Information in Easy English

You can study here.
And you can work here too!

Who works at Hochschule Bremen?

About 650 people work here.
For example:

• in offices
• in technical jobs
• in research
• in teaching

You can apply
for a job.
Or for an internship
to try out a job.

How can I find my way around?

When you visit our website,
you first see the home page.
There you find important information.

How do I find sub-pages?

Open the menu.
There you see words
that you can click on.
They take you to the sub-pages.

Maybe you do not see a menu.
Then click on the 3 lines in the top right corner.
They look like this:

Information about Hochschule Bremen:

Click on “Get to know HSB”.
There you find:

• What Hochschule Bremen offers
• What you can study here
• What it is like to work here
• Information about the city of Bremen

Information about working with us:

Click on “We are HSB”.
You will not find job offers there.
But we explain
what the different jobs are like

Where can I find open jobs?

Click on “Job offers.”
There you find all open jobs.
For each job you can see:

• What you do in the job
• What skills you need
• Who helps if you have questions
• The deadline to apply

How do I apply?

Click on “Your application to HSB”.
There you find clear information:

• How to apply
• Which documents you need
• What you must do
• If you studied in another country

Who helps me if I have questions?

Click on “Contact and advice”.
There you find contact persons.
For example:

• For questions about a job
• For questions about equal treatment

Under “Any further questions?”
you find the most common questions
and answers.

We are happy
that you are interested in Hochschule Bremen.

We hope
you find all important information.

Dagmar Schernus is the head of Human Resources.
Ms. Schernus is happy to help you.
If you need help
or do not understand something.

Here you can write her an email.
Her phone number is: 0421 5905 2001

Everyone should be able to use
websites and apps easily.

This should be true for all people.
For example for:

• blind people
• deaf people
• people who cannot move all their fingers

That is why websites and apps
should be accessible.

This text explains: What is an accessibility statement?
And where can you complain

• if a website is not accessible?
• if an app is not accessible?

Rules in the law

Since 23 September 2020,
this rule applies:

Public institutions must have
an accessibility statement
for their websites and apps.

This is written in EU Directive 2016/2102.
EU directives apply to all countries in the EU.
The countries must create their own laws based on
these rules.
In Germany, the law is called BITV 2.0.
The state of Bremen must follow this law too.

What are public institutions?

Public institutions work for the government
of a federal state
or for the national government.

Public institutions are, for example:

• offices and authorities
• some public housing companies
• schools and some daycare centers

The tax office is a public institution, for example.

Public institutions also include organizations
that receive almost all their money from the state.
For example:

• some museums, libraries and theaters
• some swimming pools and sports centers

A supermarket, for example,
is not a public institution.

What is the accessibility statement?

The accessibility statement is a text.

This text is
on all websites of public institutions
in all apps of public institutions.

Here we only say “websites.”
The accessibility statement explains:

• How accessible is the website?
  Experts can check this.
  The public institution can also check it itself.
• Are there still barriers on the website?
  Then there must be a list of these barriers.
• Maybe not the whole website has to be
  accessible.
  There can be exceptions.
  Then there must be a list of these exceptions.
  Important:
  The public institution cannot decide
  the exceptions alone.
  There are strict rules for exceptions.
• The statement must also include the date
  when it was written.
  The date must not be older than one year.

Public institutions must check every year:
How accessible is our website?

Then they must write a new accessibility statement.

Report barriers

Do you want to use the website
but cannot
because there are still barriers?

Then you can complain.

The accessibility statement says
where you can complain.

You can complain about barriers
on this website here:
Email: valerie.hug@hs-bremen.de

You can complain about these things:

• There are barriers on the website
  and they are not listed in the accessibility
  statement.
• You need information from the website
  but the information is not accessible.
  For example:
  Your computer cannot read an important PDF
  file aloud.
• The accessibility statement is older
  than one year.

The public institution has 2 weeks
to answer you.
Does the answer take longer than 2 weeks?
Or does the answer not help you?

Then you can complain to this office:

Central Office for Accessible Information Technology
Am Markt 20 28195 Bremen
Phone: 0421 361 181 87
Email: office@lbb.bremen.de

The Central Office checks your complaint.
The Central Office then speaks with the public
institution. And the Central Office sets a deadline
for the public institution.

By this deadline
the barriers must be removed.

If the public institution does not follow the deadline,
a mediation office talks with them.

Important:
You do not have to pay anything:

• not for the work of the Central Office
• not for the work of the Mediation Office

This text gives information about the accessibility
statement. Because everyone should know
which rights they have.

Do you use websites or apps
of a public institution?
But there are problems with accessibility?

Then also read the accessibility statement
on the website or in the app.

In the statement you find information
about where you can complain.

You must first complain
to the public institution.
Only then
can the Central Office help you.

Here you can find the accessibility statement of this website: Accessibility statement

German Text in Easy Language: © Büro für Leichte Sprache, Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung Bremen e.V., 2020.