The research group focuses on raising awareness of socio-economic and educational-cultural factors for all those involved with the university, particularly lecturers and information centers. These include:
- Unequal (general) requirements for entering higher education
- The fact that some students need to earn a living and finance their degree by taking on casual or part-time work;
- A lack of contact with people from an academic background either within the immediate family or in their friendship group who they could go to with issues related to university.
Factors such as these and a feeling of social shame related to their socio-cultural background can prove to be considerable obstacles for some university students.
Concepts and projects
In order to enable it to work effectively in this field, the research group is currently developing concepts and projects that take the subject of diversity into account. These will support students, both at the beginning of their studies and later, to recognize any deficits and to deal with these in a practical way, e.g. by attending relevant crash-courses, peer-to-peer offers, or receiving support with planning their study program. Measures such as these help to reduce high drop-out rates, but also to encourage talents that may otherwise have remained undiscovered. Other subjects will also benefit from the specific socio-cultural experiences of these students.
The research group meets twice or three times each semester. Everyone is welcome, just send us an email.
- “Rookie meets Pro”. : Erstsemester-Patenschaft in den Geisteswissenschaften
- Toolbox für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, bestehend aus Minikursen der Schreibwerkstatt und Geisteswissenschaftlichen Crashkursen
- Lehrprojekt “Kulturelle Bildung und soziale Ungleichheit”
- ArbeiterKind.de
- Beauftragte für Studierende mit Behinderungen oder chronischen Erkrankungen
- Fachgruppen
- Geisteswissenschaftliches Propädeutikum (GWP)
- Professional School of Education Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg, AK Inklusive Bildung und Heterogenität
- Schreibwerkstatt für wissenschaftliches Schreiben
- Studienlotsen
- Zentrale Studienberatung (ZSB)
- BAföG
- Scholarships and foundations
- Stellenwerk – Jobportal der Universität Stuttgart
- Sozialberatung beim Studierendenwerk
Ein Tipp: Überlegen Sie sich, was ein sinnvoller Nebenjob sein kann. Können Sie vielleicht schon in ihrem zukünftigen Berufsfeld arbeiten? Sucht das eigene Institut gerade Hilfskräfte oder Tutorien? Und wenn das nicht klappt: Gibt es einen Nebenjob, der ein guter Ausgleich zum Studium sein kann?
Fabian Dirscherl
Program management; Research and Teaching Associate
