Central matura exam proving an administrative nightmare

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Education

The Austrian project for a central matura – the equivalent of the A-Level exams – is being piloted in professional colleges this year. The controversial measure is an attempt to provide all pupils taking their final exams with the same paper. They are then marked according to fixed corrections. However, it has proven more difficult […]

SPÖ wants to see more gay and lesbian teachers

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Education

Gay and lesbian teachers have been a taboo in schools up to now. The SPÖ wants to change this. At the regional party conference, they decided about a legal proposal in order to support these teachers. The Social democrats demand more “sexual variety” in the teacher education. Education plans and training materials would have to […]

Dad of vanished Brit criticises Austrian police

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General News

A British man has hit out at police over their decision-making in investigating his son’s disappearance in the Austrian-German border region half a year ago.Christopher Miles, who lived in Zell am See in the Austrian province of Salzburg, was last seen in Ruhpolding, Bavaria, on 31 July 2010.The 29-year-old’s dad Nick Palmer-Miles, from Langar in […]