Accessibility

» Published on 8. December 2022

Resilience - a workshop for participants of AccessAbility

The peer mentoring programme AccessAbility of the ZAB exclusively offers workshops to participating students with disabilities and chronic or mental illnesses. In November, the online workshop "Resilience - Acting confidently with inner strength" took place as part of this programme.

» Published on 30. November 2022

Studien(T)räume - Opening of the co-learning spaces on December 7th, 2022 – 1.45-5.45 p.m

» Published on 23. November 2022

Release of the ZAB employee portal and the new ZAB homepage

The new ZAB employee portal is online! Employees and job applicants at Bielefeld University can find comprehensive information about disabilities and working life here. From applying for a severely disabled person's ID, to useful knowledge about the legal aspects of disability and work at the university, to individual possibilities of work organization, a lot of information is available in a bundle. As usual, the portal is structured on a topic basis and linked to the other content of the ZAB portal.

» Published on 21. November 2022

3rd Meeting of the Diversity Action Plan Monitoring Group

Under the leadership of the Prorectorate for Science and Society, the members of the Diversity Action Plan Monitoring Group met for their third meeting on November 18, 2022. Actors from the areas of diversity, ZAB and equality reported on the measures they had implemented to make Bielefeld University diversity-sensitive and barrier-free. Among other things, the ZAB employee portal and a handout for lecturers that sensitizes them to the needs of TIN* persons have been created. Further measures are planned for the current semester. 

» Published on 11. November 2022

Kick-off meeting of the BMBF project Care Treasures

On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, the kick-off meeting of the 'Federal Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF' with a total of seven projects on the topic of 'Technology-supported innovations, new ways in care' was held as a virtual meeting. The ZAB is a cooperating partner with the project "Pflegeschätze - Technologiegestützte Innovationen für Sorgegemeinschaften zur Verbesserung von Lebensqualität und Gesundheit informell Pflegender" (Care Treasures - Technology-supported Innovations for Care Communities to Improve the Quality of Life and Health of Informal Caregivers).

» Published on 26. October 2022

AccessAbility – First run successfully started!

The new peer mentoring programme "Studienstart Barrierefrei" starts today with the first joint workshop for mentors and mentees.
25 students with disabilities, chronic or mental illnesses will participate.

» Published on 19. October 2022

Reminder: ZAB events today

We would like to invite all university members to visit the ZAB information desk and get an idea of our projects and services. Today from 12 - 3 p.m. we will be providing information in the foyer of the X-Building about the possibilities of studying, teaching and working without barriers at Bielefeld University.

» Published on 12. October 2022

Event Announcement: Wednesday 19.10.22

As part of our 5th anniversary, the programme continues. On Wednesday, 19 October 2022, anyone who is interested can learn more about the various projects of the ZAB and about studying, teaching and working without barriers at Bielefeld university.

» Published on 10. October 2022

Hello first semester students

The ZAB - Zentrale Anlaufstelle Barrierefrei welcomes you to Bielefeld University! We help you with all questions regarding your successful, barrier-free studies with a disability, chronic or mental illness.

» Published on 5. October 2022

Black or white? Not with ZAB!

At ZAB's third event of its 5th anniversary, everything revolved around digital accessibility. Prof. Dr. Gottfried Zimmermann lectured online about "Digital accessibility in practice - goodbye to black and white thinking" to many interested participants on 29.09.2022.

» Published on 29. September 2022

Award ceremony for the ACCEESS student competition

The final presentation and award ceremony for the ACCESS student project took place on 28 September 2022. The jury selected three winning teams from ten participants and awarded prizes for their development tools. 

» Published on 27. September 2022

Opening of working and learning spaces for students with disabilities, chronic or mental illnesses

As part of the Open Day - 5 years of ZAB, the student workrooms were ceremoniously opened. The invited guests from the Rectorate and the areas of study and teaching were welcomed not only by the entire ZAB team, but also by the reader for visually impaired people, who briefly introduced the rooms. Afterwards, there was a live demonstration of a visually impaired workstation by a student who is already using the workrooms for his studies.

» Published on 7. September 2022

Universal Design of Learning explained simply

The SHUFFLE project created an accessible explanatory video (in German) on the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL for short). The UDL concept was developed in the USA and shows what needs to be considered when designing teaching and learning materials for the diversity of all learners. To this end, it names three principles consisting of several sub-points that contain tips for implementation.

» Published on 24. August 2022

ZAB fifth anniversary

We are celebrating our fifth anniversary and the cooperation as a joint contact point of the Representative for Severely Disabled Students and the Representative for Students with Disabilities or Chronic Illness.

» Published on 20. July 2022

UniMaps at the ICCHP-AAATE 2022

From July 11-15, 2022, ZAB participated in the Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility in Lecco, Italy. Lecco brought together researchers and practitioners in the field of assistive technology and accessibility.