Parent-kids workroom
The parent-kids workroom is located in B 1.30. Pregnant women and women who need to breastfeed can relax here and lie down. If there are any problems with daycare, such as holidays or sudden illness, staff and students can bring their children with them to HFU and use one of the desks here while their kids play.
Facilities
The room is equipped with a desk, a sofa for resting or breastfeeding and toys for various age groups. There is also a small washbasin.
In addition, there are lockers in front of the room where parents can store e.g. a play blanket or their own kids' toys. The lockers can be unlocked in the terminals in the library and used for up to one semester.
Access
Depending on availability, the room can be used at any time of day. All HFU staff have automatic access with their HFU card. Students gain access upon request from:
Herr Aberle
Central workshop, Furtwangen Campus, Room B 1.37
Tel: 07723 920-1410
Email: Email application is started:a(at)hs-furtwangen.de
Childcare facilities
Baby changing tables
A Building: disabled toilets, A 0.03
B Building: parent-child workroom B 1.30
C Building: disabled toilets, C 0.11
I Building: disabled toilets, I 1.14
G Building: ladies toilets, G 1.01a
O Building: disabled toilets O 1.08
High chairs and free meals for kids up to 10
In the dining hall (Mensa)
Mobile toy cases
The cases, which have toys for kids aged 1 - 4 and 4 - 8, can be borrowed from the parent-child workroom B 1.30
Childcare
Furtwangen Family Centre
Since 2003, there has been a cooperation between the Catholic Family Centre Furtwangen, the city of Furtwangen and Furtwangen University to ensure childcare for HFU students or employees. In 2006, Student Services Freiburg also joined this cooperation agreement. The offer applies to children from two months to elementary school age. HFU members with a child are guaranteed a place in childcare.
The family centre comprises External link opens in a new window:three facilities: the Maria Goretti daycare center, the St. Elisabeth children's house and the St. Martin kindergarten. They are facilities of the Catholic parish of St. Cyriak, subsidised by the state and the city of Furtwangen. Maria Goretti and St. Elisabeth are centrally located in the city centre and are about 50 meters from the university, St. Martin is at the Kussenhof (Berliner Ring). Students, employees and professors of the HFU can use all facilities. In the Maria Goretti daycare center, there is care for children aged 3 to 6 years in four groups. At the St. Martin Kindergarten, there are four groups for children from 8 weeks to 6 years old. In the St. Elisabeth daycare centre, children aged 8 weeks to 3 years are cared for. In total, about 120 children aged eight weeks to ten years are cared for in the family centre.
The family centre offers flexible care models up to all-day care.
In addition, the family centre offers External link opens in a new window:after-school care for school children up to the age of 12. The after-school care is External link opens in a new window:run by the city and the facility is located on the premises of the Maria Goretti kindergarten.
Contact details
Furtwangen Catholic Family Centre
Silvia Fürderer
Bahnhofstraße 7
78120 Furtwangen
Tel: 07723 7579
External link opens in a new window:www.familienzentrum-furtwangen.de
Daycare
The External link opens in a new window:Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Youth Office (Jugendamt) can provide advice and support about childminders in the Schwarzwald-Baar region as an alternative to a supervised facility.
Parent-kids workroom
The Parent-kids workroom was refurbished and refurnished for the 2019 summer semester. It offers families a place to breastfeed, play and work. Pregnant women use it as a quiet room for a brief rest. For new mothers, it is a retreat for breastfeeding. Students or employees can study and work here while their kids take a nap or play with age-appropriate toys.You will find the room on the 3rd floor in the transition between building A and C: C 3.76.
Facilities
The room is equipped with a desk, a nursing chair and a rest and play corner with toys suitable for children. In addition, there are lockers in front of the room where parents can store e.g. a play blanket or their own kids' toys. The lockers can be unlocked in the terminals at the library and used for up to one semester.
Access
The room can be accessed with the HFU card at any time during the day, depending on availability. Access requires activation of your HFU card. Please contact Mr Karrer and Ms Müller (Technical Services).
Childcare facilities
Baby changing tables
C Building: disabled toilets C 0.11
F Building: disabled toilet F 0.05
Cafeteria: disabled toilets
High chairs and free meals for kids under 10
Dining hall (Mensa)
Mobile toy cases
The cases, which have toys for kids aged 1 - 4 and 4 - 8:
can be borrowed from the HFU library.
Childcare
Daycare
External link opens in a new window:Childcare offered by the town of Villingen-Schwenningen
External link opens in a new window:Kindergarten finder for the Villingen-Schwenningen area
The External link opens in a new window:Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Youth Office (Jugendamt) can provide advice and support about childminders in the Schwarzwald-Baar region as an alternative to a supervised facility.
Parent-kids workroom
Room C 1.06 in the C building of the Tuttlingen Campus is equipped with a workplace, a play area with toys, breastfeeding cushions and a babyfood warmer, a changing table and a table where small children can draw and do homework. Both students and staff can use the room either for short-term needs or in the case of a childcare emergency.
Childcare
Childcare
The Tagesbetreuung für Kinder e.V. organization provides information about qualified childminders in the Tuttlingen Region and also provides advice and support.
The reformed Maternity Protection Act which came into power in January 2018 now covers students, which means you are entitled to more rights during your pregnancy and after the birth.
Maternity leave is 6 weeks prior to the due date and a minimum of 8 weeks after the birth of your child. During this time you are not required to attend any lectures. There are several special regulations for students which make it possible for you to continue your studies during the maternity leave period. For example, if you specifically request this, you can take exams during this period. Please register your pregnancy with the University as early as possible using the Notification of maternity leave and/or parental leave (Mitteilung Mutterschutz und/oder Elternzeit).
Further details of your rights can be found in the Information on pregnancy for students leaflet. (see Downloads)
Parental leave is 8 weeks after the birth until the end of the child's 3rd year. Both parents can apply for parental in the same time period. Please submit the Notification of maternity leave and/or parental leave (Mitteilung Mutterschutz und/oder Elternzeit) to the Student Administration Office (Prüfungsamt) no later than 4 weeks before the period of parental leave applied for. The Student Administration Office will inform the relevant dean of studies. (§31a Bachelor's SPO and § 24b Master's SPO)
The cooperation partners of HFU regularly run events free of charge for student parents on both campuses:
- Every Thursday from 9.00 to 11.00am there is a Parents Café in the External link opens in a new window:Family Centre in Furtwangen (Bahnhofstr. 9).
- In Schwenningen the "Studying with child" event takes place every Friday in the church hall (Erzbergerstr. 11). The group is organised by Lucia Feuerstein of the Catholic Church. Make appointments here!