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Catherine Prewett-Schrempf and Linda Slattery attended the 32nd IATEFL BESIG Annual “Back to Basics” Conference in Berlin from 11 – 13 October, mingling and networking with an international body of Business English Language Teaching (ELT) authors, academics and practitioners.  During a 45-minute talk entitled “EPortfolios for Grammar Learning”, Catherine and Linda presented the design and […]Read more on CCBE at the 32nd IATEFL BESIG Annual “Back to Basics” Conference

Stefan Kappacher (Head of Ö1-Mediamagazine #doublecheck) was guest speaker on October 21st, 2019 at the third Public Value Lecture organized by the Study area “Journalism & Media Management” The leading issue this time was „Trust in (Austrian) Media coverage“. Especially since the last National Council elections, many media users were searching for a trustworthy source […]Read more on Third Public Value Lecture: “Media Literacy instead of Fake News“ in cooperation with Austrian Public Service Media (ORF) at FHWien der WKW

At the annual alumni meeting “UF reloaded” on October 18, graduates of all cohorts met at FHWien der WKW. Manfred J. Schieber, Head of Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs, invited the alumni of the Management & Entrepreneurship as well as Executive Management programs to a relaxed evening at the Spiga Lounge on the Campus. The […]Read more on Review of the alumni meeting “UF reloaded 2019”

David Bourdin from the Department of Communication gave a guest lecture at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. David Bourdin, MSc (Teaching & Research Associate at the Competence Center for Marketing) represented the Department of Communication at the International Week (October 14 to 18, 2019) of Mendel University in Brno. The university, founded in 1919, […]Read more on David Bourdin as a guest lecturer in Brno

„More than just food and drink.“ On October 10, students and alumni from FHWien der WKW were able to gain insight into an internationally successful company – DO&CO, who was a guest at the Alumni&Co Business Insights. The participants not only learned astonishing and surprising things about the big player in gourmet entertainment, which has […]Read more on International Careers at DO&CO

Being a member of PRME, FHWien der WKW has committed itself to the Principles for Responsible Management Education, as have the Marketing & Sales Management study programs. Marketing & Sales’ students are encouraged by their lecturers to deal with topics such as sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Therefore, the Bachelor’s thesis “The problem of […]Read more on Corporate Social Responsibility in Marketing & Sales Teaching

What influence do architecture and office design have on the culture of an organization? Students from the Master’s program in Organizational & Personnel Development pursued this exciting question and visited the ÖAMTC Mobility Centre in Vienna-Erdberg at the beginning of October. In 2017, the club provided an important impulse for the future and opened a […]Read more on Office architecture meets organizational culture: A look behind the scenes of the ÖAMTC Mobility Center

Over 400 delegates from 35 countries attended the internationally renowned 20th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Research (AoIR) in October in Brisbane (Australia). Uta Rußmann presented her first thoughts and findings of a project she is conducting together with Andreas Hess on trust, digitalization, media use and young people in Austria. At the […]Read more on Department of Communication (DoC) at the 20th AoIR and the 4th YCC-Symposium in Brisbane

Our graduates Viktoria Weigelhofer (BA Corporate Communication) and Patrizia Muschett (MA Marketing & Sales Management) took the excellent 2nd place for their theses in the edcom Thesis Competition 2018-19. The awards were handed over by Sieglinde Martin, Head of Department of Communication, at FHWien der WKW. Congratulations! The two graduates dealt intensively with the topic […]Read more on edcom Thesis Competition 2018–19: Awards for Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses

Our introductory subject Personnel Management Basics was   a creative and varied course. In the exercise “Vernissage” current HR topics were developed and presented. The exhibits are well worth seeing! Teaching in a different way – This semester our full-time students of the Bachelor’s programe in human resources management were given the task of working on […]Read more on Human Resources Management and art? Successful vernissage of our first-year students