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These figures are lower than the national average for 2020, which indicated The family service center Campusbüro Uni mit Kind, a cooperation between
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that men took 3.7 months of parental leave and women took 14.5 months.
As regards the duration of parental leave, the difference between academic
staff and academic support staff is only slight.
According to the Care Leave Act ("Pflegezeitgesetz"), employees are also
entitled to up to 10 days of leave to support close relatives who require care.
Across all university groups, the number of employees who made use of this
provision in 2021 totaled less than 10.
C: Counseling and utilization statistics
The TU Dresden offers a wide range of counseling and support services
related to family friendliness.
One of these offers is flexible childcare. In 2021, a total of 461.5 hours of
childcare were made use of. This amounts to a utilization rate of 41.9% of
the childcare capacity (Which also needs to be seen in the context of the
Covid19 pandemic). Utilization was particularly high in December (59.4%)
and particularly low in the school holiday month of August (20.1%). A gender-
specific evaluation of the registration data shows that 57 of the 60 registra-
tions made during the year were by women. This corresponds to 95% of the
total. In 2022, a total of 925.5 hours of care were utilized. This corresponds
to a utilization rate of 92.6%.
9 Suhr, Frauke (2021): Mehr Männer nehmen Elternzeit - zumindest kurz.
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the Studentenwerk Dresden and the TU Dresden, is the central service point
on campus. It provides comprehensive counseling for university members
with current or anticipated family responsibilities. Of a total of 697 consul-
tations in 2021, 73% (512) consultations were provided to members of the
TU Dresden, with the remaining consultations involving members of other
universities in Dresden. 78% (398) of these TUD-specific consultations were
given to students. The majority of the consultations were utilized by women
(73%). The three topics with the highest demand for counseling were: social
services (42% of consultations), loans and financial aid (11%), and maternity
and parental leave (10%).
In 2020, the "Uni-Schnuff" was introduced, the TU Dresden's gift for new-
born babies of students and staff. This gift can be collected at the Campus-
büro Uni mit Kind upon presentation of the baby's birth certificate. In 2021,
of all 40 "Uni-Schnuffs" handed out, 38% were collected by men and 62% by
women.
Since 2019, the TU Dresden has been running a counseling service for Diversity@Studies
nursing care in cooperation with an external agency of experts in nursing
care. These consultations were predominantly used by academic staff
members (59%) and academic support staff (39%) in 2021. Only 5% of those
who sought advice were students (possibly in addition to being employed).
Women accounted for 69% of the counseling requests. The majority of
consultations took place by telephone (93%), which should also be viewed in
light of the impact of Covid19. The most common topics of the care consul-
tations in 2021 were the Care Leave Act (18%), power of attorney (14%), and
long-term care level classification (14%).
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