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AI and fashion, seven dwarves and idea detectives – a colorful variety of topics at the Vienna Children’s University – interactive workshops at DOCK for more than 1,100 students.
Vienna (OTS) – The record rush of more than 4,500 children proves that the Vienna Children’s University will continue to meet the precise interests of its young students between the ages of 7 and 12 in 2024. In 344 lectures, workshops and seminars at six universities and one university of applied sciences, there is exciting information to discover from all fields of knowledge.
This is also the case in the business world: eight courses are supported by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ). The spectrum is as varied as the diversity of domestic companies, ranging from fashion shows to artificial intelligence, from tourism to the financial world, from tracking down valuable ideas to the working methods of the 7 dwarves.
WKÖ Vice President Carmen Goby was able to experience first-hand how enthusiastic and inquisitive the young students are about their work. She immersed herself in AI image worlds with Sepp Wiesbauer, lecturer for media design, and the young students. “It is fascinating how children can see the same thing but perceive it with completely different eyes. This also opens up new perspectives for us adults. The Vienna Children’s University is an ideal place to learn, where curiosity can be expressed in a playful way and any question can be asked,” says Goby: “I am sure that the spark has been passed on to many future company founders, researchers and scientists.”
Workshops am DOCK
But these experiences are not limited to the two weeks of the Vienna Children’s University in the summer. In total, more than 1,100 secondary school students and 90 teachers will also be able to experience the topic of “Business and Me” in 45 interactive workshops in 2024: This is made possible by a cooperation between the Children’s Office of the University of Vienna and the Action Group Business and School (AWS), supported by the WKÖ. The workshops take place in the DOCK, the innovative laboratory for future issues on Vienna’s Danube Canal, and convey an age-appropriate picture of the economic cycle.
“The open, co-creative workshop concept is a hit, as evidenced by the great feedback from students and teachers. And it is very realistic: local companies and their employees are also constantly faced with exciting challenges that are best solved together,” says Goby. The fact that the young people can get involved and become active is viewed particularly positively. This means that aspects such as the division of labor, the advantages and disadvantages of individual production versus series production, or the difference between gross and net can be experienced directly.
The KinderuniWien has been organized by the Children’s Office of the University of Vienna since 2003 and is considered one of the largest science communication projects in Europe. Every year, up to 4,500 children and families in Vienna and, since 2020, an additional 10,000 active users from the federal states and internationally are reached via the knowledge platform www.kinderuni.online. (PWK280/HSP)
Press photos (© WKÖ/N.Studeny) released for media coverage can be found here. (Visit to the Vienna Children’s University and the “Business and Me” workshop: WKÖ Vice President Carmen Goby, Karoline Iber (Children’s Office, University of Vienna), speaker Sepp Wiesbauer (Media Design Lecturer))
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