"As a professor of railroad engineering, in particular control and safety technology at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, I have a lively professional exchange with the Department of Control and Safety Technology at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. We have been enriching each other's teaching with specialist lectures for over five years. I am delighted that my teaching content can now be offered to students at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences in the form of a textbook, an instructional video and an Internet consultation. The use of new media opens up a wide range of possibilities for even more efficient collaboration over long distances."

"Deutsche Bahn Netz AG has been successfully working closely with the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences for 20 years now in the area of developing the urgently needed next generation of LST specialists. Based on the cooperation with the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, we have now established partnerships with several universities and colleges, as we need skilled workers throughout the region. However, it was important to us that all dual students at DB Netz AG benefit from the recognized high quality of the Zittau training in the field of control and safety technology (LST). The successful "Zittau LST training" model developed at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences on the basis of blended learning enables us to do just that. This innovative teaching concept gives us the opportunity to train the increasing number of our dual students in the field of control and safety technology at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences without exception. After all, it is a considerable economic advantage for our company  if the induction period for graduates in the company is noticeably shortened through the provision of company-specific specialist knowledge.
We were delighted to learn that the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences is supporting LST's application for the Saxon Teaching Award 2020. As a company benefiting from this training, we expressly support the application and are keeping our fingers crossed."

"The cooperation with the university and the use of the Zittau Süd signal box is of great interest to SOEG mbH. The infrastructure, which is actually essential for operations, is not only put to good use, but the activities at the station also contribute to the positive public image of the tourist-oriented railroad in local public transport for our approximately 250,000 passengers per year. We are delighted that one of our employees and KIA graduates was also able to successfully complete the course offered by the university."

"Since 2012, TÜV Süd Rail has been continuously involved in teaching control and safety technology and in the further development of the laboratory basis. TÜV Süd Rail GmbH has also been significantly involved in the utilization of the Zittau Süd station since 2014. This not only considerably expanded the teaching infrastructure for students at the local university, but also significantly enhanced the transfer of knowledge through the use of modern, internet-based forms of teaching and, last but not least, the reputation in the region as a whole."

"As a former district manager for control and safety technology, I am now working in my retirement as an external lecturer in the field of control and safety technology at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. I carry out practical courses in the laboratory and at the Zittau Süd training station. The existing infrastructure at the university supports me in my work and helps to reflect the teaching content in a very practical way. The concept of placing the track plan of a real operating station, which is still in operation, at the center of the training is a unique selling point. It creates significant synergy effects in the cross-technical, systemic transfer of knowledge."

"Together with the teaching staff of the LST department, we have already produced almost 30 hours of study material in the form of instructional videos since 2016. The university can draw on my experience in control and safety technology as well as my skills in filming and editing. I am delighted that this collaboration allows me to combine my many years of hobby knowledge in these areas and thus make a positive contribution to teaching at the university."

"As a former dispatcher at Zittau Süd station and a local resident, I am very interested in the use of my former place of work by Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. It is very important to me that I can pass on my specialist knowledge to students and guest students in the form of excursions, specialist lectures and educational videos."

"In my role as Project Manager Planning at DB Netz AG, I am responsible for the interdisciplinary planning of construction projects in work phases 1 to 4 of DB Netz AG. A comprehensive, in-depth knowledge of the railroad system is of central importance for the targeted and efficient performance of my work. The control and safety technology trade plays a not insignificant role in this and even has a key function due to its complexity.

Thanks to the course on the basics of control and safety technology at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, I was able to gain an even better understanding of the interrelationships between processes involving safety monitoring in my working environment. I am now able to communicate with the technical experts in the projects in an even more goal-oriented way."

"At DB Netz AG, I am currently being trained as an LST acceptance inspector. My task will be the technical inspection of newly constructed or modified LST systems before they are handed over to rail operations. This requires in-depth knowledge of the very specific LST systems and their influence on safe and smooth rail operations. Before joining DB Netz AG, I was already employed as a mechanical engineer in a similar role. Nevertheless, it is essential to build up the special basic knowledge of the railroad industry.

My understanding of control and safety systems in the context of the railroad system grew steadily as I progressed through the Fundamentals of Control and Safety Technology course at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. My increase in knowledge then became tangible when I applied it in our projects and especially when communicating with various specialist colleagues on an equal footing.
- We now speak the same language."

"As a student on the Automation and Mechatronics degree course at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, I am currently attending the Fundamentals of Control and Safety Technology (LST) course.

In view of the current situation and the existing contact restrictions, the course has been adapted so that it is still possible to study without restrictions.

In my opinion, the non-presence teaching concept, which is characterized by the use of teaching scripts, teaching videos and web conferences, has in no way had a negative impact on the transfer of knowledge. On the contrary: the ability to pause and re-watch teaching videos, as well as the constant exchange with other seminar participants and the lecturer via a dedicated learning cloud, has contributed to the fact that the needs of individual participants can now be addressed very individually."

"As part of the professional exchange between the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and TÜV Süd Rail GmbH, I was able to acquire extensive knowledge for my specialist training as an LST expert at TÜV Süd Rail GmbH in Dresden through the teaching content and laboratory facilities on the basics of control and safety technology at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences."