Anti-Discrimination Officer of the FH Potsdam
With the position paper for diversity and tolerance, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam affirms its understanding as a discrimination-sensitive university. With the aim of being an inclusive and democratic place for all, the FH Potsdam welcomes diversity and works towards the prevention and elimination of discrimination.
Fields of activity & tasks
Anti-Discrimination Officers at universities are actively involved in preventing and eliminating discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, social status or social background, sexual identity or on racial grounds. Important: Anti-Discrimination Officers are contact persons in matters of discrimination for all members of the university.
The central tasks of the anti-discrimination officers are
- Confidential counselling in the event of experiences of discrimination
- Assistance and support with complaints of discrimination
- Confidential receipt of reports of discrimination
- Planning programmes and events to raise awareness and prevent discrimination
- Anonymous documentation of cases of discrimination
- Reporting to the university senate
- Co-operation with other university representatives
How to: Report discrimination
All reports received by the Anti-Discrimination Officer are taken and processed first. Receipt of reports of discrimination and counselling on experiences of discrimination are confidential. Information is not passed on to third parties and possible further steps are always agreed.
Contact
Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
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