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The British Council Germany is seeking an IELTS assistant from July 2021 on a fixed term basis for an initial period of 12 months to carry out a range of exam administrative tasks to ensure that the IELTS exam business in Germany is managed to the highest operational and security standards, leading to an enhanced reputation for the British Council with its key customers and stakeholders. Test Assistance supports the secure execution of exams, from pre-test to post-test processes, by ensuring the secure preparation, shipping/return and crushing of materials in accordance with all stock management requirements. Furthermore, the job profile includes effective customer communication on a range of customer service tasks for examination candidates, including providing information on examinations run by the British Council in Germany, examination registration and procedures on examination day, issuing examination results and making arrangements for candidates with special needs as part of equality and diversity commitments. For more information on the job description, please visit the British Council website. Applications will be accepted until midnight on 18 June 2021.

In order to cushion learning deficits caused by the school closures, the Federal Government provides schools with funds from the DigitalPakt, which can be used for paid tutors. The Editha-Gymnasium Magdeburg is now looking for students from the OVGU for the subjects English, German and Mathematics. Interested students who would like to tutorpupils in grades 5 to 10 are invited to contact the headmistress, Katja von Hagen.

The British Council offers free webinars to prepare for the IELTS test, which is needed, for example, as proof of language skills for a semester abroad. Sessions dedicated to the different test areas of the IELTS take place every Thursday at 10:30a.m. and 4:00p.m. (German time). You can find more information and register directly on the British Council website.

Whether the coronavirus, world trade or dealing with refugees, Europe and the European Union are currently the subject of much discussion. The lecture series "Europe - Continent, Society, Dominion" takes an interdisciplinary look at Europe as a world region and historically evolved cultural and social space, as well as at the European Union as a political association and single market. In doing so, the most recent transformations and lines of conflict are addressed as well as the long historical lines of development. The focus is on

1. the pluralisation and politicisation of European coexistence,
2. the Europeanisation and renationalisation of social orders, and
3. the historical and global moments of comparison and paths of development without which a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of Europe would not be possible.

The interdisciplinary lecture series of the Faculty of Humanities brings together perspectives from political science, education, sociology, history, culture and economics. The lecturers will examine individual aspects of Europe and Europeanisation with the aim of tracing the discourses, actors, structures and forms of Europe-wide conflicts and European crises and discussing approaches to solutions, potentials and opportunities (programme). PD Dr. phil. habil. Nora Pleßke will contribute a look at a country that has just left the European community for the English Studies department as part of the lecture series on 27 April 2021. In her lecture "BrexLit - Contemporary British Literature and the EU Referendum", she will examine the reception of Britain's exit from the EU, the Brexit, in contemporary literary works. On 25 May 2021, Prof. Dr Hans-Werner Breunig will devote his lecture "Landscape Gardens as Aesthetic Preparation for the European Idea" to the horticultural origins of a united Europe.

The lecture series concludes with an exam on 6 July 2021. Successful participation can be credited with 4, 5 or 6 CP as optional studies in various degree programmes or in special modules.