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Current courses:
- Group programme ‘Mastering exams with confidence’ (all universities)
- Stage fright training (HfM Nürnberg)
- Workshop: ‘Exam Preparation and Learning Strategies’ (HSWT Triesdorf and HS Ansbach)
The group course “Managing Exams with Confidence” is held regularly, provided there are sufficient registrations. One group start per semester is planned. You can call our office at any time to have your name added to the interest list for the group, even if no new course date has been published yet. You will then be contacted as soon as a new date has been set.
Group programme ‘Mastering exams with confidence’
28.10.2025 - 09.12.2025, every Tuesday from 14:00 to 15:30. Please note: There will be no group on 18.11.
For students from all supervised universities.
Exams are a very stressful topic for some students. While excitement and stress are quite normal during the exam period, some students experience the following in connection with exams: Just thinking about the exam makes your heart race, your breathing quickens, you start to sweat and you may have stomach/intestinal problems. It is much harder to concentrate and you may also have problems sleeping. Just thinking about the exam can trigger thoughts and feelings of failure. This naturally makes preparing for the exam very difficult. Before the exam itself, however, the tension reaches a maximum for many students and they are no longer able to recall their knowledge well. If you feel the same way, you could benefit from our group programme: Over the course of six sessions, we will look at what exam anxiety actually is, how it arises, what successful exam preparation can look like and what helps to combat catastrophising thoughts and expectations. Specific strategies for the day of the exam will also be discussed.
Led by: David Zeiß, psychologist (M.Sc.)
Group size: max. 12 students
Dates: 6 dates, each Tuesday in the period from 28.10.2025 - 09.12.2025, except on 18.11.2025
28.10.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
04.11.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
11.11.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
25.11.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
02.12.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
09.12.2025 14:00 bis 15:30
Room: Conference room, 3rd floor, student house at Langemarckplatz 4 in 91054 Erlangen (a short-term change is possible)
Costs: 27 Euro (reduction possible in case of difficult financial situation)
Registration: Please call the office of the Psychological Counselling Centre in Erlangen by 14.10.2025 at the latest: 09131/ 8002-750
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri: 08.30 - 12.00
Thurs additionally: 13.00 - 16.00
Stage fright training
For students at the HfM Nürnberg
Almost everyone knows it, and musicians know what it's like: stage fright before public performances. A queasy feeling in the stomach, nausea, trembling, sweating, insecurity and nervousness can lead to reduced performance and blackouts, significantly impairing the performance.
In small groups, breathing, relaxation and other psychological methods will be used to create a repertoire for dealing with stage fright more effectively. The training also includes practising through mini-performances, first in a small, protected setting and then on the big stage with feedback rounds."
Led by: Dipl.-Psych. Kristin Fues
Group size: max. 10 people
Dates: Sat, 22 Nov / Tue, 2 Dec / Tue, 9 Dec / Sat, 20 Dec / Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Time: 9–11 a.m.
Location: Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg; room details to follow
Cost: free of charge
Registration: by email to kristin.fues@werkswelt.de
Workshop: ‘Exam Preparation and Learning Strategies’
5 December 2025 – Teaching Day
For students at HSWT Triesdorf and HS Ansbach
"Exams are a major challenge for many students and often cause a great deal of stress.
How can I prepare well for exams? How can I learn as effectively as possible? Which strategies are right for me and why are breaks so important? Kristin Fues, certified psychologist at the Psychological Counselling Service of the Erlangen-Nuremberg Student Union and contact person for students in Ansbach and Triesdorf, will address all these questions in a workshop. There will also be opportunities to try out small exercises and exchange ideas."
Led by: Dipl.-Psych. Kristin Fues
Group size: 3 x max. 15 people
Dates: 5 December 2025; exact times to be announced
Location: Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf; room details to follow (shuttle buses run between the Ansbach and Triesdorf campuses)
Cost: none
Registration: via the following link
