Workshop Registration
The Social Skills Workshops are free electives for undergraduate (bachelor) and graduate (master) students. The grade is automatically assigned to the elective course category.
For registration and participation in the workshops, please observe the following steps.
1. Registration via LPIS
Registration period for the Winter Semester 2024/25 starts on September 5, 2024.
You can find a workshop overview in your VVZ, path Additional Courses.
Please note taht your LPIS registration only becomes valid after the deposit has been paid!
Payment has to be made within 2 days of registration.
If you do not pay the deposit in time, you will automatically de-registered from the course.
2. Paying the Deposit
Please transfer € 30 deposit per workshop within 2 days after registration to the following account:
IBAN | AT24 6000 0000 9605 1544 |
BIC | BAWAATWW |
payable to | WU / WiPäd Kautionen |
It is absolutely necessary that you include the following information
Your first and last name(s),
Your matriculation number,
the course number(s) and
the semester,
thus for example Max Musterfrau, h01234567, 4283/4253, WS 2024
Please not that deposits from previous semesters cannot be transfered to following semesters due to organizational complications. Consequently there are no "credit balances"! If you do not pay the deposit in time, you will automatically de-registered from the course.
3. Refund of the Deposit
The deposit will be refunded if you
attend and properly complete the workshop, meaning that a final grade has been entered OR
de-register via LPIS at least 3 weeks before the seminar starts (or via e-mail to soziale.kompetenz@wu.ac.at if the de-registration deadline has already been closed) OR
in case of sickness submit a doctor's note immediatly before/after the missed course unit.
If one of the above criteria is met, the following form must be completely filled out and sent to soziale.kompetenz@wu.ac.at in order to get the deposit refund.
The payment of the deposit refunds is made by bank transfer only. Deposits which were paid for the winter semester 2023/2024 shall only be refunded by November 30, 2024! From the request for refund, the bank transfer for deposit refunds takes about four weeks to be completed. Deposits from earlier semesters are no longer refunded!
- Social Skills Reimbursement Form (docx, 16.07 KB)
4. Open Spots after the End of the Registration Period
Registration is not possible for fully booked workshops. However, there may be open spots due to short-term cancellations. Please check the workshops you are interested in yourself for available spots!
We do not keep waiting lists and do not keep a record of requests. Therefore, please refrain from inquiring about fully booked workshops. As a matter of principle, such inquiries will not be answered.
As long as the registration period is still open, please register yourself via LPIS.
Only if you see an open spot in a workshop after the registration deadline, please send an eMail to soziale.kompetenz@wu.ac.at. Late registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.
5. Attendance (No-Show-Policy)
In general, there is a full attendance requirement. It is vital that you arrive in time on the first day of the course! Spots that remain open may be given to waiting students at the beginning of the lecture.
In case of non-observance of the attendance requirement NO assessment will be made and the deposit will NOT be refunded.
6. Written Tasks and Preparation
There are various tasks that need to be completed as part of the workshops (preparing presentations, moderations, etc.). In addition, each workshop requires a written task and/or reflection to be written. You will receive the relevant instructions in your workshop.
If there are tasks to be completed before the workshop or documents to be brought along, you will be informed in time by eMail or via the learning platform.
7. Confirmation of Participation
If you require a confirmation of participation, please send us an eMail to soziale.kompetenz@wu.ac.at after the end of the semester, stating the course number. Kindly understand that confirmations of participation can be issued up to a maximum of one year after the end of the semester.
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