Equality

Open Consultation hours offered by the Equal Opportunities Officer

Every Friday, from 10-11 a.m., the central Equal Opportunities Officer offers the opportunity for digital exchange.

https://hs-niederrhein.zoom.us/j/64690535734

Meeting ID: 646 9053 5734

Identification code/password: 126032

Just drop in if you have any questions and/or suggestions on topics such as equality, sexual discrimination or compatibility and take the opportunity to exchange ideas. If required, an appointment can also be arranged on site.

No registration is necessary. You are also welcome to check our calendar if an appointment is cancelled.

You can find contact details for the equal opportunities officers in the faculties here.

All people have the same dignity and the same rights. We want to prevent discrimination of any kind at all levels. No one should be discriminated against because of their gender. Equality is actively committed to preventing sexism in all forms and at all levels.

Have you experienced a sexist assault or do you feel disadvantaged because of your gender?

Get in contact with us, we can help!

Other possible points of contact are the anti-discrimination officer and theAGG complaints office.

The Hochschule Niederrhein supports the compatibility of family and studies or career.

In addition to the strategic handling of the topic by the Equal Opportunities Officer, the family service is a permanent offering at The Hochschule Niederrhein. At both locations, offers are made to promote the compatibility of studies, career and family responsibilities. These include the possibility of counselling, the arrangement of U3 places in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach as well as the provision of general information on the childcare landscape, the offer of parent-child rooms as well as breastfeeding and nappy-changing rooms, information on parent-child parking spaces and play corners in the library.

You can find more information on the topic of compatibilityhere.

Orientation measures on studies and apprenticeships at The Hochschule Niederrhein are organised for pupils to help them broaden their perspectives and make decisions about their future careers free from traditional gender roles.

A selection of the projects:

Girls' & Boys' Day

Orientation semester | NRW-Technikum

Projects in and with schools

MINT Forum

Mentoring

Equality regularly organises lectures, seminars and workshops on gender equality issues, also with the involvement of cooperation partners.

One specialisation is the promotion of women with regard to their careers, as women are often disadvantaged in professional life despite having the same performance and often better degrees. In order to counteract this disadvantage, we provide women with knowledge and skills in seminars that enable them to market themselves more effectively.

You can view our current offers in the event management Ant or under News. We also regularly publish the dates in the university's internal newsletters.

By law, equal opportunities are involved in selection procedures for professorships(appointment procedures) and employees.

When making a career decision in favour of The Hochschule Niederrhein, it is also important to consider the private circumstances for all those who are affected by your change of location or career. That is why we are there for all those affected.

We are a member of the Dual Career Network Rhinelanda network of universities and research facilities. The aim is to attract excellent scientists to the Rhineland region. To this end, the network partners not only offer excellent job opportunities, but also enable dual-career couples to combine career and partnership/family. Academic couples in particular find support here.

The Gender Equality Concept for Parity is an official annex to the University Development Plan (HEP). You can find it here.

The framework plan and the university's equality plans are published on the intranet website.