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Professional development after graduation - advantages & disadvantages
Is professional development a suitable alternative to a postgraduate course? It can always be a practical addition to theoretical studies – if certain requirements are met. Advantages of professional development Despite all the practical parts, postgraduateCourses are often quite theoretical. In addition, they can usually only be completed with a considerable investment in time and money. Therefore, the…
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PostgraduateCourses: Master, MBA & Co
While a doctorate focuses on scientific work, a postgraduate course is more geared towards imparting the specialist knowledge for a specific profession. Aim of a postgraduate course A postgraduate course is not a substitute for a doctorate, but serves to acquire practical knowledge that can be applied directly in everyday working life. Even before it comes to the…
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Doing a doctorate after graduation: sense & nonsense
The Doctor is the highest academic degree and is normally obtained through a doctorate at a university with the right to award doctorates. But what does a PhD bring to the job market? Doctorate – What is a doctoral degree? As a rule, it is scientific universities that award doctoral degrees. Anyone who has written a thesis (dissertation) is admitted to the doctorate,…
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Career entry for humanities and social scientists: practical test for graduates
The career prospects for humanities scholars are traditionally rather poor. How can the career entry still succeed. Poor prospects for humanities scholars and social scientists? Unfortunately, this text has to start with bad news: the prospects for humanities graduates on the job market are not exactly rosy. The unemployment rate for humanities scholars is above the academic average, the number of advertised positions for this group of applicants…
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BAföG: Attention data synchronization
Line 1 of Form 90 of the BAföG application contains a short note that declarations made by the applicant regarding assets may be checked by means of a data comparison with the Federal Finance Office. In the explanations of the form it is taken up again and even with a "Caution!" Mistake. But it is not explained further. But what…
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BAföG: Repayment of the loan
You only have to start repaying BAföG five years after the end of the maximum funding period or, in the case of academy training, five years after the end of the training period specified in the training and examination regulations. When will the refund notice come out? With a bit of luck, you will already be in the saddle professionally at this point, although with today's job market situation you cannot...
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Vocational training, advancement training, master BAföG
If you are a skilled worker, e.g. in trade, services or in the health and care sector and would like to continue your education to become a master craftsman, technician, specialist nurse or programmer, you can apply for master student loans. Financing the next career steps If you want to advance your career, you can get financial support from the state for your career steps. One possibility is…
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An overview of the regulations on artist social insurance: polemic about the KSK
Web designers have recently also been allowed to join artist social insurance. But while they are happy, their clients are annoyed - because they now also have to pay taxes to the artists' social security system. An overview of the regulations. No reason for polemics Understandable, but by no means a reason to become polemical and immediately expect the downfall of Germany, a huge wave of bankruptcies or anything else...
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Mismanagement starts on the executive floor: communication technology is no guarantee for productivity {Trend! study}
In many companies, far too much time is wasted unproductively in meetings, too many employees get lost in technical details, and despite the wonderful new means of communication, there is far too little talking in companies. Result: The time that is not used sensibly for productive work results in total damage of more than 170 billion euros per…
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BAföG: Study financing through interest-based loans
Have you exceeded your maximum funding period or interrupted your studies and now need funding, for example because you are currently in the exam phase? There is help here too! Interest-bearing BAföG The solution to this problem is full interest BAföG. This loan is approved by the KfW banking group, which belongs to the federal and state governments, but the application is in progress...
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BAföG: tuition fees & BAföG
In addition to the usual expenses for subsistence and food, many universities in Germany now have tuition fees of different types and amounts. For example for long-term students - or for everyone! Long-term students are usually asked to pay after exceeding the standard period of study – usually by four to six semesters. The study account model is a bit fairer: students get a certain…
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BAföG: study abroad
It is well known that traveling educates and a longer stay abroad for study or work offers a very special opportunity for this. In the age of globalization, foreign language skills are important. Score points with intercultural skills You can score points with intercultural skills in the application, as they show your future employer your flexibility and mobility. Experience abroad is now almost taken for granted. Many students...
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BAföG: Change of subject, course of studies and achievements
BAföG is only granted for one apprenticeship. If you change your field of study, you start a new apprenticeship - and usually forfeit your entitlement to BAföG funding. However, there are also some exceptions here. Changing majors - what to do? If you want to change your subject, you must present either important or irrefutable reasons.
