Diversity
The Faculty of Engineering appreciates the principles of equality and would like to give an overview of counselling possibilities and contact persons of our faculty and the University Duisburg-Essen as well as information about current events in this area.
Contact persons at the Faculty of Engineering
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Prof. Ellen Enkel |
Room: BC 217
Tel.: +49 203 37-93625
gleichstellung-iw@uni-due.de
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Dr. rer. nat. Miriana Vadalà |
Raum: V15 R02 H03
Tel.: +49 201 18-32749
gleichstellung-iw@uni-due.de
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Dr.-Ing. Birgit Köppen-Seliger |
Room: BB 513
Tel.: +49 203 37-92929
gleichstellung-iw@uni-due.de
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Dipl.-Kffr. Özlem Güler-Usak |
Room: BB 315c
Tel.: +49 203 37-94786
gleichstellung-iw@uni-due.de
Further contact points for employees
Equal Opportunities Office
The Equal Opportunities Office is responsible for all personnel and social issues that affect the interests of women at the university, in particular in staffing and appointment procedures as well as in measures for personnel development and for improving the compatibility of work and studies with family responsibilities.
Family Service
The family service office is a counselling and service center for university staff. With the Family Service, the university would like to help its employees to reconcile their academic career / work and family life and to create a family-friendly working environment.
Social contact persons
The social contact persons are available to you confidentially for any problems and conflicts, including in difficult phases of life and, if necessary, for grief counselling.
Staff Councils
The staff councils stand up for the rights and needs of the employees and provide support in all internal and political questions concerning higher education.
Reconcilability of work, studies and family responsibilities
Reference to the new Maternity Protection Act
Since 01.01.2018, female students will in future be granted full maternity leave, but will be free to decide whether to take it. This has implications for examination procedures. Advice on this is offered by:
Elke Währisch-Große
Tel. 0201/18-34331
elke.waehrisch-grosse@uni-due.de
Workshop offer
The Career Service (ABZ) regularly offers a workshop for students with family responsibilities: Study regulations for students with family responsibilities (children/care responsibilities)
Assumption of childcare costs for further training
According to the service agreement, childcare costs for training courses can be covered, provided that no other person living in the same household as the applicant is able to take care of them.
Preferential registration for courses
Faculties are encouraged to offer student parents the possibility of preferential enrolment for courses that are compatible with the opening hours of childcare and education facilities.
Further useful information
can also be found on the FAQ page of the family-friendly university, where information for employees and students (regulations, offers and contact persons) is collected.
Day care centers DU-E-KIDS
The University of Duisburg-Essen would like to contribute with the day care centers DU-E-KIDS to help parents find suitable care services in the age group 0 - 3 years when they return to work.
School holiday care
The University of Duisburg-Essen offers school-age children and adolescents up to and including the age of 14 years a varied range of holidays during the Easter, summer and autumn holidays.
Short term care
The University of Duisburg-Essen would like to offer its employees and students a needs-based support option with its short-term care services in order to compensate for short-term and/or hourly care shortages.
"Fire brigade fund" for child care
In order to improve the framework conditions for reconciling a scientific career and family, young scientists with children are to be supported by setting up a so-called "fire brigade fund".
Handling career and care responsibilities
The need for care can affect anyone. Either suddenly or as a gradual process. Overstraining is often the result, because the burden as a relative is enormous. The family service office offers you information and advice on the subject.