Freiburg Student Union

Freiburg Student ; Union (SWFR)
legal form	Institute of public right
Seat	Freiburg in Breisgau; Basler Strasse 2
main emphasis	Students
Action space	Freiburg university region
Chair	Hans-Jochen Schiewer (Chairman of the Administrative Board)
Managing directors	Clemens Metz
Employees	350
Website	www.swfr.de

Student Union in Freiburg

The Studierendenwerk Freiburg (SWFR) fulfills the statutory task of looking after and promoting the around 44,000 students in the Freiburg university region . It is a member of the German Student Union and is currently the second largest student union in Baden-Württemberg.

The Studierendenwerk is an institution under public law with around 350 employees. It currently runs 10 canteens , 7 cafeterias and the Haus zur Lieben Hand restaurant . It rents 17 student residences to students and is involved in the implementation of BAföG .

It operates a service portal that helps students find student jobs, especially babysitters, and find private accommodation.

Supervised universities

The Studierendenwerk looks after students at the following universities:

tasks

The tasks of the student unions in Baden-Württemberg are regulated in § 2 of the Student Union Act. In particular, the following areas, facilities and measures can be used to perform tasks:

gastronomy
Student living
Promotion of cultural, sporting and social interests
childcare
Health promotion and counseling
social support for foreign students
Arranging financial aid to study.

organs

The Studierendenwerk is represented by three bodies:

The managing director Clemens Metz runs the business and is the superior of the employees.
The board of directors consists of three representatives of the management of universities, three representatives of the university students, three external experts from the economy or the city administration and one representative of the Ministry of Science. The board of directors appoints, monitors and advises the managing director.
The representative assembly includes the rectorate or board members of the universities. It resolves the statutes of the student union and elects the members of the administrative board.

MensaCard

In the student union facilities, most of the payments are made cashless with a chip card . The so-called MensaCard is issued to all enrolled students. It serves as a student ID and will also be used in the institutions of the universities for access authorization. The card is also issued to guests for a fee.

Dormitories

The Studierendenwerk currently looks after 17 dormitories in the university region:

Freiburg	Student houses campus Student housing estate at the Seepark Stühlinger student residence Handelstrasse student residence Student village Vauban OIKOS student house Ulrich Zasius House Lehener-Strasse student house Kunzenweg dormitory Berliner Allee student dormitory
Offenburg	St. Martin Street Goldgasse Zähringerstrasse
Throat	Kinzigallee
Furtwangen	Albert Schweitzer House Großhausberg
Villingen-Schwenningen	Schramberger Strasse

Hochschulservice GmbH

The Studierendenwerk is the sole shareholder of the subsidiary Hochschulservice GmbH (HSG). Around 39 permanent employees and around 200 marginal employees work at the HSG. The criticism arises again and again that the Studierendenwerk operates wage dumping. The reason for this is that the HSG primarily employs catering staff who are paid according to the tariff of the food-gourmet restaurant union . This wage is lower than the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states , according to which employees of the student union are paid.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Jelka Louisa Beule: The Freiburg Student Union has moved into the former citizens' office. Badische Zeitung, August 13, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
^ Frank Zimmermann: Disagreement about the tasks of the student union , Badischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, January 27, 2009, accessed on October 19, 2015.

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[1] Jelka Louisa Beule: The Freiburg Student Union has moved into the former citizens' office. Badische Zeitung, August 13, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .

[2] Frank Zimmermann: Disagreement about the tasks of the student union , Badischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, January 27, 2009, accessed on October 19, 2015.