Talking about sex in a different way. Diversity instead of prejudices: Students design an exhibition dealing with sexual identity.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Overview
Self-Conception and Mission
The demographic shift, an increasing internationalization, and the opening of national labor markets all contribute to the increasing heterogeneity of the student body, professors and staff at the HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences.
In order to do justice to this development and its social mission, the HTWG Konstanz has expanded its targets on equal opportunity and educational justice to include diversity management as an important strategic task for the future.
The Equality Team supports the HTWG Konstanz in translating this approach to the areas of student marketing, promotion of junior staff, gender equality work and personnel and organizational development.
Offers
- Diversity Film Series
Every semester we show free films on the subject of diversity at the HTWG Konstanz. They are profound, entertaining, extraordinary, and encourage people to think.
- Psychological Counseling Center
Are you suffering from test anxiety, having difficulties concentrating or experiencing physical problems that you can’t explain? The Psychotherapeutic Counselling Center at the „Studierendenwerk Seezeit“ can help. They offer students free support for these and other personal issues.
- Strong in Studies and Career
This workshop series, offered by the Intercultural Center, provides students the opportunity to gain important knowledge about their studies and jobs. Topics include: finding an internship, starting your own business, or assessment center training. It is possible to get Extra Curricular Program (Studium Generale) for these workshops.
- Female Professorships
At both the federal as well as the state level, the HTWG Konstanz is engaged in encouraging women to pursue careers as professors in technical fields. Funding programs, such as the visiting professorship program, are set up to facilitate the (re)entry of women into the academic world.
- Students with Students
This project sets up partnerships between student tutors and students with mental illnesses or disabilities, who are currently in psychotherapeutic therapy or have just completed an inpatient psychiatric treatment. The tutors help them to deal with test anxiety, uncertainty in social interactions, returning to the university / their studies, and other issues.
- Dual Career Service
The Dual Career Service at the HTWG Konstanz offers information and advising services for the partners of newly-hired professors, junior researchers and managers on how they can continue their professional careers.
For more information on the Dual Career Program (in German).
- Family Service Center
Students and employees at the university, who are (expecting) parents, can get support from the Family Service Center on how to balance family and studies or profession. They receive information about our family-friendly campus and can sign up for one-on-one counseling.
- Mentoring Program
The Mentoring Program is a collaboration with the University of Konstanz. Here experienced women specialists from business, culture, politics and science help guide females students and doctoral candidates at the end of their studies to prepare for their careers.
- Soft Skills and Career
This is a support for girls and women in MINT fields. The activities include advising for schoolgirls in their orientation phase, information about scholarships, or support during their studies or starting their professional careers.
Link to the Soft Skills and Career in the “Studium Generale” (in German).
- Support with harassment, discrimination, mobbing or stalking
In the statutes for the promotion of a trusting cooperation between students and employees, the HTWG Konstanz does not tolerate any forms of discrimination and sexual violence.
For a list of the trusted persons, you can contact for consulting, please click here.
Click here for more information about our offers of support (in German).
Social Links
We are offering following on social networks:
Facebook-Page „Gleichstellung und Diversity“