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BAföG: Legally reduce assets in the BAföG application
If you apply for BAföG, you may also have assets. However: Only 5200 euros may be in your account in total, including long-term savings contracts, which you cannot currently access without losing interest. Which assets are counted? If the trainee has assets, apart from a reserve of EUR 5.200, he has them fully…
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BAföG: Crediting of income & assets
The purpose of BAföG is to provide you with financial support for the duration of your studies if you do not have any funds of your own. If, on the other hand, you work or have assets, you no longer need BAföG. How are income and assets counted? The same applies to parents and spouses: According to civil law, they are obliged to support you financially during your training…
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BAföG: Approval period & update application
The approval period is the period in which you receive BAföG. Because the BAföG is only granted for a limited period of time - the approval period. A follow-up application must be submitted two months before the end of the approval period if an interruption in payments is to be avoided. How is the approval period determined? Usually, the approval period is extended by the office to...
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BAföG: What are the benefits of a preliminary ruling?
The requirement rates apply as a benchmark for how much BAföG you receive. These are the maximum amounts you can get. The decisive factor for how high the BAföG actually is, however, is how much of your income from vacation or part-time jobs is deducted from these requirement rates. And for this, in turn, it is crucial how high the allowances are. What sets of requirements…
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BAföG: Requirement rates for BAföG amount & notification
How much BAföG you receive is determined by the need rate. However, it is then also checked whether your income and assets, your parents' and your spouse's, are sufficient to cover your needs. How high are your requirement rates? First of all, you probably want to know what the requirement rates are. The…
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BAföG: BAföG application & formalities
When and how do you actually have to submit your application for BAföG? What dates and deadlines must be observed? And how do you need to fill out the forms to do everything correctly? Here are the answers! How to apply? You should submit your BAföG application as early as possible - you will only receive BAföG from the time you submit your application,...
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BAföG: Funding requirements & conditions
As a rule, you receive BAföG for your first vocational training if you are under 30 years old. After your 30th birthday, it becomes more difficult to submit a promising application, because you have to give a good reason for your delay. Reasons for the BAföG office From now on you have to give the BAföG office a good reason why you only…
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BAföG: Which education is funded?
First, you must be suitable for the training for which you are applying for funding. Eligibility simply means that you are suitable for this course. As a rule, you already meet the requirements with your university entrance qualification. Study to the bitter end? In other words: The BAföG office assumes that once you have obtained your university entrance qualification, you will also have your...
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BAföG: Definition of training support
BAföG stands for Federal Training Assistance Act. Its goal is to give every young person the opportunity to complete a good education, regardless of their social and economic situation. History of BAföG This means that you complete an apprenticeship that corresponds to your own abilities and interests. Qualified training should not be due to a lack of financial resources of the…
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Study work Living in Italy: La dolce vita?
When it comes to Italy, one likes to think of “La dolce vita”. But is life in Italy really that sweet? What is the standard of living like? Entry into Italy A valid identity card is sufficient to enter Italy. Within a week of arrival in Italy, the residence permit (Permesso di soggiorno per motivi di studio) must be obtained…
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Study Work Living in Italy: Admission & Financing
Italy is governed centrally, 15 of its 20 regions have neither tax sovereignty nor autonomy, although they have parliaments and state governments. Decentralization is progressing slowly. How can you live and study here? Living in Italy The regions of Sardinia, Sicily, Aosta Valley, Trento-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia have, because of the linguistic and cultural minorities living there (Catalans, Albanians, Greeks, French, Germans, Ladins...
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Study Work Living in Italy: Education & Higher Education
Living, working or at least studying in Italy is the dream of many people. But how is the Italian higher education system structured? The Italian school system Article 34 of the Italian Constitution of 1948 stipulates that education must be compulsory and free for at least eight years. In February 2000, Framework Law No. 30 Legge-quadro…
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{Appointment} Two lectures at the universities of Darmstadt & Heidelberg: Study & then? How humanities scholars find the ideal career start!
On January 23rd and 24th, 2006, I will hold an information event on the above-mentioned topic at the universities of Darmstadt and Heidelberg. It is about how humanities scholars still manage to start their careers. Content of the event Humanities scholars – unworldly, idealistic and only suitable for a university career? With such prejudices, cultural, social and linguists find it difficult to...
