The Institute for Vocational Education and Training is bidding farewell to its esteemed colleague Dr. Juliane Dieterich on her retirement and paying tribute to her many years of service as Head of Vocational Education and Training with a focus on nursing and health.

Born in Heidelberg, Dr. Dieterich began her professional career by training as a nurse at the Kassel Municipal Hospitals. After initially working on an ENT ward, she gradually shifted her professional focus to teaching and worked as a teacher for nursing professions and as a freelance lecturer in the healthcare sector. She then professionalized herself by studying nursing science and nursing education at the Humboldt University in Berlin, which she successfully completed in 2003 with a degree in education. In 2005, Ms. Juliane Dieterich then took up her position as a research assistant at the University of Kassel and completed her doctorate in 2008 with a thesis on "Action competence as a new target dimension in nursing training - programmatic relevance and practical interpretation in state curricula" as Dr.in. phil.

Her responsibilities included teaching in the educational science core study programme and in the minor subject of operational personnel and organizational development (BPO) and in particular in the didactics of health professions, the supervision and coordination of practical school studies and the coordination of the cooperative Master's degree programme "Vocational Education in Health". She was also involved in various projects and took on functions outside the university. In particular, she acted as a central link in the cooperative degree program "Vocational Education in Health" between the University of Kassel and Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

The Institute for Vocational Education and Training would like to thank Juliane Dieterich for her outstanding work, her great commitment and her many years of dedication. The Institute wishes her all the best, good health and time for personal projects in her new phase of life.