EPICUR EDI Toolkit

Actions – On Inclusion in EPICUR
The use of the customary first name is taken into account in the following documents:
• Registration, roll call and attendance lists
• The minutes of the deliberations
• The posting of examination results
• Electoral lists, attendance lists and lists of candidates in case of elections
• The Pass Campus card and the Unistra e-mail address
4.3.2.7. ALU-FR
The University of Freiburg (ALU-FR) has several measures in place to support equity, diversity and inclusion. Although
almost all of these measures support not only one dimension, below all measures are listed respective
to their main target, starting with measures pertaining to Inclusion.
Representative for Students with a Disability or Chronic Illness
Every new student faces challenges when they first enter a university environment. This includes topics such as
the beginning of courses, navigating the university city, acquainting oneself with unfamiliar subjects, taking examinations.
Students dealing with chronic illnesses or having a disability on top of the above-mentioned challenges
have to put in a much greater effort and overcome additional barriers in the long-term, from the start of
their studies all the way to the completion of their degree.
The services at ALU-FR cater to students with mobility, visual, or hearing impairments as well as to students
with chronic physical and mental illnesses. And the website “Studying with a Disability or Chronic Illness” run
by the Student Service Center at ALU-FR offers concrete information on the appropriate people to turn to for
specific questions and problems, helpful tips, pertinent links and addresses, and advice on legal aspects.
Disabled representative
ALU-FR also has a representative for people with severe disabilities, whose tasks include:
• Promoting of the integration of severely disabled (and their equal) people in the company and office
• Representing the interests of severely disabled people in the company and office
• Advising and helping severely disabled people (e.g. with problems at work)
• Providing information about options related to severe disabilities (e.g. partial retirement, rehabilitation,
early retirement)
Inclusion agreement of the ALU Freiburg (incl. inclusion team)
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which came into force in Germany on March 26,
2009, lays down the basis for the participation of persons with disabilities. Inclusion (Latin for “absence”) means
that all people participate in social life in a self-determined manner. This means that people with disabilities
no longer have to integrate and adapt to the environment, instead the environment is equipped from the beginning
in such a way that all people can live on an equal footing - no matter how different they are. The ideal of
inclusion is that the distinction „disabled/non-disabled“ is no longer relevant.
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