Successful Teaching and Learning 鈥� Diversity and Internationalization in Higher Education (ELLVIS)
ELLVIS Project description聽
In the QuiS program line of the state of Hessen, 51猎奇 has acquired funding with its project application "Successful Teaching and Learning - Diversity and Internationalization in Higher Education " (ELLVIS). The ELLVIS project aims to increase teaching quality, address heterogeneity, diversity and inclusion, and promote the internationalization of higher education and teaching. Through ELLVIS, already established formats are further developed and supplemented by new sub-projects. With this project, 51猎奇 is strengthening its commitment to diversity and accessibility as cross-cutting issues in teaching.
鈥濩ounteracting Discrimination: Structurally and Sustainably鈥� (P1)
The ELLVIS sub-project "Counteracting
Discrimination: Structurally and Sustainably" (P1), which is coordinated
by the Equal Opportunities Office at 51猎奇, aims to counteract
structural discrimination and disadvantages, especially in studying and
teaching, and to establish sustainable structures and measures against
discrimination. In doing so, the focus will be on the areas of gender
diversity, anti-racist university and first generation academics. In close
cooperation with various departments and institutions of the university,
instruments and concepts will be developed and implemented for this purpose.
These include the following measures, among others:
- Establishing options for students and employees to change their names
- Development of identity management (further modification of forms, cover letters, etc.)
- Installation of all-gender restrooms
- Workshops, trainings or self-learning tools for different target groups 鈥� especially lecturers and advisors 鈥� on the three areas and overarching awareness-raising offers
- Unconcious bias trainings for professors and executive staff
- Consulting and support for teachers and institutions during the implementation of needs-oriented measures for students
- Development of networking offers for people affected by discrimination to support them in building up their own networks
- Empowerment offers for students and employees
鈥濬aculties: Competent for Diversity!鈥� (VP1)
The ELLVIS sub-project aims for long-term cooperation with several faculties to make teaching and higher education more diversity-sensitive and to strengthen gender and diversity competencies within the faculty. The individual measures and instruments are closely oriented at the specific requirements of the faculties. They can include measures for providing competencies such as training and counseling, as well as individual counseling for teachers and managers, empowerment offers for students or academics, manuals/guidance for different target groups, the development of a code of conduct, information especially for first-semester students, and much more.
The offer includes, among others, the following basic instruments:
- Kick-off workshop and meetings to identify specific needs and interests of the faculties
- If required, request for topics and formats for qualifications
- In-house trainings and external training offers for executive staff, teachers, advisors, students, etc. as well as follow-ups to the events
- Consulting and support in the implementation of further offers and sustainable measures (collegial consulting, individual consulting)
- Public outreach and development of information materials
The collaboration usually runs for two to three semesters and is designed to actively support departments in making teaching and studying more diversity-friendly and in strengthening gender and diversity competencies among all members of the faculty. The individual measures are identified in a kick-off workshop or can also come from the respective GEDAP.
The benefits of your faculty's participation include:
- financial & human resource support structures to integrate diversity aspects into your daily work or teaching activities and development of exclusive materials and methods for the faculty.
- the opportunity to further develop competencies in dealing with equality and diversity at the faculty, so that the potential and competencies of academic and administrative employees and students can develop optimally.
- ,access to various gender & diversity-sensitive workshops and training courses, some of which have been developed exclusively for the faculty, e.g. on recruitment and appointment procedures, knowledge transfer/onboarding in administration, didactics, raising awareness of individual topics such as racism, unconscious bias, gender diversity, etc.
- support in public relations and the creation of information materials in the field of equality and diversity.
- exchange and networking with other members of the faculty and experts in the field of equality and diversity.
- contribute to the creation of a diverse and non-discriminatory learning and working environment for all students and employees of the faculty.
- increase productivity and creativity in heterogeneous (research) teams and institutions while minimizing conflicts through training and consultation.
