Wegen der Corona-Pandemie arbeiten momentan viele Personen von zu Hause aus. ForscherInnen der Harvard Business School und der New York University haben nun herausgefunden, dass Menschen im Homeoffice täglich etwa 48,5 Minuten mehr arbeiten als zuvor. Für ihre Studie haben sie das digitale Arbeitsverhalten von 3,1 Millionen MitarbeiterInnen aus mehreren tausend Firmen, die in Nordamerika, Europa und dem Nahen Osten sind, untersucht. Durch das Homeoffice hat sich nicht nur die Länge des Arbeitstages bei vielen Menschen geändert, auch die Arbeitsweisen haben sich angepasst: So erkannten die ForscherInnen, dass intern mehr E-Mails verschickt werden, im Schnitt allerdings nur 1,4 Stück mehr… Read More
Month: August 2020
Funded tutoring available during the holidays
Children, teenagers and young adults who come from low-income families, for example those who receive social benefits from the Jobcenter, are eligible for funding for private tutoring sessions during the summer holidays. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many students have had limited access to classes since March. Private tutoring during the summer holidays offers students a good opportunity to catch up on missed school work. The administrative district office (Landratsamt) will pay for the tutoring costs. A statement from the school is not necessary during the summer holidays. Application forms and information about the benefits of the “Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket”,… Read More
Neues Programm für akademische Geflüchtete im Bereich Informatik
Häufig haben geflüchtete AkademikerInnen Schwierigkeiten damit, ihre im Ausland erworbenen Abschlüsse und Studienleistungen in Deutschland anerkennen zu lassen. Hier hilft jetzt ein neues Qualifizierungsprogramm an der Hochschule Reutlingen im Bereich Informatik. Das Ziel ist, ihnen zu ermöglichen, sich weiter auszubilden, damit ihre Abschlüsse in Deutschland anerkannt werden können. Die TeinehmerInnen werden betreut und bekommen ein individualisiertes Studienprogramm. Durch das Programm sollen die AkerdemikerInnen schneller in den Arbeitsmarkt kommen. Zum Wintersemester 2020/21 werden die ersten Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer an der Hochschule Reutlingen aufgenommen. Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) finanziert das Programm. Die direkte Ansprechpartnerin ist Melanie Bitzer: melanie.bitzer@reutlingen-university.de tun072802 Impressionen zum Leben in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie:… Read More
الحصص الدراسية خلال الإجازة الصيفية
الأطفال والمراهقين والشباب من العائلات ذات الدخل المحدود أو تحصل مثلاً على المساعدات الاجتماعية من مركز العمل، سيحصلون على تمويل للدروس الخصوصية خلال العطلة الصيفية. تلقى الكثير من الطلاب دروساً محدودة منذ آذار/مارس وذلك بسبب جائحة كورونا. يعد التدريس خلال العطلة الصيفية طريقة رائعة لمتابعة هذه الدروس. يتم تغطية تكاليف التدريس من قبل إدارة المنطقة. لا يلزم تقديم بيان من المدرسة خلال العطلة الصيفية تتوفر استمارات التقديم ومعلومات عن خدمات حزمة التعليم والمشاركة على www.kreis-tuebingen.de تحت مصطلح البحث “التعليم والمشاركة”. إذا كان لديك أي أسئلة، يمكنك إرسال بريد إلكتروني إلى bildungspaket@kreis-tuebingen.de أو الاتصال على 070712076162 tun080403 Impressionen zum Leben in… Read More
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Inflation in Syria: More than nine million people are suffering from hunger
“The rich are at war and the poor are fighting against it,” said a Syrian who has been suffering due to the war in Syria for nine years, especially at hands of the massive monetary inflation. The Syrian Pound fell to a record level. At the beginning of June, money changers on the black market asked 3000 Lira for one dollar. However, the official price remained at 700 Lira, which caused retailers to close their stores in many cities. At the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011, a dollar was said to have cost 47 lira. According to the… Read More
Distorted picture: Immigrants in German media
How does the German media report about people with a history of immigration? The media researcher Thomas Hestermann from the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences investigated this in a study for the Migration Media Service. People with an immigration history rarely have a voice in the media – even when they are being reported on. In only 12.3 percent of TV and newspaper reports about immigrants, are those mentioned quoted directly. For example, the “Bild-Zeitung” (6.9 percent) and the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (9.2 percent) rarely allow people with a history of immigration to speak, while the most quoting occurs in the… Read More
Children feel very stressed by Corona
The quality of life of children and adolescents in Germany deteriorated during the Corona crisis. This is shown by the COPSY study (Corona and Psyche) by the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). Nationwide, children and parents were surveyed on this topic for the first time. The pandemic has “reduced the quality of life and mental wellbeing of children and adolescents and increased the risk of mental health problems. Most children and adolescents feel stressed, are increasingly worried, pay less attention to their health and complain more often about family disputes. In every second child, the relationship with their friends suffered… Read More
در تعطیلات تابستانی شنا را تمرین کنید
کودکان و نوجوانان دارای بونوس كارت میتوانند مهارتهای شناى خود را بطور رایگان در طول تعطیلات تابستانی بهبود بخشند. شهر توبينگن طرح “شنا برای همه کودکان” را در دو تاریخ در استخر روباز ارائه میدهد. تمرین هر ٥٥ دقیقه از دوشنبه تا جمعه انجام می شود و Adrian Wendt به عنوان مربی فعالیت می کند. شرط لازم برای هر دو دوره این است که شرکت کنندگان از قبل بتوانند حرکات شنا را انجام دهند. دوره اول از دوشنبه ١٧ آگوست تا جمعه ٢٨ آگوست ساعت ١٠ صبح تا ١١ صبح برای بچه های ٥ تا ٩ ساله و از ١١… Read More
Germany, the immigration country: Migrants underrepresented in better paid jobs
By Ute Kaiser More than every third person in Baden-Württemberg has a migration background. According to the State Statistical Office, this meant about 3.7 million people or 33.8 percent of the state’s population last year. In Baden-Württemberg, their proportion was above the nationwide average. There, 21.2 million people (26.0 percent of the population) had a migration background the previous year. This is an increase of 2.1 percent, however, according to the Federal Statistical Office, it was the weakest percentage increase since 2011. Based on the authority’s definition, someone has an immigration background if they themselves or at least one of… Read More