For a discrimination-free campus –
a contact point for all members of the university

Committee duties

At its meeting on 10 February 2021, the HAWK Senate adopted a new directive on the establishment of a contact point in accordance with the General Act on Equal Treatment (Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz; AGG) This contact point was established in consultation with the General Students’ Committee (Allgemeiner Studierenden-Ausschuss; AStA), the Equal Opportunities Officer and the Staff Council, in the form of a coordinating committee.

Composition:

  • The committee consists of 5 persons and their respective deputies.
  • Each of the university’s sites is represented by one member. The term of office is 2 years.
  • In fulfilling their duties with regard to complaints management, the members of the coordinating body act independently and in strict confidence.
  • The coordinating committee is a competent body within the meaning of Section 13 (1) of the General Act on Equal Treatment.

It is open to individuals affected by discrimination to seek advice and support from the anti-discrimination committee.

Submitting a complaint

Students, employees, lecturers, interns and guests can lodge a complaint. You can submit a complaint to the anti-discrimination committee if you have been subject to discrimination at HAWK on any of the following bases:

  • race
  • ethnic origin
  • religion or beliefs
  • disability
  • age
  • sexual identity
  • gender

You can lodge a complaint with the following persons:

  • The HAWK AGG committee and thus with members of the committee.
  • You can contact a specific individual on the committee or write to the general e-mail address.
  • Meetings will usually be held at the site where the person contacted is based, to the extent that they are available.

 

You can lodge a complaint in one of the following ways:

  • Send an e-mail with your complaint to the relevant committee contact (see contacts, right)
  • Send an e-mail with your complaint to a committee member (see members)
  • Send a letter by post or deliver it in person to:

          HAWK AGG Coordinating Committee
          HAWK - Hildesheim, Holzminden, Göttingen
          Hohnsen 4
          31134 Hildesheim
          Germany

If you are not sure whether your complaint meets the AGG guidelines, please feel free to contact us for an initial discussion.

 

Committee members

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Luisa-Marie Lange
Studienbereichskoordination Soziale Arbeit, Beauftragte für das BA(H)J
Faculty Management, Social Work, Construction
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Lea Schwacke
Student advisor for exchange students (incoming and outgoing) in Göttingen
International Office
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Maris Elin Sonnenberg
Brandschutzbeauftragter
Fire Protection
Meike Walz
M. Eng. Meike Walz
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Forschungsbereich Biogas, Prozessbiologische Beratung, Life Cycle Assesment (LCA) und Ökobilanzierung
Faculty of Resource Management
Profilbild Cordula Watermann
Cordula Watermann
Allgemeine Studienberatung; Studiengangskoordination Immobilienwirtschaft
Faculty Management, Social Work, Construction

Student members

Annekathrin Kirchner, e-mail: annekathrin.kirchner1(at)stud.hawk.de

Annika Schairer, e-mail: annika.schairer(at)stud.hawk.de

Student representative Hildesheim, Annekathrin Kirchner
Student representative Göttingen, Annika Schairer