In the ‘LEGO internship’, students learn how an idea is turned into a functioning technical system and why failure is often the most productive part of the learning process.

Anyone thinking about going to university might initially picture lecture theatres, libraries and a lot of theory. At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering’s student workshop, ‘Studi-LAB’, students can find support and practical tools.

Verena Walterbach now works as a scientific career development officer at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) in Magdeburg. However, she studied educational science at university.