Advance your HAWK career!
The HAWKarriere mentoring program of the Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW) as part of the federal-state program Human Resources is a cross-university mentoring program for young academics and newly appointed professors (mentees).
In the HAWKarriere program, mentees are individually supported on their path of personal and professional development. The HAWKarriere mentoring program offers them the opportunity to gain clarity about their next career steps or how to deal with current challenges, to set individual goals and to tackle them in a self-determined manner with the support of suitable mentors (usually HAW professors). The program is based on a collaboration between several universities in order to offer participants a broad spectrum of experiences and perspectives for exchange. It is primarily aimed at the universities participating in the HAWKarriere mentoring program and can be opened up to other HAWs in Baden-Württemberg in the future. Designing a successful career.
As advisors, knowledge brokers, role models, career advisors or door openers, the individually addressed mentors offer the mentees support in questions relating to professional and career planning with the overarching goal of an HAW professorship or its design. As experts in their field, mentors can provide well-founded insights into the current professional world of the HAW professorship and advise and support their mentees in a variety of ways.
Possible topics within the mentoring relationship:
+ Professional and career planning | + International career / stays abroad + Cooperation with practice partners + Further development of leadership and social skills + Transmission: transferring research content into practice + Support offers, e.g. for external funding third-party funds + Compatibility of family and career / life-work balance |
The mentoring content and thematic focuses are based on the individually defined goals of the mentees, are specified in consultation with the respective mentor and are designed according to the wishes and needs of the respective exchange relationship.
Participation options:
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Procedure of the mentoring program:
Registration phase from 27.06.2024 - 15.11.2024 (in German)
- Introductory workshop: January 16, 2025 | presence | University of Engineering in Stuttgart Mentoring begins with the introductory workshop for mentees: There, the mentees get to know each other and define their individual program goals and a suitable mentor with the support of a mentoring expert.
- Kick-off event: April 3, 2025 | Presence | University of Economics and Environment The kick-off event takes place in presence at the Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg with all mentees and mentors and we start the 12-month mentoring program HAWKarriere together.
- Mentoring phase : An (online) meeting between mentor and mentee takes place every 6-8 weeks.
- Supporting program: Workshops and network meetings take place throughout the year.
- Closing event: March 19, 2026 | Presence After 12 months, the program ends with a joint, celebratory closing event.
Contact
Rektorat | ALPAKA-Projekt
Silvia Brunner
Phone: +49 (0)721 925-1171
silvia.brunner@h-ka.de
Geb. B, Raum 602
Moltkestraße 30
76133 Karlsruhe
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