Projects funded by the City of Vienna

Ilse Schindler

Managerin „Wiener FH-Förderung: Calls“
Tel.: +43/1/720 12 86-970
ilse.schindler@fh-vie.ac.at

City of Vienna endowed professorship ‘Business models and value creation in the cross-media environment’ in the Film, TV and Media Production degree programme at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2019-2024)

City of Vienna ‘Competence Team New Work - New Business’

(Running time: 2019-2022)

Internationalising the Curriculum – Quality Assurance for International and Intercultural Competences

(Running time: 2017-2021)

Innovative teaching - improving teaching quality through the development of university didactic skills

(Running time: 2018-2021)

‘Bridging the Gap - Needs-oriented measures in teaching for a high-quality transition to the Master's programme’

(Running time: 2017-2021)

STRATOS - STRategic management of political risks in the Eastern Partnership and Russia for austrian companies

(Running time: 2016-2021)

The contribution of human factors research to the management of uncertainties in project-orientated companies

(Running time: 2016-2020)

City of Vienna Endowed professorship for the dual specialisation ‘Multi-project management and integrated management’ at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna (focus on teaching)

(Running time: 2016-2020)

WirtschaftWissen.Wien

(Running time: 2014-2019)

With this project, the UAS of the BFI Vienna aimed to provide Viennese businesses, in particular SMEs, with easy access to current, scientifically sound solutions for issues arising in practice. Additional priorities were set by using existing event formats of the university of applied sciences, networking and information events with focused topics and the development of new event formats such as Expert:innentalks in the form of fireside chats, the Startup Workshop series or the three-part WirtschaftsDialog series.

City of Vienna Competence Team for the specialisation ‘European and International Studies (EIS) at the University of Applied Sciences of the BFI Vienna’

(Running time: 2015-2018)

Sustainable socio-economic action and development perspectives with regard to the Vienna headquarters location

(Running time: 2014-2018)

City of Vienna Endowed Professorship for ‘Quantitative Methods’ at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2012-2017)

With the creation of the endowed professorship for ‘Quantitative Methods’, the scientific and methodological skills of students have been sustainably improved. In addition, the Department of Actuarial Mathematics - a specialist area of ‘Quantitative Methods’ - was established for the ‘Banking and Finance’ and ‘Quantitative Asset and Risk Management’ degree programmes. The tasks of the endowed professorship included Managing/coordinating the departments, holding courses, supervising theses, working on research projects and publishing.

City of Vienna Endowed Professorship ‘International Accounting’ at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2012-2017)

The ‘International Accounting’ endowed professorship was closely linked to the UAS degree programme in European Business and Corporate Management, which helped to establish a specific research focus. By promoting qualifications that were in demand by national and international companies, the endowed professorship helped to further strengthen the competitive position of the Viennese economy. The implementation of the UAS didactics concept and ongoing quality assurance contributed to a significant enrichment of the teaching programme.

Educating for Global competence - International Weeks as an internationalisation programme for part-time students

(Running time: 2013-2016)

City of Vienna Competence Team Black Sea Region (SMR) for Research

(Running time: 2012-2015)

Integrated quality management system

(Running time: 2009-2012)

The UAS of the BFI Vienna has always been increasingly concerned with different forms of quality assurance: quality management, management review, intellectual capital statement, process management and personnel development. As part of the project, these instruments were harmonised and integrated into a ‘whole’ in terms of content, methodology and technology, with reference to an existing international set of rules - the ENQA's ‘European Standards and Guidelines’. In addition, an efficient organisational structure for data management was largely created.

Success through quality - quality through success. Continuation of successfully implemented activities as a quality assurance feature of the University of Applied Sciences of the BFI Vienna (4 sub-projects)

Numerous projects were carried out at the BFI Vienna University of Applied Sciences between 2005 and 2009 as part of the City of Vienna's calls for proposals for universities of applied sciences. In the interests of quality enhancement and sustainability, the continuation of the following measures for part-time students was subsidised:

E-Learning: Running Time: 2009-2013

The ‘e-learning’ project was characterised by the methodically varied and innovative forms of teaching as well as the different didactic concepts for the students (business games, project seminars etc.), which were deliberately used to illustrate the teaching. This should have a particularly positive effect on the motivation of working students. With the further development of an e-learning platform, the range of innovative teaching methods was expanded to include further facets.

Support courses: Running Time: 2009-2013

Building on the success of the previous project, a large number of students from all FH degree programmes, who had different levels of prior knowledge of various course content, were offered additional courses organised in small groups and designed with gender-sensitive didactics in mind, as required, in order to increase their knowledge.

Summer courses: Running time: 2009-2013

The annual summer courses held at the FH BFI Vienna during the summer holidays, which are generally lecture-free, followed on seamlessly from the CESAP Summer School and thus represented a further focus of the successful FH activities, as can be seen from the high number of participants, especially part-time students.