- 10/02/2024, 1:00-4:00 p.m.: Basic module diversity competence and anti-discrimination at the university - compact workshop for administrative-technical staff (Description and registration) (in German)
- 11/06/2024, 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Diversity-conscious and Anti-discriminatory Teaching 鈥� Workshop for University Lecturers (auf Englisch) (Description and registration) (in English)
- 11/07/2024, 2:30-5:30 p.m.: Basics on gender- and diversity-aware design of appointment procedures - compact workshop for (potential) commission members of all status groups (Description and registration) (in German)
- 13.01.2025, 09:00-13:00 Uhr, und 23.01.2025, 09:00-12:00 Uhr: Basics on gender eqaulity and diversity policies in appointment procedures - workshop for decentralized equal opportunities officers ('dezentrale Gleichstellungsbeauftragte') (Description and registration) (in German)
We offered the following workshops for the cooperating departments (02, 05, 08 & 11) as part of the ELLVIS project "Departments: Competent for Diversity!" during the winter semester 2023/24:
- 12/06/2023, 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Advanced module on gender-responsive and diversity-sensitive communication - compact workshop for lecturers (Description) (in German)
- 12/14/2023, 9:00-12:00 a.m.: Basic module diversity competence and anti-discrimination at the university - compact workshop for administrative-technical staff (Description) (in German)
- 01/24/2024, 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Advanced module on diversity-conscious and discrimination-critical university teaching - compact workshop for lecturers (Description) (in German)
- 01/25/2024, 1:30-5:30 p.m.: Basics on gender- and diversity-aware design of appointment procedures - compact workshop for (potential) commission members of all status groups (Description) (in German)
- 02/01/2024, 09:00-12:00 a.m.: Gender-inclusive and diversity-sensitive language - practical module for the administration (Description) (in German)
- 02/13/2024, 09:00-13:30 a.m.: Diversity and Leadership in Academia (Description)
Having already established a successful cooperation with several faculties, we continuously call further faculties for participation in the ELLVIS project "Faculties: Competent for Diversity!".
We would be pleased if we can attract your interest for a cooperation. To participate in our project or to receive further information, please contact us by e-mail at annac.mueller@em.uni-frankfurt.de. You are also welcome to let us know which semesters would be particularly suitable for your faculty to cooperate.
Designing accessible learning and working media in hybrid teaching and learning settings (P2.3)聽
Hybrid teaching-learning settings offer great potential in terms of improving accessibility to studies for a more diverse student body. In particular, students with disabilities or health restrictions benefit from hybrid teaching-learning settings. The sub-project P2.3 is therefore concerned with developing a concept for bundling expertise and services in the field of digital accessibility and digital media with a focus on accessible teaching and working media with regard to their technical and didactic implementation in teaching.
The offer includes the following basic instruments:
- Concept development to bundle expertise and services
- to raise awareness of the requirements of accessible teaching
- for direct advice and training for teaching staff and other employees
- to provide concrete support for the accessible design of media
- Concept development of self-study courses and materials as well as (digital) workshops
- Collegial advice on concept development for aspects of digital accessibility
- Support for workshops from sub-project VP1 with a focus on inclusion and (digital) accessibility
Project information and Contact
Duration: October 2022 鈥� December 2025
Funding volume: about 16 million euro (total volume grant of the HMWK for 51猎奇)
Third party funding: Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts
Funding line: "High quality in studies and teaching, good conditions for studies" (QuiS)
Project website: following soon
Contact persons Equal Opportunities Office:
- Dr. Anja Wolde
- Dr. des. Anna Carolin M眉ller
- Dilara Kanbi莽ak
- Dr. Thuy Loan Nguyen
- Michaela Schneider-Wettstein
Cooperation partner: Within the university-wide project, the Equal Opportunities Office, the Interdisciplinary College for Higher Education Didactics (IKH), studiumdigitale, and the Inclusion Officer cooperate as Di鲁+ network. Other actors involved in the project are the coordinators of the centers of expertise (Center for Methodology, Center for Teacher Education, Center for the Humanities, and Center for the Natural Sciences) as well as employees in the faculties and in the central service Studies, Teaching, International Affairs (SLI).