Diversity
An important aspect of the university’s work is the promotion of diversity across all its areas. Diversity refers to variety in terms of age, gender, severe disability, cultural background or personal circumstances.
The University of the Federal Employment Agency (HdBA) has set itself the goal of utilising this diversity constructively and improving equal opportunities. In doing so, the holistic approach focuses equally on students, lecturers and staff in terms of both their differences and their commonalities.
Our mission is therefore to design and embed sustainable structures in the areas of human resources and university development.
Through its mission statement, the HdBA is committed to diversity and equality among its members.
It actively promotes equal opportunities for men and women as well as the work-life balance.
This is done in close collaboration with the Equality Officer, Ms Isabell Forer.
The equality plan forms the conceptual basis for implementing and steering the set objectives.
The university advocates for equal opportunities and the levelling of disadvantages. This also includes creating fair and equal conditions for people with disabilities and enabling them to study and work in a barrier-free environment.
To this end, the HdBA offers a wide range of support options in the areas of staff recruitment and the design of workplaces and learning environments. Furthermore, the best possible infrastructure is provided to ensure a high level of accessibility to the HdBA’s resources and facilities for disabled people as well as others with personal limitations.
The Representative Body for People with Severe Disabilities is the direct point of contact for people with disabilities at the HdBA.
The representatives for people with severe disabilities are Prof. Dr Peter Guggemos, Alexandra Piper and Doreen Holst.
The HdBA offers a clearly structured range of support services designed to help students balance their studies with family life.
The HdBA’s family-friendly approach is intended to help attract more older, experienced prospective students to enrol at the HdBA in future.
The university hopes that the family-friendly nature of its study and working conditions will have a positive impact on the recruitment and retention of qualified staff, particularly academic staff. In the long term, the family-friendly approach is intended to become a defining feature of the HdBA.
At the Schwerin campus, there are two student-with-child shared accommodation schemes. These provide everything you need for living with a child or children. The Family Service of the Federal Employment Agency can assist with finding childcare places. During the on-campus terms, childcare costs may be covered upon application. Further information is available at awo lifebalance.
Measures against discrimination:
The BA is a signatory to the Diversity Charter and actively combats all forms of discrimination. To this end, a working group at the HdBA collaborates with the Equal Opportunities Officer, the Officer against Sexual Harassment, the Officer against Ethnic and Racial Discrimination, and the Officer for Equality and Equal Opportunities for People with Severe Disabilities.