Department for Universities of Education

Austria's education infrastructure is changing. Especially students at the Pädagogische Hochschulen (universities of education) and students enrolled in teaching degrees at universities are affected by the plans. This is especially tangible in the plans for the Neue Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerausbildung (NLA), the new teacher education. In addition, there are ongoing reforms to the school system and service law and salaries for teachers. The Austrian National Students' Union (ÖH Bundesvertretung) is playing an active role in these processes, the creation of the Department for Universities of Education (Referat für pädagogische Angelegenheiten - PädRef) being a strong signal to this effect.

Our goals and tasks are:

ensuring high-quality education and training for teachers in all pedagogical fields
highlighting common ground in teacher education at all levels and providing the basis for better communication and networking among seperate teaching courses through a joint department
active and consistent press work for students at universities of education
participating in the adapation of teacher training in Austria - the NLA is a central point in our work: collecting ideas, organising workshops with universities and universities of education contributes to the coordination and evaluation of the different concepts. Those responsible in the government are still not sufficiently including students in the reforms - even though we are most affected by the changes. This makes it all the more important for us to actively participate in shaping the process and representing students on all possible levels.

As contact partners for all teacher trainees we are of course grateful for all your input and feedback.

We offer advice and guidance for students and are happy to answer questions concerning your rights, for example regarding exams, benefits, aptitude tests etc. We are also the next place to ask when your local students' union is unable to help or if your requests also concern students at other universities of education.

Contact and enquiries

paedref@oeh.ac.at
Address: Taubstummengasse 7-9, 1040 Wien

Mobile: +43/ 676/ 888 52 204
Phone: +43/ 1/ 310 88 80 - 38
Fax: +43/ 1/ 310 88 80 - 36

Enquiries:

Email enquiries are routinely answered, should you require advice in person you are welcome to make an appointment.

Team:

Tobias DörlerOfficertobias.doerler@oeh.ac.at

Jessica Müller
Advisor
jessica.müller@oeh.ac.at ller@oeh.ac.at

Karla Schmutzer
Advisor
karla.schmutzer@oeh.ac.at

All universities of education

Addresses and contact info for all Austrian universities of education can be found here (in German).

New teacher education: NLA – Neue LehrerInnenbildung

Information concerning the reform in teacher education can be found here (in German).

Information and downloads für student representatives (German)

Hier findest du wichtige Informationen für die Arbeit als StudierendenvertreterIn an einer Pädagogischen Hochschule:

Arbeitsbereiche der Vorsitzenden
Hier findest du, welche Aufgaben du als Vorsitzende/Vorsitzender hast und wohin du VertreterInnen entsenden musst.

Finanzielle Infos
Alles Infos zu Rechnungen, Überweisungen und dergleichen und was du dabei beachten musst.

Formulare des Wirtschaftsreferats

Gesetzliche Hinweise - wichtige Paragraphen für dich
Rechtliche Infos für dich und deine Vertretungsarbeit.

Hochschulbeschluss
Ein vorgefertigtes Exemplar für Hochschulbeschlüsse. Vollständig und richtig ausgefüllt ersparst du dir viel Arbeit und benötigtes Geld kann schneller überwiesen werden.