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  • Invitation to our International Welcome Café

    Invitation to our International Welcome Café

    On Friday, May 12th international students can get counselling at our International Welcome Café and get to know other internationals. International students from all of the city’s universities are invited to join us for our International Welcome Café on Friday, May 12th. In the Mensa am Medizincampus students get the opportunity to inform themselves about the…

  • There are still free places in the workshop on dealing with mood swings

    There are still free places in the workshop on dealing with mood swings

    Your feelings are on a roller coaster ride again and you need help? Our workshop offers helpful tips and techniques. We will start on 8 June! This workshop on mental health support is addressed to students suffering from mood swings, excessive demand, chronic dissatisfaction or similar mental burdens and is suitable for prevention as well.…

  • University Information Days 2023: The Studentenwerk Leipzig is on board!

    University Information Days 2023: The Studentenwerk Leipzig is on board!

    Running an information stand and conducting some talks and lectures, the Studentenwerk Leipzig will be present at the University Information Days 2023 of Leipzig University (May 6) and Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK, May 13).  Leipzig University  When: May 6, 2023, 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Where: Information stand 5 in the Neues Augusteum, ground…

  • Our cultural tip for April 2023

    Our cultural tip for April 2023

    Release party and lecture: Students of the German Institute for Literature are celebrating the publishment of their annual anthology.

  • New vegan bakery by the Studentenwerk Leipzig

    New vegan bakery by the Studentenwerk Leipzig

    Vegan bakery products from own production will from now on come from the bakery in the Mensa am Elsterbecken. Chocolate brownie, peanut caramel slice or plum cake – vegan bakery products for selected Mensas and Cafeterias are baked by the Studentenwerk Leipzig in an own vegan bakery since 2017. This bakery has now moved and works in the…

  • Location planning for a new Mensa: Survey in the Mensa Peterssteinweg

    Location planning for a new Mensa: Survey in the Mensa Peterssteinweg

  • Spring bicycle check-up

    Spring bicycle check-up

    Your bike deserves spring-cleaning as well! Our bicycle check-up helps you to start into the bike season smoothly. Get your bike ready for spring! The temperatures outside are increasing, the sun is smiling more often again. Spring seems to finally arrive! This means that the bike season has started now at the latest.  After a…

  • Workshop: Being a parent with mindfulness & self-compassion

    Workshop: Being a parent with mindfulness & self-compassion

    The Social Counselling service is currently offering a MCP online course. Mindful Compassionate Parenting is a health insurance-certified mindfulness and self-compassion training especially for parents. It aims at learning strategies to cope with stress in the daily family life more effectively as well as caring for oneself more attentively.  Contents and goals of the MCP…

  • Come to our Buddy Info Evening on May 4!

    Come to our Buddy Info Evening on May 4!

    Inform yourselves and meet Buddys – at the info evening on May 4. Looking for a buddy?! Buddys are students who look for other students to exchange views and experiences with. Whether it is to improve one's language abilities or to find a hobby together – whatever unites you can make you a Buddy couple! On…

  • Empowerment workshop for people with disabilities and chronic disease

    Empowerment workshop for people with disabilities and chronic disease

    Anti-discrimination workshop on May 8, 2023 – In a protected space we will talk about discrimination and empowerment methods. The workshop is organised by the Antidiskriminierungsbüro Sachsen e.V. (ADB).

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