When the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior and Sport recognised the need to reorganise fire and disaster protection in the state, it commissioned CHE Consult to carry out the preliminary conceptual work. The aim was to develop a viable organisational structure for the new...
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Study on the link between digitalisation and sustainability at universities
On behalf of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, CHE Consult conducted the ‘Explorative Study on the Strategic Interlocking of Digitalisation and Sustainability’. It analyses how universities strategically link and implement both fields of transformation. Based on expert interviews with university leaders, the authors Anna Gehlke and...

Feasibility study Vision Campus Corvey
In April 2024, a feasibility study was commissioned as part of an interdisciplinary project to investigate the potential of the Corvey UNESCO World Heritage Site as an innovative campus with economic networking. Corvey gGmbH, the district of Höxter, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the...

An analysis of the Hamburg metropolis
CHE Consult has conducted a study on Hamburg as a business location for the ‘Hamburg Vor Zur Welt’ initiative. It shows that Hamburg often performs worse in key areas compared to other European metropolitan regions. According to our study, the Port of Hamburg is...

Law as a framework for digitalisation
In an article for ‘DUZ’, Senior Consultants Anna Gehlke and Dr Ingeborg Lasser report on the joint responsibility of politicians and universities to create a legal framework for further digitalisation in teaching and studies and to regularly adapt it to current developments. The article...

Strategy for the Meißen University of Applied Sciences (FH) and training centre
The Meißen University of Applied Sciences and Training Centre (HSF Meißen for short) commissioned CHE Consult to develop a strategic concept. The assignment included the independent conceptualisation, support and moderation of the project as well as the creation of concrete implementation proposals. HSF Meißen...

Team coaching workshop for a Rectorate Commission
A university in Saxony commissioned CHE Consult to improve communication and cooperation within a rectorate committee. Jens Engelke, Principal Consultant at CHE Consult, carried out an analysis and targeted team coaching measures with the aim of optimising the dynamics within the group in the...

Study highlights universities’ pain points
In August 2024, the Stifterverband and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation published an exploratory study on innovative future models in the global education system and their transferability to German universities. The starting point of the study was the conviction that universities are also affected by...