EmpowHer for Students

On the one hand, this will be achieved through a reduced, shorter mentoring program offered to a larger group than before, with professors from the empowHer Program and mentees from the mentoring programs of ZePrOS serving as mentors. For the latter group in particular, the perspective shift from (former) mentee to mentor provides a valuable gain in experience and qualification within the academic system. For the students and mentees of the newly established program, there will be an accompanying (digital) modular workshop series, where participation in a certain number of offerings will lead to the receipt of a mentoring certificate.

Thus, the concept of a mentoring program for master’s students can be maintained in a significantly modified form. For students, the focus will be on providing various information, exchange and workshop programmes, which will have the character of a classic career service in the broadest sense.

At the same time, there will be exchange formats between the professors of the empowHer Program, the mentees of the ZePrOS programs serving as mentors, and the female students. This 'intergenerational exchange' will focus on respective gender equality goals and values, as well as ideas on how the topics of gender equality and equal opportunity can be pursued and integrated into the career path, from starting university to remaining long-term at UOS. Currently, the Equal Opportunity Office is undergoing a conceptual realignment of its offers for students in preparation for the fourth round of the "Professorinnen-Programm", a joint initiative of the federal government and the federal states to increase the numbers of female professors at German universities.