We are starting the new year with an interesting range of workshops for female students, among other things.
If you have any questions, comments or ideas, please gleichstellungsbuero@fh-dortmund.de by e-mail at gleichstellungsbuerofh-dortmunddegleichstellungsbuerofh-dortmundde
Workshop on salary negotiations for FH students
When do I mention salary in the application process? How do I formulate my salary expectations? How do I respond to counter-arguments? The workshop, which is offered by the Equal Opportunities Office on the occasion of International Women's Day for all female UAS students, provides answers to these and other questions.
The workshop will be held by Jessica Kreuzer (www.gehalt-offensive.de) and contains the following content:
- Education on structural inequality in pay (gender pay gap)
- Education on the importance of salary negotiation when starting a career
- The role of gender bias in market value research
- Timing & Tactics: knowing when to bring up salary in the application process.
- Wording: Confidently, but not arrogantly, state the salary expectation.
- Negotiation plan: Work out the specific negotiation plan based on the objectives and alternatives.
- Responding to counter-arguments: "We only pay..." confidently and based on facts.
- Psychological principles in negotiations and controlling emotions
- Live simulation: Simulate and practise negotiation situations with each other.
When?
Tuesday, 24.03.2026, from 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (ADDITIONAL TIME; few remaining places)
Wednesday, 25.03.2026, from 10.30 to 15.00 (ALREADY BOOKED OUT; entry on waiting list possible)
Location?
Emil-Figge-Straße campus (exact location will be announced in the confirmation email after registration)
Registration is required up to and including 15.03.2026. The number of participants is limited to 20.
Registration link
Hygiene article dispenser
Perhaps you have already noticed: For some time now, there have been freely accessible dispensers with free menstrual products at all locations of the University of Applied Sciences. They are refilled once a quarter by Department IV.
Overview of locations:
Sonnenstraße
- House A, ground floor, between rooms A080 and A081 (toilets at the canteen)
- House A, 2nd floor, between rooms A280 and A281 (toilets at the library)
Emil-Figge-Straße
- House 38, ground floor next to disabled WC
- House 38A, ground floor between the toilets
- House 38B, ground floor next to disabled WC
- House 40, ground floor, between toilets on the right
- House 42, 2nd floor, between toilets
- House 44, toilets opposite room 088
Josef-von-Fraunhofer-Straße
- First floor, between toilets and student advisory service
Max-Ophüls-Platz
- First floor, between toilets behind the canteen
Save the Date: Women's General Assembly 2026
The next Women's General Assembly will take place on Friday, May 8, 2026, 08:30 to approx. 12:30 at the Sparkassenakademie NRW, Hörder Burgplatz 1, 44263 Dortmund.
Further details and information on how to register are expected to follow at the end of March/beginning of April.
External legal advice center for victims of abuse of power
As part of the joint declaration of commitment by North Rhine-Westphalian universities to deal with abuse of power, a central external legal advice center was set up at the end of last year.
The service is aimed at students and employees as well as internal university contact points (e.g. equal opportunities and anti-discrimination officers, AStA advice centers, etc.).
The legal advice center is not intended to replace internal structures, but to offer an additional option for centralized, external and independent legal advice.
Gender Report 2025 published
Every three years, the Coordination and Research Office of the NRW Women's and Gender Studies Network publishes the Gender Report, which examines the status of equality at universities in NRW. The focus in 2025 is on gender equality work in the faculties.