Das Problem ist bekannt: Deutschland hat im internationalen Vergleich zu wenig hochqualifizierte Beschäftigte. Einen – bisher noch nicht gehörten – Lösungsvorschlag haben ForscherInnen der Fachhochschule für Oekonomie & Management jetzt artikuliert: „Mit alternativen Studienformen, wie beispielsweise dem berufsbegleitenden Studium, kann dieses Problem behoben werden“, sagt Dr. Matthias Klumpp, Professor an der FOM.
Kryptische Quellcodes, bunte Grafiken und kleine Schriften – nicht nur das erkrankte Auge trifft im Internet auf Barrieren. Um diese und andere Hürden beim „Surfen“ noch schneller ausfindig zu machen, wird die Meldestelle des „Aktionsbündnis für barrierefreie Informationstechnik“ künftig ehrenamtliche Beschäftigte für die Barrieren-Suche im „World Wide Web“ einsetzen.
Türkische AkademikerInnen und Studierende stellen eine wichtige Schlüsselgruppe für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland dar – und trotzdem wird ihr Potenzial noch unzureichend wahrgenommen, erkannt und genutzt. Zu dieser Feststellung kommt das Forscherteam des Futureorg Instituts in einer aktuellen Untersuchung. Die ForscherInnen haben die Lage von jungen sowie erfahrenen Wissenschaftlern unter die Lupe genommen.
Natasha Kelly a 34-year-old black German woman is suing her former landlord. In December 2007 he evicted her from an apartment in Osnabrueck/Western Germany because she was black and a single mother. In his eviction notice he wrote: “Some of the other tenants are unhappy about your background and skin colour and your personal situation […]
On Saturday 5 April 2008, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) broadcasted the first live episode from Europe of its debate show “Nadhra Ala…” („a look onto…“), addressing the issue of Arab children’s integration in European countries, and their daily lives in the local communities. This special episode came as part of JCC’s commitment towards Arab […]
The approach Diversity was initially developed and used in the business context. Today, we notice the entry of Diversity into the political sphere. The book “Diversity Management. European Contributions to a Current Debate” collects experiences related to resource management and to job insertion. It presents 9 different approaches of how the idea of Diversity, to […]
Hungary was awarded a Certificate for Diversity by the Dutch civil organization Unity is Strength in recognition of the country’s achievements in the social integration of the Roma minority. State Secretary Edit Rauh who is in charge of equal opportunities in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, received the award on behalf of the […]
The upcoming European annual thematic conference on anti-discrimination will take place in Belfast on the 5-6 June 2008. The conference, organised by the European Commission, will be dedicated to the theme of communication and awareness-raising in the anti-discrimination and equality field. It will bring together current national projects on awareness-raising and successful projects from the […]
A recent survey “One Step Ahead of 2011: A New Horizon for Working Women” conducted by Accenture provides an overview of how tomorrow’s workforce feels about the changes to business that will accompany the increasing levelling of economic power globally. 4,100 professionals (both gender were equally represented) from medium to large organizations in 17 countries […]
A recent research published by The Economic Journal titled “The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women’s Satisfaction” shows again how women in business are forced to waste their talents to find jobs that allow them to balance their professional and family life. According to the authors of the research a third of female […]
