Counseling
Support in Cases of Discrimination
The Anti-Discrimination Office at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences offers counseling and support for cases of discrimination. Counseling is available to all university members and affiliates who have experienced or witnessed discrimination, including students, staff, professors, lecturers, job applicants, etc.
- Counseling is confidential—inquiries and counseling sessions are kept strictly secret, unless the person seeking counseling requests otherwise.
- Counseling is focused on the needs of those seeking advice and – we stand against discrimination. Your perspective, experiences, and needs are the focus of the counseling.
- The counseling can be conducted anonymously, under a pseudonym, or accompanied by support person, upon request.
- The counseling offers an opportunity to talk in a safe space. We will discuss with you what options you have and what action you would like to take. Upon request, we will support you in your next steps.
Contact
Counseling sessions by appointment:
- by email: ad@hs-osnabrueck.de
- by phone: 0541 969-3055 or 0160 / 2716023
- Westerberg Campus, AF 0106
Sessions can take place in person (Westerberg Campus), by phone, or online. Counseling is available in German, English, and Russian.
Katia Yashchuk (pronouns: she/her) is a political scientist with many years of experience supporting and counseling international students and refugees, as well as in the fields of education and culture. She came to Germany to study and has also spent long periods studying and doing internships in Italy and Poland. To deepen her counseling expertise, she is currently completing a three-years certification as a client-centered counselor (alongside the work).
Other counseling services
- Advice offerings for students and prospective students
- Consultations for Diversity - General Student Committee (AStA)
- Center for International Students (CIS)
www.hs-osnabrueck.de/wir/organisation/organisationseinheiten/center-for-international-students/
- Equal opportunities office (Gleichstellungsbüro)
www.hs-osnabrueck.de/gleichstellungsbuero/
- Psychosocial Counselling (Psychosoziale Beratung Studierendenwerk Osnabrück)
- Representative Council of Employees with Disabilities (for employees)
www.hs-osnabrueck.de/wir/organisation/vertretungen-und-beauftragte/schwerbehindertenvertretung/
- Person of trust for students with disabilities and/or chronical illnesses
www.hs-osnabrueck.de/wir/organisation/vertretungen-und-beauftragte/schwerbehindertenvertretung/
- Study Counseling Service Osnabrück
- Anti-Discrimination Office - City of Osnabrück
https://staerkt.osnabrueck.de/de/chancengleichheit-und-teilhabe/antidiskriminierung/
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency
https://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/EN/homepage/homepage-node.html
- Queer counselling centre (Queere Beratungsstelle Osnabrück)
- Counselling for affected individuals (Exil e.V. – Betroffenenberatung)
- Women's advice centre (Frauenberatungsstelle Osnabrück)
- Lesbian in Osnabrück (Lesbisch in Osnabrück (LIOS e.V.))
- Report Antisemitism Lower Saxony (RIAS Niedersachsen)
- Counseling Center for Anti-Semitic Violence and Discrimination (OFEK e.V.)
- Hate Aid
Support and counseling in cases of online hate and digital violence
https://hateaid.org/en/consultation/
- Scicomm
We support and advise scientists, science communicators and research institutions as a whole in the event of attacks and unobjective conflicts in science communication. learn more
https://scicomm-support.de/en/