4th quarter

• On November 29, 2021, the second round of the WiMINToring mentoring program at Clausthal University of Technology was completed. On the same day, before the ceremonial closing event, the final evaluation of the entire program was carried out with the mentees and mentors, which confirmed that the program was once again a complete success. The highlight of the closing event was the virtual presentation of the certificates by our Vice President, Ms. Schenk-Mathes. The press release can be found under this link.

• On October 13, 2021, a networking evening on the topic of "Women's careers in a male professional world" took place as part of our women's network "Women&Science TU Clausthal". Two inspiring speakers from Siemens Digital Industries Software could be won for the networking evening. In addition, the monthly network meetings of our young female scientists took place, recently even in person. These regular meetings provide the opportunity for personal networking as well as a little training for various skills such as strengthening self-confidence. The press release can be found under this link.

• As part of the dialog initiative Gender Equitable University, digital workshops will be held between September 2021 and March 2022 for the decentralized equal opportunities officers (DeGB) at universities in Lower Saxony. Workshops will also be organized for university management and deans. In this context, a guideline for gender-equitable appointment procedures is to be developed.
• In August 2021, Clausthal University of Technology submitted an application to the MWK for projects to "increase the proportion and representation of women at all academic qualification levels at universities in Lower Saxony". Measures to empower the "Women&Science TU Clausthal" network were applied for. A positive funding decision has been received and Clausthal University of Technology has been funded with almost 30,000 euros. The funds for the entire project duration have arrived and can be used for the above-mentioned project until 31.12.2023. The first events for 2022 have already been planned, including a workshop on strengthening financial independence in February and on leadership topics in April.

• On August 19, 2021, the BMBF announced the call for proposals "Increasing the proportion of women in the STEM research and innovation process: strengthening self-efficacy, initiative and creativity". After an intensive consultation and idea-finding phase, it was decided that Clausthal University of Technology would participate in this call. The application in this procedure is in two stages and in the first stage, a project outline entitled "Empowerment of female STEM students for future management tasks" (MINTproWomen) was prepared with the participation of various institutes in the field of computer science and process engineering and submitted to the project sponsor. We would like to thank everyone who supported us for their commitment and contributions.

• Our five participants in the Niedersachsen-Technikum have now been in their internship companies and in everyday university life for three months. The interim results show that both the technicians and the companies are satisfied with the program.

As part of the "digital" module of the Lower Saxony Technikum, there is a cross-university offer of online seminars for the entire cohort of 2021/2022 technicians. The second workshop in this round in October 2021 was held by DIGIT on the topic of "Project management using scratch programming". The participants were able to gain an insight into the working methods of interdisciplinary digitization projects. We would like to thank DIGIT for this contribution.

The coordinator, Ms. Wiemker, is currently conducting intensive advertising (not only for the Nds-Technikum, but also for other TU Clausthal programs aimed at students) at (virtual) trade fairs and in schools. It should be emphasized here that Ms. Wiemker has established contact with our cooperation schools and maintains this contact intensively. We are also very committed to recruiting new cooperation companies.

• This year's taster course for schoolgirls took place from October 17 to 22, 2021. The taster course for schoolgirls was conceived in 1996 by the Equal Opportunities Office at Clausthal University of Technology. The aim of this measure is to introduce girls to the STEM degree programs at Clausthal University of Technology and to support them in their decision to study STEM. The one-week program was supported by many institutes at Clausthal University of Technology, including the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems, the Institute of Mining and the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry as well as the Sports Institute and the University Library. In addition to lectures and internships, the girls took part in sports and leisure activities. The offers and organization were well received by the participants. The Equal Opportunities Office would like to thank all supporters who helped so actively with the taster course. We look forward to having many institutes from TU Clausthal taking part again next year.

• At its meeting on November 19, 2021, the Executive Board approved the changes to the guidelines for awarding doctoral degree scholarships at Clausthal University of Technology. Among other things, two deadlines per year were set for the submission of applications and additional criteria for the comparative evaluation of applications were introduced. In 2021, four scholarships were awarded and the budget was exhausted. If you know doctoral candidates in your environment who have run out of funding for family reasons or due to particular hardship in accordance with the guidelines, please make them aware of the possibility of doctoral scholarships.

• Further training course "Confident handling of power in the professional world" was organized by the Equal Opportunities Office as part of the implementation of the personnel development concept in the area of "Leadership". The offer was very well received and therefore two dates were offered (on November 12, 2021 and January 21, 2022). The aim of these workshops was in particular to develop a confident culture for day-to-day work. The event was aimed at all TU Clausthal employees, especially those with management responsibility.

• On November 8, 2021, the workshop with interim evaluation took place as part of the diversity audit, where the respective working groups reported on the achievement of the first milestone. We are now halfway through the entire auditing process. The auditing process has gone smoothly and positively for Clausthal University of Technology so far. An additional workshop (preferably in person) is planned for June 2022 to achieve the second milestone.

In addition, a virtual collegial exchange between the participating universities took place on October 15, 2021.

The third Diversity Forum with all participating universities will take place on March 22 and 23, 2021 at the University of Marburg.

• On October 15, 2021, the student round table took place, in which the topic of "Student engagement in committee work and university politics" was discussed in detail. The results of this discussion will continue to be monitored as part of the diversity audit. We would like to thank all students who actively participated in the preparation of this discussion.

• As part of the federally funded action programme "Catching up after Corona", the TU Clausthal Family Service, in cooperation with the TU Clausthal Sports Institute and the district of Goslar, acquired funding and organized a sports offer for parents and their children.

Unfortunately, this offer was canceled due to the tightening of the Corona measures.

• The Family Service's annual Christmas campaign is taking place this year in the form of a craft activity. The TU employees have made window pictures with their children (or without) and sent them to the Family Service. In about a week's time, the windows in the foyer of the main building overlooking Adolph-Roemer-Str. will be decorated with the aim of bringing a little joy and Christmas cheer to our employees as well as the citizens of our city. Both of our large day care centers are taking part in the campaign.

• As part of the "Family in the University" association, of which TU Clausthal has been a member since 2014, the Family Service is involved in the "Communication Working Group" and is actively working on the development of the new homepage, which will go live in January. Cooperation is expressly desired by the association: all participating universities are required to cooperate by signing the charter.