The contact persons of the physics student council for physical, psychological and other problems, also known as Team „Obelix“, are a confidential, student first point of contact for all kinds of difficulties:
- Stress
- Study financing
- Concentration problems
- Study doubts
- Contact difficulties
- Any questions regarding inclusive support measures („reasonable adjustments“) for exams or daily studies
- All sorts of psychological stresses and strains, such as financial stress, lovesickness, family situations, discrimination, etc…
We are happy to guide you through the process of finding the support that you need. If you want us to, and the respective contact point allows that, we can attend the following meetings with you to help. You can reach us at the following e-mail address: fs-physik-obelix@uni-koeln.de or you can also contact us individually:
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| Fiona Fay Wallace | Anton Falck | Helen Kupfer | Vincent Borlisch | Nils Huge |
| fwallace[at]smail.uni-koeln.de | uni[at]antonfalck.de | hkupfer1[at]smail.uni-koeln.de | v.borlisch[at]smail.uni-koeln.de | nhuge[at]smail.uni-koeln.de |
Else you can also contact the liaison lectures of MathNat, Prof. Silvia Sabatini, Prof. Sander Zwergers and Prof. Kathrin Bringmann, or Physics, Prof. Stephan Schlemmer and Priv.-Doz. Ralf Bulla.
Information and Counseling Services at the University
A comprehensive guide to studying with a disability, chronic or mental illness can be found at https://inklusion.uni-koeln.de/guide/index_eng.html
Information about inclusive support measures (officially called „reasonable adjustments“) can be found here: https://inklusion.uni-koeln.de/informations/adjustments/index_eng.html As the website unfortunately is a bit confusing and there might be differences in the procedure that are specific to the physics department, we created our own overview (work in progress). Please contact us if you have any questions.
Cases of discrimination or abuse of power can be reported to the new central office: https://vielfalt.uni-koeln.de/en/anti-discrimination/central-office-for-protection
For professional, psychological help, you can contact the KSTW: https://www.kstw.de/en/beratung/psychological-counseling
(You might encounter long waiting times these days)
Another option is the Psychological Counselling of the Service Center Inclusion https://inklusion.uni-koeln.de/beratung/psychologische_beratung/index_ger.html (Website might be in German but they also offer services in English)
The Student Health Management department of the University offers a list of possible services within the university https://gesunde.uni-koeln.de/sgm/content/offer_guide/index_eng.html
Contact points for quick help in case of emergency or crisis
For urgent and acute problems, as well as self-injurious behavior and suicidal thoughts, please contact the following points of contact, most of which are available around the clock:
In crisis or emergency situations, the outpatient departments of the psychiatric clinics are responsible at all hours. An overview of the clinics and catchment areas in the city of Cologne can be found here: https://www.stadt-koeln.de/leben-in-koeln/gesundheit/psychiatrie/psychiatrische-kliniken-koeln (German)
If you need to speak with someone urgently, you can reach
- Nightline Köln, the listening and information hotline by students for students, is available during the lecture period on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridaysbetween 9 p.m. and midnight at 0800-470 3500 (calls are free of charge, their service is technically in German but you might find someone who speaks English)
- Psychological support hotline „Telefon Seelsorge“ https://www.telefonseelsorge.de/internationale-hilfe/ (scroll down to find a language that you are comfortable with)
- For help with sexualized violence, you can call 08000-116 016 or https://www.hilfetelefon.de/en.html (in 18 languages) around the clock or https://www.maennerhilfetelefon.de\en (in English, German and Turkish) for male victims Mon-Thu 8am-8pm and Fri 8am-3pm
In acute danger situations, please dial