UAP – Our commitment, activities, program

In order to change something, you need experience in staff council work. This is what the UAP list with your long-standing WPR contributors is for. In order to incorporate current developments in the workplace from a fresh perspective, e.g. in the situation of the qualification phase or in the master's degree as a research assistant with a bachelor's degree, we also need young, committed candidates. The UAP members who have proven themselves in staff council work include, in particular, Dr. Karl-Ludwig Elvers and Dr. Birgit Elvers in her function as vice chair. Dr. has also been active in the WPR for several electoral periods. Michael Kasperski, Dr. Andreas Burger, Dr. Dirk Meyer, Dr. Anja Nuss, Dr. Martin Wichmann and Dr. Ralf Sander. Dr. Iris Mundry and Dr. Wolfgang Kruse are also represented in the WPR and have joined the UAP list. New UAP candidates from a wide range of areas at the Ruhr University Bochum complement and strengthen the balanced team.

Activities

Our work is particularly characterized by imaginative, innovative initiatives. In addition to the implementation of the legally stipulated rights of co-determination and participation, we are interested in the mission statements and projects that advance the university and, above all, the situation of academic employees. The initiative to create the guidelines for good employment is just one example. We are active in the bicycle-friendly RUB working group, the pollutant working group, the occupational safety committee, the economics committee, in occupational safety inspections, in discussions with the university management and in negotiations with the conciliation board. We are involved in workshops on new career paths at the RUB.

Program

For the next four years we want to initiate, among others, the following projects:


Improve working conditions, further develop existing guidelines, initiate new guidelines

1. Active participation in the design of new, plannable career paths (international fit) for the doctoral and post-doc phase with the conversion to permanent employment and permanent positions in science management.
2. 100% positions in all qualification phases (part-time only at your own request)
3. Actively shape personnel development, e.g. create permanent positions for permanent tasks in research and teaching and develop more targeted further training offers
4. Strengthening conflict management including external mediation
5. Structured further training offers for the post-doc phase with targeted preparation for tasks in science management and human resources management
6. Improved working conditions with binding regulations in the area of conflict between career and family, e.g. when looking after children and relatives in need of care or with solutions to enable family-friendly vacation times
7. Guidelines for good leadership and communication
8. protect against hacker attacks and implement sustainability goals

Actively support mobility transition and mitigation of climate change

1. Create charging options for eBikes and eCars
2. Provide free, theft-proof bicycle parking spaces
3. RUB Gardening: Making the campus more climate-friendly, e.g. by unsealing areas, also to transform the image of “Concrete University” (in collaboration with the Sustainability Office)
4. Use renewable energies, especially in new buildings

Further develop health promotion and occupational safety

1. Strengthen health promotion and expand active lunch breaks
2. Ergonomic work places for everyone, e.g. height-adjustable desks, laboratory chairs, etc.
3. Support for occupational integration management – ​​BEM (Betriebliches Eingliederungs Management)
4. Ensuring training is available for first responders, evacuation assistants and fire protection assistants
5. Recording psychological stress at work and improving the work situation

Data protection with a sense of proportion

1. Video surveillance only in sensitive locations with prior consultation of all those affected
2. Personnel files only within central administration
3. Separation of personnel files from other sensitive data
4. Constructive-critical support during the introduction of new software (IT committee)