Work-Life Balance

The strategy paper "Quality in Academia and Life“ summarises the common aims and strategies of the Work-Life Balance partnership. It deals with the improvement of general conditions for arrangements of work-life balances and their transparency to promote the European dimension in the area of professional careers. It is the result of the cooperation of three trade unions.  / mehr...

This website can be used as a reader by academic staff, equity officers, trade unions and every interested individual. It icompiles information about work-life balance issues and career patterns in the three countries Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom.  / mehr...

UCU (the United Kingdom), SULF (Sweden) and GEW (Germany): In this cooperation we are going to develop a strategy to improve the general conditions for arrangements of work-life balance and gender equality in academia.  / mehr...

The provided synopsis and criteria grid give an impression of similarities and differences of work-life balance and the different aspects that are shaping the preconditions for the work-life balance in Sweden, Germany and United Kingdom. The glossary helps to understand the technical terms in the three languages English, Swedish and German.  / mehr...

Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) is the education sector union affiliated to the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). The starting point in Germany is as follows: deficiencies in career patterns in higher education and research and the negative conditions these create for achieving a work-life balance. A national strategy paper shows how to improve equal opportunities for the academic staff and work-life balance.  / mehr...

The University and College Union (UCU) represents more than 120,000 academics; 56,616 is the recorded number of women. The number of women in the highest positions in academia is still very low. Beneath the obstacles faced by woman in British universities like the academic culture and the gender pay gap there is support available for women and initiatives promoting good practice.  / mehr...

The Swedish Association of University Teachers (SULF) is a politically independent union organisation and a professional association for university teachers, researchers, doctoral candidates and comparable personnel. SULF pursues issues like gender equality, the increase in post-doctoral positions, and fully salaried fellowships. The academic career hast to be made equally attractive to young women and men.  / mehr...