Centre for Teaching and Learning

School of Life Sciences

The hub for high-quality, future-oriented education at the FHNW School of Life Sciences

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) serves as the central point of contact for curriculum development, educational innovation and academic support – for students, lecturers and staff across the FHNW School of Life Sciences.

Our interdisciplinary team develops modern learning environments, supports students and lecturers in their daily academic work, and strengthens the didactic capabilities of educators.

We are responsible for all life sciences degree programmes (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and contribute actively through our own teaching. We also conduct research on teaching and learning in the Life Sciences, publish scientific work, and develop new approaches to emerging cross-disciplinary challenges, including higher education didactics, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, ethics and science, and quantum computing.

Through these activities, we help advance applied life sciences education at universities of applied sciences – academically, methodologically and technologically.

Expertise areas

Application development and database management
Curriculum development
Didactics in mathematics
Digitalisation of higher education
AI in teaching and learning
Quantum computing in teaching and learning
Support for academic writing in English and English courses

Contact

Prof. Dr. Lilian Gilgen

Joint-Head of Higher Education

Phone: +41 61 228 50 89
E-Mail: lilian.gilgen@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Julia Rausenberger

Joint-Head of Higher Education

Phone: +41 61 228 56 58
E-Mail: julia.rausenberger@fhnw.ch

People

Erik Ammann

Research Associate

Phone: +41 61 228 57 65
E-Mail: erik.ammann@fhnw.ch

Andrew Brown

Lecturer in English

Phone: +41 61 228 55 86
E-Mail: andrew.brown@fhnw.ch

Dr. Stefanie Feiler

Lecturer for statistics

Phone: +41 61 228 58 31
E-Mail: stefanie.feiler@fhnw.ch

Prof. Elke Hofmann

Head of Further Education Application Development & Data Management

Phone: +41 61 228 54 01
E-Mail: elke.hofmann@fhnw.ch

Dr. Ian Jennings

Lecturer for English, ethics and politics Lead Ethics & AI Group

Phone: +41 61 228 56 25
E-Mail: ian.jennings@fhnw.ch

Dr. Klaus Mayer

Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics

Phone: +41 61 228 50 28
E-Mail: klaus.mayer@fhnw.ch

Prof. Dr. Oliver Mülken

Lecturer in mathematics and physics

Phone: +41 61 228 61 84
E-Mail: oliver.muelken@fhnw.ch

Juliane Reck

Training assistance & project support

Phone: +41 61 228 54 94
E-Mail: juliane.reck@fhnw.ch

Tilman Schieber

Phone: +41 228 54 69
E-Mail: tilman.schieber@fhnw.ch

Jara Senn

Responsible for student acquisition & networking

Phone: +41 61 228 59 81
E-Mail: jara.senn@fhnw.ch

Vera Statovci

Team Assistant

Phone: +41 61 228 55 96
E-Mail: msc.medical.informatics.lifesciences@fhnw.ch

Isabel del Rio

Team Assistant

Phone: +41 61 228 58 75
E-Mail: isabel.delrio@fhnw.ch