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BOKU is beyond that also active in the following networks:<br />

• UniKid-UniCare Austria: network of collaborating universities in Austria<br />

• „Familie in der Hochschule“: network of more than 129 universities and higher education institutions in<br />

German-speaking countries<br />

• The participation in both networks enables a professional and constructive exchange with the partner universities<br />

as well as the possibility to develop and implement joint activities.<br />

• „Showing CAREsides“: Example of a joint UniKid-UniCare Austria event series. Target group: all university<br />

members in Austria. Format: recurring online event: professional lecture and discussion on care topics, duration<br />

90 min. Goal: Raising awareness for care topics and making them visible Organization: Network UniKid-<br />

UniCare Austria, the online event is hosted by the member universities on a rotating basis. Dates and topics:<br />

23.11.2021 „Parents and Corona“; 17.02.2022 „What is the pandemic doing to our children?“; Aviso: May 2022<br />

„Caregiving and Corona“<br />

Copyright drawings: Alexander Praschil<br />

4.3.2.6. UNISTRA<br />

The EURAXESS Service Centre<br />

The EURAXESS Service Centre facilitates the necessary steps for the arrival of foreign research guests, contractual<br />

doctoral candidates, post-doctoral fellows and teachers-researchers hosted at the University of Strasbourg,<br />

and their families. The center accompanies foreign researchers in the preparation of their stay and their settlement<br />

in Alsace. The partnership agreement with the Prefecture of Bas-Rhin allows an expedited procedure for<br />

the residence permit application.<br />

People with disabilities<br />

The Mission handicap is a reception and support system that enables students with disabilities to pursue their<br />

studies in the best possible conditions. It organizes the appropriate assistance or adaptations and provides the<br />

necessary advice to ensure the success of their study and professional projects. It has a network of 90 referral<br />

persons and offers awareness-raising events and meetings. Regarding the staff, there is a disability correspondent<br />

within the human resources department.<br />

Request to change the user name<br />

Since September 2020, students enrolling at UNISTRA can request to change their first name in use by filling<br />

out an online form. The ability to request the use of a customary first name is provided for transgender or<br />

gender-neutral students, students who have begun a process to change their first name (and/or civil status) at<br />

the registry office, students who have begun a procedure to have their first name changed to French, students<br />

whose first and last names may be combined in a way that is prejudicial or ridiculous.<br />

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