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Hello, my name is Carolin Oberleiter and I will soon be back at FHWien der WKW studying Corporate Communications in the fifth semester. I was lucky enough to spend the summer semester 2020 on Aruba, a small island in the Caribbean. Now that I am back, I will gladly share my experiences with you in the following article. […]Read more on Studying under palm trees at the University of Aruba – My experience report

Employer branding in the service sector: Richard Bauer is a graduate and lecturer at FHWien der WKW and published the book "Fachkräfte finden und binden - Internes Marketing für Tourismus und andere Dienstleister" ("Finding and retaining specialists - internal marketing for tourism and other service providers") at the renowned Linde publishing house. […]Read more on “Fachkräfte finden und binden” – a book by Richard Bauer

“Innovation is no coincidence!” was the motto of the Alumni Talk on June 24, 2020. The speaker of the evening, HRO alumnus Christian Felber, is an innovation guide at INNOLAB, where he and the six-person team support Styrian small and medium-sized companies. Over Zoom, Christian Felber inspired the participants on the topics of future and […]Read more on What will exist in 2030 that doesn’t exist today?

The election of the Alumna/Alumnus of the year at the Alumni Night is a fixed point in the academic year at FHWien der WKW. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have decided not to hold the Alumni Night in person this year. The health of all of us is important to us and we do […]Read more on Presentation of the award “Alumna/Alumnus of the Year” will take place online this year

Insights into personal leadership styles from industry experts: Every year we offer our Master’s students intensive dialogues with executives from the tourism industry. Due to Covid-19, these conversations did not take place in a cozy coffee house atmosphere this year, but via video conference. However, this did not detract from the knowledge gained from the […]Read more on Tourism leadership talks with ten top guests

Since mid-March, universities in Austria have been closed, courses have been converted to distance learning and everyday life has changed considerably for students. A research team from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna wants to find out how students deal with the current situation and home learning and what challenges arise in […]Read more on Study “Learning under COVID-19 conditions

FHWien der WKW is among the top universities of applied sciences for its high practical relevance and its “contact to work environment” – as reported in the renowned U-Multirank university ranking. […]Read more on FHWien der WKW among the top 25 universities worldwide at U-Multirank

In the January issue of CFO aktuell, the Competence Center for Business Controlling & Accounting presented the case study of an Austrian publicly listed company, in which the effects of IFRS on controlling were analyzed. The introduction of IFRS resulted in various simplifications in the case presented, such as the elimination of calculative interest and […]Read more on Publication on IFRS effects on controlling

In his online keynote, Vijay Viswanathan presented concepts and strategies for consumer experience and engagement and referred to COVID-19. […]Read more on International expert Vijay Viswanathan gave an online keynote about Integrated Marketing Communications

Due to the coronavirus, on March 10, 2020 all courses at FHWien der WKW were switched to distance learning. In the special edition of the FNMA magazine (Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria) “Plötzlich online“ (‘Suddenly online‘) FHWien der WKW is now represented with an interesting article about distance learning. Uta Rußmann and Ilona […]Read more on FNMA Magazine „Plötzlich online“