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Workshop on mental health in the workplace – focus on women
Many women are under enormous pressure in their professional lives: they want to perform at their best, set high standards for themselves – and yet often feel that they are not good enough. Between career ambitions, external expectations, and internal demands, mental health often falls by the wayside.
With the workshop “Mental Health in the Workplace for Women*,” Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is offering a space on July 2, 2025, to highlight these very challenges. Led by Lisa Schaller, the workshop will address mental stressors that particularly affect women* in their everyday working lives. It will become clear that mental exhaustion is not an individual problem – it also has structural causes.
Participants can expect a safe space for open exchange, practical ideas for everyday life, and practical tools for strengthening their own mental resilience. The aim is to encourage women* – especially those starting their careers – to pursue their goals with confidence and in a healthy way.
The workshop is aimed at all students and employees who identifies as female and would like to learn how to take better care of their mental health in their everyday working life. The workshop will be held in German.
- Time: July 2, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Location: HSMW| Grunert de Jácome Building (House 6) | Room 442 | Am Schwanenteich 4b | 09648 Mittweida
- Registration: By email to women.connect@hs-mittweida.de
- Participation is free of charge
"Nowadays, technology is still very much associated with male competence": Hurdles for women in science - understanding structures, promoting change
In 2023, the proportion of women among all professors in Germany was less than a third. Although 46% of doctorates were completed by women, their share drops rapidly as they progress in their careers. This is particularly the case in STEM subjects.
In this workshop, we will use the data collected by Professor Ramona Kusche in the project "FioKo - Promotion of women through individual and organizational competencies in education and careers (MINT)" to provide an insight into the structural hurdles for women at universities and especially in the MINT subjects. We then want to work out which (individual) measures can be used to counteract these hurdles and how women can be supported in detail.
Participants will be given the opportunity to discuss personal experiences or case studies from their everyday work in a safe space. The aim is to jointly formulate recommendations for action that can be derived from the discussion. Participation is free of charge. The workshop will be held in German.
The event is particularly aimed at professors, academic staff and those involved in job interviews.
- Time: June 25, 2025 | 09:00 - 13:00 (incl. 45-minute breakfast break)
- Venue: HSMW| Ludwig-Hilmer-Bau (House 39) | Room 115| Bahnhofstraße 15 | 09648 Mittweida
- Registration: With the subject "Workshopteilnahme" by e-mail to stauche@hs-mittweida.de