Work-life management
Temporary childcare support during the National Center Test for University Admissions
To alleviate the childcare burden on faculty and staff who work on holidays due to the National Center Test for University Admissions, and to create an environment where faculty and staff can perform at their best, we will open a temporary childcare center on campus on the day of the National Center Test and provide free childcare.
Temporary childcare support during the National Center Test for University Admissions
We rent out mats for temporary childcare use at symposiums, academic conferences, and other events.
We will secure a space for temporary childcare during academic conferences and research meetings, and lend out tatami mats to help young children feel as comfortable as possible.
>> Rental of mats for temporary childcare use at symposiums, academic conferences, etc.
Rental of temporary rest sets for pregnant women and those taking care of their children.
We lend out equipment to ensure you have a clean, private space when you need to lie down temporarily due to feeling unwell during pregnancy or when you need to express breast milk.
>> Regarding the lending of temporary rest sets for pregnant women and those raising children (trial)
Support for personnel to help balance research activities and life events.
We provide subsidies to help researchers balance childbirth, childcare, elder care, and other responsibilities with their research activities by covering the costs of employing research assistants.
When you start working around childcare drop-offs and pick-ups, it becomes difficult to secure the same amount of time for experiments and research as before. By hiring research assistants to handle tasks such as data collection, processing, and supporting experiments, you can maintain fulfilling educational and research activities even with limited time.
Support for personnel to help balance research activities and life events.
Subsidy for the cost of inviting overseas researchers
For female researchers who find it difficult to travel abroad due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, etc., we offer opportunities to invite researchers from overseas to provide advice on research or discuss collaborative research.
Subsidies for inviting overseas researchers (SG FResHU Support)
Support during childcare period, etc.
Hokkaido University offers various systems such as special leave and partial leave for childbirth, childcare, and elder care, but the number of people using them is still low.
We will consider creating a system that can flexibly respond to the need for unexpected leave of absence that may arise in one's life.
Support during childcare period, etc.
Accompanying interpreter support by Ree-D supporters
Our office dispatches accompanying interpreters (=Ree-D supporters) to daycare centers and health centers to provide childcare support for foreign researchers and international students.
Accompanying interpreter support by Ree-D supporters
Lunch gathering Get Connected!
This is a casual lunch gathering where female researchers on campus can exchange information about things they're curious about or things they'd like to ask other researchers.
>>Lunch meeting Get Connected!
On-campus childcare facilities
Our university owns three on-campus daycare centers, supporting the lives of faculty and staff as well as the development of their children.
The Diversity Research Environment Promotion Office provides various information related to childcare and parenting. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your first pregnancy or childcare.
>>On-campus childcare facilities
Childcare support information
We've compiled helpful information for parenting.
Childcare support information
Links
Government-related pages and useful information sites regarding the promotion of women's participation in the workforce.
