Workshop: Recruiting members, building cohesion: Strategies for long-term engagement in your FSI

Whether it’s the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Natural Sciences or the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences: Fachschaftsinitiativen exist for a wide variety of degree programmes across all faculties. Yet their importance is often underestimated. Fachschaftsinitiativen are often the first point of contact for problems relating to studies and contribute in a special way to student life through orientation events and pub nights. However, with busy schedules and student jobs, membership numbers can vary significantly from semester to semester. Whilst some semesters see very active Fachschaftsinitiativen, in others they exist only on paper.

In this three-hour workshop, we will therefore explore what actually unites our Fachschaftsinitiativen. From this, we will develop strategies for strengthening cohesion within our Fachschaftsinitiativen in the long term and, in doing so, motivating new students to get involved. We invite students from all faculties who are currently involved in an FSI, have been involved in the past, or are interested in getting involved. No prior knowledge is required. In cooperation with the Teaching Competence Centre, participants will receive an official certificate of attendance following the workshop.

Date: 15 May 2026, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Venue: Student Union Building, Turnstraße 7, 91054 Erlangen

Facilitator: Selim Küçükkaya

Registration via StudOn