Study While Working: Tips and Insights
Knowledge and experience from study consulting.
Education Voucher and AZAV: Why It Will Not Fund a Degree
AZAV accreditation, provider approval, measure approval: why the Bildungsgutschein excludes university degrees, and which training it does cover.
Studying After Redundancy or Severance: The Three Deadlines
Termination agreements, blocking periods and severance: why your study start depends on three deadlines, and the order in which to check them.
Sabbatical and Long-Term Accounts: Banking Time to Study
Time-value accounts under section 7b SGB IV: how to bank working time and take paid leave for your degree without losing social insurance cover or income.
A Doctorate Abroad: What to Clarify About Using the Title First
Using a foreign doctoral title in Germany: the three questions to settle before you enrol, who is responsible and why it is not a formality.
Distance Learning on Shift Work: How to Plan When Your Rhythm Changes
Distance learning on shift work: why weekly plans fail here, how to plan in shift blocks and what to watch for with examinations and attendance days.
Reducing Your Working Hours to Study: Your Right Under Section 8 TzBfG
Part-time work to study in Germany: the conditions, the deadlines and the rule under which the reduction takes effect if your employer does not refuse in time.
Deducting a Part-Time Degree from Your Taxes in Switzerland
Deducting study costs in Switzerland: which deduction applies, the two conditions you must meet and why your canton of residence decides everything.
A Master in a Different Subject: The Conditions You Should Expect
Switching subject for your master: when a change of field works, how bridging modules arise and how to tell before applying whether it is realistic.
Health Insurance and Part-Time Study: Why the Student Rate Rarely Applies
Health insurance while studying alongside a job in Germany: why student cover falls away, what the working student exemption really requires.
Extending a Distance Degree: What Actually Lands on the Invoice
Extending a distance degree: which cost components kick in after the standard period, what to look for in the contract and when a leave semester is better.
Distance Learning While Unemployed: What Really Applies to German Benefits
Studying while unemployed in Germany: why the 15-hour rule is the wrong provision here, which presumption the law makes and how you rebut it.
Scholarships for Part-Time Study: Who Really Stands a Chance
Scholarships for part-time study: which programmes actually fund working professionals, why grades matter less than you think, and how to apply well.
