Maike Schade Senior content manager, editor

Maike Schade began learning the journalistic trade early on – freelancing for the Schrobenhausener Zeitung at the tender age of 16. After studying jazz singing, she completed a traineeship at the Donaukurier before moving to Hamburg, where she worked as a freelance journalist for a number of publications including the Hamburger Abendblatt, the Lüneburger Landeszeitung, autobild.de and Szene Hamburg. She led the editorial staff at car.a.mia for a year before spending six years as the film section editor for Szene Hamburg. She has been responsible for professional guidance content at academics since January 2021 and added the newsletter to her portfolio in October 2022.

Articles by Maike Schade

A bearded man working as a junior or tandem professor

Junior and tandem professorships at HAWs

The job of a professor at a german HAW entails not only practically focused teaching, but also practice-oriented research. In some German states, it is possible to accumulate professional experience or finish a Ph.D. dissertation while also teaching university classes. Read on to learn more.

Applying for a professorship

The documents to be submitted when applying for a professorship differ significantly from those in other professional fields. From the letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and list of publications to the teaching and research plan: What is essential in an application for a professorship and how should it be structured? A guide.