Impact of the Bologna Process on study conditions in Austria

Over the last decade, the Bologna process and other higher education reforms have reduced a laissez-faire teaching and learning culture that had previously been in place at Austrian universities. One of the outcomes of such a laissez-faire culture was to allow students with reduced time budgets (for example, due to employment, childcare duties, or medical conditions) to combine their studies with other obligations. The more structured approach to teaching and learning adopted by Austrian universities has paid little attention to the multiple demands on students’ lives.

10.08.2011 | Hans Pechar & Angela Wroblewski (Wien)