The University of Hohenheim is the first university in Baden-Württemberg to receive the certificate with permanent character as part of the "audit familiengerechte hochschule" (family-friendly university audit).
Measures from the audit berufundfamilie
Working hours
Consideration for family concerns should be encouraged.
Office hours for all University members should be set such that family appointments for childcare or care of relatives are not affected.
Saturday work must be limited to an unavoidable amount.
Flexible working hours can be arranged according to family requirements.
Managers permit flexible hours especially for family requirements.
Work location:
The commuting situation should be improved.
External access to the teleworker's own workspace is enabled to facilitate telework for family reasons. The technical framework for data protection is created.
An operating agreement on teleworking is in place.
The University of Hohenheim offers regular training courses for interested university employees on the topics of working from home, mobile working, remote managing, digital leadership, and digital working.
Leadership skills:
A family-friendly university culture is promoted at all management levels.
Information and communication policy:
Information on the topic of reconciling family and career/academics/studies is bundled.
Internal communication on childcare and care of relatives is improved. The profile on the Internet is supplemented by the compatibility topic of care for the elderly.
The guidelines for one-on-one meetings were expanded to include the issue of compatibility.
The information on the website on the topic of family-friendly university will be adapted to the current circumstances.
University leadership regularly addresses the importance of family-friendly higher education.
The events of the Equal Opportunity Representative will be included in the action program. These include offers on reconciling family and career, living wills, etc.
Personnel development:
Family orientation is given special consideration in the planned personnel development concept.
Service for families:
The “child care in special situations" is being made permanent / is to be made permanent?
The vacation care "Hohenheim Campus Holidays" is to be made permanent in the future.
The existing childcare offer has already been made permanent.
In planning: The University of Hohenheim has wanted to build a children's house for many years. It would offer 80 places for children from 0 - 6 years of age including a company kindergarten, because the University of Hohenheim is located in the outskirts of Stuttgart and Stuttgart’s childcare is based on the place of residence.
General conditions for study / scientific qualification:
Disadvantages incurred in research projects due to maternity and parental leave are to be compensated.
The Hohenheim Mentoring Program for female scientists and students "MentHo" will be continued.
Diversity:
The university is developing a diversity policy. After taking stock of the offerings that already exist in Hohenheim, appropriate measures are currently being developed for the following focal points: Internationality, Gender, and Family.
