More advertisement for technical colleges

For more than a week thousands of students at several Austrian universities have been protesting among other things against overcrowded lecture halls. With an eye to the many free places at the country's technical universities, Die Presse writes that the government should do more to stress the prospects graduates of technical colleges have. "Certainly it was quite tactless of [Minister of Science and Research] Johannes Hahn to talk of introducing student fees - unrealistic in the coalition with the SPÖ - thereby adding fuel to the flames. At the same time it is of little help when now the government leaders sit back self-contentedly and leave Hahn - who has just been nominated for Brussels as Austria's new EU commissioner - standing out in the rain. University financing is a general problem. It's not enough merely to point out that students are being welcomed with open arms by the technical colleges and institutes. More should be said about the challenges and benefits of studying there, and also about the lucrative job prospects for graduates."

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