Legal wrangles between students and Vienna University are possible as Austria’s biggest higher education institution decided to reintroduce tuition fees. The university’s senate opted for a comeback of the charges for the upcoming winter semester. The panel debated the issue yesterday (Thurs) following an appeal by the university’s board. The decision means that students coming […]
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A new private university in Vorarlberg on the location of the former cheesemaking firm Rupp in Lochau may now not go ahead. The reason is a disagreement between the project managers and the local council. The disagreement is so serious that the project managers have now withdrawn their request for approval of the University back […]
No Austrian university has made the new Times Higher Education Ranking. Vienna University, Austria’s biggest higher education institution, was the only Austrian university listed last year. It was part of the group of universities placed between 91st and 100th in the Times Higher Education Ranking of 2011. The study includes detailed information on the world’s […]
Fire takes hold in university lab
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A chemical blaze took hold in the Technical University in Graz, Austria yesterday (Tues), causing almost 80,000 Euros worth of damage. According to the fire department, the metal initially set alight could be extinguished with water. The emergency services were automatically alerted to the fire in the “New Chemistry” building at the university on Tuesday […]
Europe’s most modern laboratory to examine sleep disorders has opened in Tyrol. Experts at Innsbruck’s University Hospital explained yesterday (Tues) they would check patients’ sleep for two nights each on the new ward which features eight beds. New technology will allow them to precisely analyse people’s sleep. One out of five Europeans suffer from sleep […]
‘Cheat’ Hahn faces fresh pressure
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The thesis of Austrias European Commissioner for Regional Policy is to be examined once more after an expert claimed that substantial parts were plagiarised.Stefan Weber who made a name for himself by exposing plagiarism in dissertations said last week that Johannes Hahn cheated creating “at least 17.2 per cent” 254-page philosophy thesis from […]
The debate over whether the government spends enough on higher education is set to intensify after just one Austrian university made the top 100 in a global ranking.Vienna University was listed in the group of institutions placed between 91st and 100th in the 2011 Times Higher Education Ranking. The study provides detailed data for the […]
First female head for TU
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A German-born academic has become the third woman to head a state-owned university in Austria.The board of the Vienna University of Technology (TU) said today (Fri) it unanimously elected Sabine Seidler as new chief of the institution.The 49-year-old married mother-of-two will take over from Peter Skalicky in October. Skalicky has headed the university since 1991. […]
The number of foreigners at Austrian universities will double over the next 15 years, according to a new study.Frank Landler of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Demography (ÖAW) in Vienna announced today (Tues) that he expected 82,000 foreigners to study at Austrian institutions in 2025. Only 44,000 students from abroad were registered by […]
‘Rowdy’ sheep face eviction
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A herd of sheep faces eviction after its shepherd has refused to relocate them after his agreement with a Vienna University has come to an end, it has been reported.Richard Krampls 23 East Friesians have been grazing on an estate owned by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna-Floridsdorf for more […]