Family-Friendly University: Initiatives
Initiatives to make Heidelberg University even more family-friendly will be gradually implemented between 2011 and 2013. The aim is to improve the related structural framework of the university, ensuring its long-term success in this sphere as well. Established organisations and services will be maintained and continue to be developed.
Services for Families – Overview from A to Z (Ger)
Selected previous initiatives in various areas
“Academia and Family” Clearing Service
Support for young academics in balancing career and family [more...]
Dual Career Service
Service centre for dual-career partners in cooperation with other academic institutions in the region [more...] (Ger)
Generously equipped child care facilities
University crèche and day-care facilities and other support services [more...] (Ger)
Family accommodations in student housing
Housing assistance through Heidelberg Student Services and other agencies for families and single parents [more...]
“Work-Life Balance” Project
Survey of university academics by the Work and Organisational Psychology chair [more...] (Ger)
Partner in “Compatibility of Work & Family” Working Group
Initiative by representatives of business, science and politics in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area [more...]
Partner in “Alliance for Families in Heidelberg”
Association of companies, institutions and citizens to improve career/family compatibility [more...] (Ger)
Planned initiatives in various areas
- Expand child-care capacity to accommodate 60 additional children
- Expand available information on topics related to work-family balance
- Add more mentoring and coaching services
- Create more information and training opportunities on caregiving, possibly together with the gerontology programme
- Complete a pilot project on “Part-time study for parent students”; apply findings to create flexible options for completing degree programmes
- Expand support for student parents
- Rank family-conscious initiatives
