the offer. The double duty is: to promote tips while building a broad base. This is not a contradiction, not even for the scientists themselves, it hurts a physicist, not the exception, if it holds a course for freshmen.
Evening Journal: How many third-party can muster a university?
Lenzen: One skilled workers cleaning the city you would never say: You must first apply for the garbage cans before you can work here. Scientists such thing is expected. But this has its limits. The University of Hamburg, with an average of 25 percent of third-party funding is already very well established, corresponding to about 90 million €. Some subjects are dealing with external funding, however, very difficult. The state is under obligation.
evening paper: Does the university participation will be strengthened again?
Lenzen: What has often been criticized as "excessive bodies culture", but also a real core idea: A university that has emerged from a citizens' initiative, has a long democratic tradition that must continue. determined from top to bottom, I will not do for that reason alone, because it does not work: who contributes and is taken seriously, and does a better job. One can not decide on the Iranian people.
Evening Journal: What do you think?
Lenzen: In Japan discussed until no longer be adjusted, sometimes two days. That is not transferable to the mentality here, we therefore need new forms See the real participation.
Evening Journal: The University of Hamburg is seen as a social democratic majority, you were once a leading candidate for the CDU-Berlin talk. Voltages are programmed?
Lenzen: (Laughs) I'm innocent, if I am held by someone for something appropriate, and proposed. I appreciate the fact that I am not bound by party. Governments come and go, the university remains.
Evening Journal: 90th Birthday of the University of Hamburg cited Horkheimer, "but time is for love, the thing that I give time, I give love and the violence is . Quickly, "Is it fast with a bachelor's degree compatible
Lenzen?. Not be the problem is that two traditions mixed in this system. In the common space is often tackled by concrete problems of everyday life who studied but in continental Europe, for example, philosophy, wants the subject map in his head first without practical application. The latter does not fit into the tight curriculum, which Germany is now put over without trouble. From one extreme, an average of 16.7 semester, we gone to the other extreme: now leave early 20-year-old university without going through university and personally to be matured.
evening paper: How will the conditions in two years in Hamburg?
Lenzen: We must act quickly. It makes sense to create many bachelor's degrees in eight semesters. Six terms are useful only for narrow vocational dimension: The academic teacher-training as we desperately need.
Abendblatt: Tuition?
Lenzen: decides the policy, I've always been against it. Especially since surveys show that even small fees discourage students can. Another problem is that tuition fees will be used by the policy is not always as advertised: not also, but ultimately as an economy measure. If they were abolished, which would, however, many millions of euros less a year which offset the state should.
Evening Journal: What drives a 62-year-olds to take up a new university?
Lenzen: "The Free University of Berlin has succeeded in recent years to fourth place by the universities of Munich and Heidelberg That was a long way. As then, the FU is the University of Hamburg in the same situation as the FU ten years ago and is discussed below value. It inspires me to change that.
Evening Journal: Have you been living in Hamburg already?
Lenzen: The apartments here are much more expensive than in Berlin. Moreover, much of this is slower, which has advantages but also disadvantages. The bureaucracy as: From my first seven people jumped off five. The personnel office was too inflexible to offer in many cases reasonable contracts. I say this clearly: if does not change, is Hamburg in science will never be competitive.
