Initiatives at the UP

A student-run educational initiative founded in April 2015 at the University of Potsdam that seeks to promote exchange between people with and without a refugee background in and around Potsdam.

The goal of the group is to encourage students from non-academic families to study, to accompany them during their studies, and to support them in networking and starting a career.

The university group UPride addresses LGBTQIA*, i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, inter* and asexual people and offers the possibility to become active against discrimination.

Accessibility in different areas is the key for people with impairments to participate equally in everyday university life. Implementing this, the goal.

The university group would like to promote the integration of foreign exchange students at Potsdam's universities.

In the absence of sufficient funding from the Potsdam University Library, the AStA came up with the plan to compile alternative books on the topic of feminism/queer theory.

There are mailboxes at the Golm, Griebnitzsee, Neues Palais and Rehbrücke campuses through which experiences and complaints can be communicated anonymously. This can also be done digitally.

The Department of English and American Studies hosts the project. Internationally renowned scholars will join the Department as Guest Professors for a period of up to six months.

Realizing the potential of diversity in educational contexts.