Information for student assistants

Tutors can take on different tasks depending on the specific lecture course. These include:

• Conducting a tutorial group: Preparing and conducting tutorial sessions or helpdesk sessions, grading student assignments, grading exams and student projects, creating solutions to problems
• Assistance with final exams: Support with exam supervision and correction on both exam dates
• Attendance at the tutor meeting: This usually takes place once a week and the exercise sheet is discussed in advance.
• Time documentation: Recording work hours in accordance with minimum wage regulations (Mindestlohngesetz).

There are generally no tutorials on public holidays or on Dies Academicus.

Tutors usually receive employment contracts as student assistants (SHK) or, for students with a bachelor's degree, as academic assistants (WHF), working 7 hours per week for either 6 or 12 months. As of October 1, 2024, the hourly wage for an SHK is €13.98 gross, and for a WHF, it is €15.15. When calculating your gross monthly salary, you should consider that a month consists of 4.348 weeks. Therefore, the monthly salary amounts to €425.50 for SHKs and €461.11 for WHFs.

For other assistant roles, the same hourly wages apply, but the number of hours may vary.

You can be absent from work for up to three calendar days without a doctor's note. From the fourth calendar day of incapacity, a doctor's certificate is mandatory. If you fall ill from Friday through Monday, the two weekend days are included, so you would need to submit a doctor's note by Monday.

• Tutors at the Mathematical Institute: Please contact the lecturer of your course and the administration office at geschzi@math.uni-bonn.de. In case of a longer illness, please contact Mr. Welter at welter@math.uni-bonn.de (for tutorials) or Mrs. Krapf at krapf@math.uni-bonn.de (for helpdesk duties).
• Tutors at the Institute for Applied Mathematics: Please contact the lecturer of your course and Mr. Schubert at geschaeftsstelle@iam.uni-bonn.de.
• Other roles: Please contact your supervisor.

Tutorials do not need to be rescheduled in case of illness. Substitute arrangements should be discussed with the lecturer of your module

Work hours must always be documented. Your supervisor will provide you with the necessary information regarding this.

The workload for tutors may exceed 7 hours per week during the lecture period. However, it is significantly lower during the lecture-free period. Any extra work at the beginning of the semester should balance out over the course of your employment. If you feel that the overtime is not being compensated accordingly, please contact the lecturer of your course.

If, during the course of your tutorials, situations arise where you or participants feel verbally attacked or threatened, or if the tutorials are severely disrupted by external individuals, you can contact the following people:

• Caretaker of the Mathematics Center: Mr. Hammes can be reached by phone at 0177-9566-156.
• Campus Security of the University of Bonn: You can reach the university's security service by phone at 0228-73-7444.

In case of an immediate threat, please contact the police directly: 110.

As a student assistant (SHK) or academic assistant with a bachelor's degree (WHF), you may work a maximum of 19 hours per week. Additionally, employment is only permitted for a maximum of 6 years.