Mentoring and Equal Opportunity

Mentoring

Mentoring for doctoral candidates at the faculties of the University of Freiburg

Several faculties of the University of Freiburg offer a mentoring service or are in the process of conceiving one.
The goal of mentoring is to provide career support to female doctoral candidates and encourage networking.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this service, please contact the representative for mentoring at your faculty.

MuT - Mentoring and Training (Baden-Württemberg’s MuT Program)

For the support and career advancement of highly qualified female junior researchers in Baden-Württemberg.
The MuT Program is run by the State Conference of Equal Opportunity Representatives at Higher Education Institutions in Baden-Württemberg (LaKoG). Eligible to participate in the program are female private lecturers, junior professors, habilitation candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral candidates at universities and other higher education institutions in Baden-Württemberg. The MuT Program is funded by the State Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts.
The mentoring and training program consists of five elements:

1. orientation course
2. training courses, workshops, and conferences
3. advising and coaching
4. help finding a mentor
5. networking

Contact
Landeskonferenz der Gleichstellungsbeauftragten
an den wissenschaftlichen Hochschulen Baden-Württembergs (LaKoG)
Universität Stuttgart
Dr. Anke Väth
Kronenstraße 36
D - 70174 Stuttgart
Phone: (0049)-(0)711-685-82000
www.MuT-Programm.de
 

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Representative for the Academic Domain

According to the law on universities and academies for cooperative education in Baden-Württemberg (State Higher Education Act), the main tasks of the central equal opportunity representatives are:

• helping to realize the constitutionally mandated equal opportunity standards for men and women and to remove existing disadvantages for women in academic positions as well as for female students
• participating in sessions of the Senate and its commissions as well as in appointment and selection committees
• helping formulate job postings and participating in job interviews and selection procedures in the academic domain
• presenting a yearly report to the Senate
• advising and supporting female students and women engaged in academic work at the university in cases of sexual harassment. (The faculty equal opportunity representative provides advice and support to victims in order to ensure a climate in which the personal integrity and dignity of everyone involved are treated with respect.)
• advising and supporting students in cases of hardship

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the faculty equal opportunity representative:
Dr. Ina Sieckmann-Bock
Werthmannstr. 8, rear building, ground floor (formerly Werderring)
D - 79098 Freiburg
Phone: 0761/203-4299
Appointments by prior arrangement only.
gleichstellungsbeauftragte@zuv.uni-freiburg.de
 

or her personal consultants:
Marion Wenzel
Jasma Dare
gleichstellungsbuero@uni-freiburg.de
Phone: 0761/203-4222
Website: www.gleichstellungsbuero.uni-freiburg.de