Study While Working: Tips and Insights
Knowledge and experience from study consulting.
Part-Time PhD Duration: How Many Years Does It Really Take?
Part-time PhD duration: realistically 2 to 6 years. How long each doctoral route takes, which programmes fit into 2 to 3 years and what sets your pace.
First Semester of a Distance Degree: 3 Costly Mistakes
The three most common mistakes in the first semester of a distance degree, and how credit transfer, backward planning and timing save you time and money.
Failed an Exam: Resits, Inspection and the Short Deadlines
Failed an exam during a distance degree? How resits, file inspection and appeals work, which deadlines are short, and what finally failed actually means.
Right of Withdrawal in Distance Learning: What the Law Protects
Withdrawal or termination in distance learning? What the Distance Learning Protection Act covers and why courses and degrees are treated differently.
Cancelling a Distance Degree: Deadlines, Form and Real Costs
Cancelling a distance degree without costly mistakes: withdrawal, ordinary and extraordinary termination, deadlines, and what happens to fees paid.
Distance Learning: Winter or Summer Semester Start?
Distance learning winter or summer semester? What speaks for an autumn start, when a flexible start makes sense, and how to get the timing right.
Applying for a Distance Degree: Documents, Deadlines and Why You Are Rarely Too Late
Applying for a distance degree: which documents you need, which deadlines actually apply and why most distance universities let you start almost any month.
Remote Work Abroad After Distance Learning: What the 2025/2026 Study Shows
Remote work is the logical next step for distance learning graduates. The Auslandsjob.de 2025/2026 study with 1,588 respondents shows exactly why.
Educational Leave Abolished: Austria's New Weiterbildungszeit From 2026
Austria has abolished educational leave (Bildungskarenz). Since 2026 the Weiterbildungszeit applies. What it means for distance degrees and courses.
AI-Proof Degrees: Which Degrees Are Safest From AI?
AI-proof degrees: which degrees are safest from AI? Recent labour market data shows why a higher title is no shield and what makes a field resilient.
Study Techniques for Distance Learning: Learn Effectively With Little Time
Study techniques for distance learning: with active recall, spaced learning and fixed routines you get more out of every scarce study hour while working.
Writing Your Bachelor Thesis While Working: Topic, Schedule and Supervision
Writing your bachelor thesis while working: how to organise topic, schedule and supervision alongside a full-time job and clear the final hurdle safely.