Welcome to the online survey as part of the evaluation of the effects of the amended Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act of 12 April 2007 (WissZeitVG - a German Act last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 25 May 2020 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1073))
We are pleased that you have decided to support the evaluation by providing information about your employment and your experiences with the amended Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act of 12 April 2007 with respect to your professional situation and prospects.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, we, INTERVAL, are evaluating the effects of the amended Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act of 12 April 2007 together with the HIS Institute for Higher Education Development. Essential information on this evaluation can be found here.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the content. You will find our contact details at the end of these notes and in the above-mentioned e-mail.
A few tips for filling out this survey:
- We are asking you some questions about the legal background of your employment. We ask you to look at your employment contract or contracts to answer these questions.
- You have the option of saving a questionnaire that has not yet been completed and continuing its processing at a later time. To do this, you can click on the button "Continue later" on the respective pages. You will then be guided through the saving process. It is advisable to choose a unique username for the intermediate saving- i.e., not e.g., "Survey Interval" or "1234".
- If you want to return to a previous page of the survey, please click on the "Back" button in the bottom left corner of the currently displayed page.
- You can print out the completed questionnaire. There is a button for this on the last page.
Data protection notice:
- Participation in this survey is voluntary, non-participation is not associated with any disadvantage for you.
- The survey is anonymous. The name of the institution employing you is not collected. The questionnaire was forwarded to you by your employer without INTERVAL receiving your contact details. Your IP address is not stored.
- The questionnaire contains questions about your employment and your experiences with the amended Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act of 12 April 2007 regarding your professional situation and prospects. Evaluations of the data are always carried out on an aggregated level. Questions for comparative analyses are limited to groups of employees that are always sufficiently large to exclude conclusions about individual cases and their identity. When filling out the questionnaire, please refrain from providing information that goes beyond the questions. If personal references are made in the text, they will be deleted immediately.
- The survey is hosted on a server of the company Hetzner (company headquarters in Germany). INTERVAL GmbH, Brunnenstr. 181, 10119 Berlin, represented by Dr. Jörn Sommer, is responsible for the survey.
Project execution:
- Dr. Jörn Sommer, INTERVAL GmbH Berlin (Project management)
- Dr. Georg Jongmanns, HIS Institute for Higher Education Development Hanover (corporate partner)
Contact person for questions regarding this questionnaire:
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