More than 110 students and lecturers participated in the International Days in Social Work at the FH Upper Austria Linz Campus in June: 81 international students and lecturers from the field of social work and 30 students from the in-house master's degree program Social Work. The lecturers and students came from Armenia, Canada, Czechia, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the USA.
16 lectures and workshops took place, covering a wide range of different areas of social work. The World Café was especially well received on the first day with a presentation of all universities and countries including regional specialties.
The visitors also showed great interest in site visits to and presentations from different organisations:
- SOS Human rights (social work with asylum seekers)
- Neustart (Social Work with Offenders)
- Exit Sozial (forensic residential facility)
- Notschlafstelle B37 (emergency sleeping center)
- Verein ISI (Outreach Work)
- LENA (Social Work with Sex Workers)
- Aidshilfe (Counselling Center)
The cultural and social program also included a visit to St. Wolfgang with a ride up to the Schafberg with the Schafbergbahn and a boat trip across the lake Wolfgangsee and to the Mauthausen Memorial with a guided tour in English.
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