Bavaria Ranks as Smartest Federal State in New Educational Ranking

Bavaria Ranks as Smartest Federal State in New Educational Ranking

Mirror, mirror on the wall, where do the smartest people in the whole country live? And where do you have the best chances of getting a good education? In Bavaria! At least this is the result of a new educational ranking from the online tutoring portal “ TutorSpace“. The makers compared all 16 federal states … Read more

KfW Loan Interest Rate Hike and the Impact on Students: Interview with Arbeiterkind.de Co-Founder Katja Urbatsch

KfW Loan Interest Rate Hike and the Impact on Students: Interview with Arbeiterkind.de Co-Founder Katja Urbatsch

For some time now, students have been able to use student loans from the state development bank KfW to finance their studies. But at the beginning of October 2023, KfW will raise the interest rate significantly. Many see this as having dramatic consequences for students – including Katja Urbatsch. The co-founder and executive director of … Read more

Prevention day informs about cancer risk | Medical University of Vienna, January 25, 2024

Prevention day informs about cancer risk |  Medical University of Vienna, January 25, 2024

MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital invite you to the preventive care day in the Van Swieten Hall on February 17, 2024 Vienna (OTS) – The Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital invites you to the Cancer Prevention Day (hybrid) in the context of World Cancer Day on February 17, … Read more

Loughborough University Tests Holoboxes from US Company Proto for 3D Lectures – The Guardian Reports

Loughborough University Tests Holoboxes from US Company Proto for 3D Lectures – The Guardian Reports

The British University of Loughborough is the first in Europe to test the use of holoboxes from the US company Proto in order to bring lecturers from all over the world into the lecture hall. Those responsible even believe it is conceivable to use AI technology to have three-dimensional images of the deceased give lectures. … Read more

MCI awards senatorial dignity to Wolfgang Eichinger | MCI

MCI awards senatorial dignity to Wolfgang Eichinger |  MCI

Academic honor for many years of service to the university and location Innsbruck (OTS) – MCI | goes with academic dignity The Entrepreneurial University® is very economical. Since its founding 27 years ago, only five honorary senatorships have been awarded. What is even more special is that this is the case after more than ten … Read more

Comment: A plan for Bavaria – and against tiredness about the future

Comment: A plan for Bavaria – and against tiredness about the future

Congratulations to Nuremberg! If everything goes smoothly, the people of Nuremberg will soon board the university, only to leave their magnetic levitation train at the hospital ten minutes later (or so). That’s perhaps how Edmund Stoiber would have put it. His Transrapid speech from 2002 is historic for linguistic reasons. Markus Söder’s 21st government declaration … Read more

AK Steiermark Increases School and Study Allowance to 300 Euros

AK Steiermark Increases School and Study Allowance to 300 Euros

Graz (OTS) – Especially in times of massive inflation, AK Steiermark is keen to help with complex measures. The school and study allowance has now been increased to 300 euros. “We provide support throughout the entire school career,” says Alexandra Hörmann, head of education at the Chamber of Labor. Whether middle school, AHS, apprenticeship or … Read more

The Future of Affirmative Action in US Universities: Supreme Court Verdict Looming

Tuition fees, excellent grades and entrance tests: the hurdles to studying at a popular US university are high. If these criteria alone were used, almost all students in the United States would probably be white or Asian Americans. For this reason, universities also take ethnic background into account when allocating places. This is called Affirmative … Read more