Over 5,000 Burgenland school pupils studying Hungarian and Croatian will get new course materials from September. The materials were put together by teachers from across the region for the 5,018 students studying the languages and was developed in partnership with the language department of the Pedagogic College (Pädagogischen Hochschule) and ORF Burgenland. State school board […]
Fewer than one out of three Austrians are satisfied with their personal work-life balance.Just 30 per cent of questioned citizens said, they were pleased about how they reconciled their professional duties and family responsibilities.The Centre for Future Studies at the Fachhochschule college in Salzburg said today (Thurs), it also found that a majority of 53 […]
A court has overruled the expulsion of a student nurse who was kicked out after posing for a series of saucy photographs.Bosses at the nursing college in Leoben decided to expel blonde Ramona Galler after she was portrayed in lingerie by a famous photographer in April.Galler asked her schools board whether she could invite Manfred […]
An Austrian is to head a new university in Oman.Johann Günther will become headmaster of the University of Buraimi which opens next month, it was announced today (Mon).The institute will start with a “test year” offering courses to around 300 students in October before around 10,000 people can sign up for lectures from autumn 2011.An […]
A Salzburg teenager who graduated with honours died on holiday in Turkey.Franz Kurz, head of the polytechnic HTL college in Hallein, said today (Thurs) pals tried to resuscitate Christoph H. after finding his motionless body lying on the beach in their resort.Kurz announced the 19-year-old who went to Turkey with pals to celebrate his […]