Dear colleagues,
On Monday, the new lecture period will commence at LUH. I wish you a successful start to the semester, as well as inquisitiveness and plenty of patience where necessary. Once again, I would like to thank all members of teaching and administrative staff for their hard work during the past weeks in terms of didactics, content and organisation to provide our students with a semester that is both enriching and demanding - the first online semester at LUH.
Subsequent to the recent resolution by the German federal and state governments, the buildings of Leibniz University Hannover will remain closed to students until 3 May. However, we hope that after 3 May limitations on contact can be relaxed. This would, for example, enable students who do not have access to sufficient technical equipment to use the PC labs again or to access laboratory areas and specific work areas - under strict compliance with the regulations on distancing and hygiene and in small groups.
TIB circulation desks will be reopened on 27 April, however, all reading and study areas will remain closed for the time being.
Taking into account distancing rules, rescheduled examinations for assessments that were suspended in the winter semester are expected to start during Pentecost week continuing well into July.
The existing regulations for LUH staff (message dated 16 March 2020) regarding telecommuting, business trips and accessing buildings will remain valid until 3 May. For further details, please refer to our website at www.uni-hannover.de/corona. The website will provide detailed information on possible modifications in accordance with future provisions and decrees issued by the state of Lower Saxony.
In light of the uncertain situation, it may be necessary for our university to adapt and change quickly to meet new circumstances. In order to face this crisis together, remaining lenient, optimistic and flexible will therefore be all the more important.
I wish all of you - all of us - a successful summer semester 2020!
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
President
