Starting and continuing your studies is tricky. Therefore it helps to know the tricks of the trade where you can find the information you are looking for and who will support you in solving a certain problem. The Teaching Affairs and Student Services passes on some tips to you thanks to their student advisory service. … Continued
Elisabeth Lechner is an Uni:Docs Fellow at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, for the upcoming conference “Trash” she writes about the themes and theories behind this seemingly unorthodox title: All things Trashy! Trash. Postgraduate Conference Trash is everywhere: the superfluous, the unwanted, that which is too much, that … Continued
The 11th Conference on Hunter and Gatherer Societies – CHAGS XI for short – will be held for the first time in Vienna in September, 2015. As the biggest CHAGS yet, the interdisciplinary conference will include two keynote speakers, five plenary sessions, 52 regular sessions, and about 500 participants. The conference will be a joint … Continued
As part of the 650th Anniversary of the University of Vienna, the “Living Book Day” took place on 29 April, in collaboration with the career service [UNIPORT] and the Main Library that are both part of the University of Vienna. The event was characterised by the presence of 65 renowned people including students or academics of … Continued
It is March. The first week of the new semester. Or the period when most of the students are at the University -– apart from the exam week, however. The reasons why the first week is especially important are that it not only provides information on the modes of assessment but also guarantees a place … Continued
Exactly one year from today, the final of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to take place in Austria. I returned to Vienna on Monday from this year’s contest in Copenhagen, and I came back to a changed country. Before I left Vienna for Copenhagen, there was not widespread interest in Austria for Eurovision, … Continued
When I arrived at Copenhagen airport last Friday, I was met with signs telling me that Denmark is the world’s happiest country, as it has been ranked by the United Nations’ World Happiness Report and other studies. Vienna is usually ranked in similar surveys as one of the world’s most liveable cities. But now is … Continued
As a phenomenon that brings together Europeans, there is nothing quite like the Eurovision Song Contest. Held annually since 1956, it is the world’s largest popular music competition and now includes entries from almost every European country. It has always been a televised event, and in 2013 it attracted more than 170 million viewers, making … Continued
Der Beitrag ist im Juni 2013 auf Samuel Bredl’s Blog unter http://sambredl.com/ erschienen. It’s that time of the year again. Finals are coming up and I should be doing anything but writing this blog post. But somehow it fits this very moment so here it goes. The way we are writing theses is 200 years … Continued
I started my PhD in Organic Chemistry at the end of 2010 in Germany. One might ask: “why Chemistry?”, to which my reply would simply be ‘Why not?’. I don’t know why, but people are usually so scared of it. Chemistry is like every other branch of science: you need to work very hard and … Continued