Streaming Content: 2009-2011

As part of this forward-looking project, the tools developed primarily supported all part-time students who were nevertheless able to find the lessons optimally prepared (e.g. recording in image and sound) due to non-compliance with compulsory attendance.

Strategy-Institution-Mobility - (SIM): Multidimensional implementation of internationalisation at the University of Applied Sciences of the BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2008-2011)

Improvement goals within the framework of the project were Implementation of quality-enhancing measures in the area of ECTS including a specific international study programme, intensification of English in teaching, increase in foreign guest professorships at the UAS of the BFI Vienna in cooperation with the UAS Technikum Wien, expansion of personnel in the International Office and in the area of ‘Business Russian’. A working group and publication ensured sustainability.

Theory becomes GM practice - implementing gender mainstreaming at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2007-2009)

The project covered the following main areas: personnel issues, the development of gender expertise, the use of gender-appropriate language and didactics, gender-appropriate and gender-sensitive behaviour, gender-differentiated statistics and gender-appropriate content. By embedding gender mainstreaming in the entire operation of the University of Applied Sciences, it was possible to achieve complete and sustainable implementation throughout the university.

Endowed professorship for the subject area ‘Personal Development’ at the University of Applied Sciences of the BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2007-2012)

The creation of the cross-degree programme endowed professorship for ‘Personal Development’ has significantly improved the content and didactic coordination of courses within a degree programme and between the different degree programmes. In addition, all full-time and part-time lecturers received ongoing training in the further development of soft skills, such as presentation techniques and moderation, in the spirit of lifelong learning.

Endowed professorship for ‘Corporate Finance’ at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna

(Running time: 2008-2013)

With the endowed professorship for ‘Corporate Finance’, the UAS of the BFI Vienna intended to significantly strengthen its expertise in this area, which is important for all UAS degree programmes; after all, this teaching position is an ideal complement to the existing focus on ‘Banking and Finance’. Furthermore, co-operations were initiated with selected Austrian companies, a recognised international consulting company, as well as with relevant domestic and foreign partner universities for the implementation of projects and the development of innovative courses.

Project management competence team 2010+

(Running time: 2008-2010)

In order to keep pace with current developments, in particular globalisation trends, the competence team set itself the goal of preparing (Master's) degree programme graduates of the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna for the future by building up competence in the field of ‘Management of project-oriented companies with a focus on international and/or multicultural projects’.

Opportunities and prospects for the Viennese economy in the context of the Central European Region (Centrope)

(Running time: 2006-2009)

The aim of the research project was to identify opportunities, perspectives and potentials for the Viennese economy in the CENTROPE region. A transdisciplinary approach, which combines the issues of networks, human resources and governance structures, delivered relevant results. Economic geography, business, economics and political science perspectives were combined and new insights into this complex of topics and answers for entrepreneurs at the micro level and for stakeholders at the meso level were generated.

CENTROPE Summer Academy für part-time sudents (CESAP)

(Running time: 2007-2009)

Together with the UAS Technikum Wien and the partner universities in Basel, Brno and Győr, the UAS of the BFI Vienna organised a two-week summer school until the summer of 2009, which was offered especially for working students to reduce the study load during the academic year, which was unique in Austria at the time. Business and economics modules were offered. Company excursions to the CENTROPE region were also organised. Finally, an export guide for the Czech Republic and Hungary was made available to the Viennese business community.

International Week – Black Sea Network

(Running time: 2007-2008)

In order to specifically promote ‘internationalisation at home’ in the Viennese university of applied sciences sector, the application consortium of the UAS of the BFI Vienna and the UAS Technikum Wien formed a cooperation with international partner universities from Turkey and Bulgaria to carry out ‘International Weeks’ in 2007 and 2008, which focused on the Black Sea region. The project offered students who did not have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad the chance to participate intensively in an international programme on economic and technology policy topics for one week each.

Interregional Business & Culture – Centrope

(Running time: 2006-2008)

The project focused on excursion programmes together with the international incoming students to companies and universities in the CENTROPE and Vienna regions. Together with preparatory crash language courses, these contributed to the development of intercultural competences. In addition, participation in socio-cultural activities made it possible to establish contacts and contribute to the international network.

Support courses - remedial teaching in special areas

(Running time: 2005-2009)

The aim of the project was to offer subject-specific courses to Bachelor students of all degree programmes in particular, who had little or no prior knowledge of various course contents, in addition to the ongoing study programme, in order to be able to guarantee a positive degree.

International Week - a special kind of internationalisation at home for part-time students

(Running time: 2005-2006)

The International Week with the focus on ‘The Future of the Black Sea Region’ was successfully held from 24 - 28 April 2006. Numerous guest lectures were integrated into the regular curriculum to improve the transfer of international content. In addition to intensive networking, foreign language courses, workshops and company presentations with an international focus took place and intercultural experience reports were presented by students and graduates about studying and working abroad.