Professional English may sound a little dull, but it is right at the top of the popularity scale in the Master's programme in Information Media Communication at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences. The reason for this is the course instructor Jane Hardy, who makes far more out of English lessons than expected. The investigative journalist, who works for Addendum among others, regularly brings issues relating to media ethics or her current research to campus and discusses them with the students - in English. A win-win situation, in her opinion.
The lessons with the students are absolutely enriching for me. I give a lot, but I get a lot back.
Raising awareness seems very useful to me. I can realise myself in my projects for Addendum and fully immerse myself in a topic. In my courses at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences, I get a lot of valuable feedback from the young students. Their opinions on my work constantly sharpen my focus.
Jane Hardy, lecturer at the FH Burgenland
Hardy was born in Italy and spent her childhood and youth in the USA. After studying French and Italian history, culture and literature at Tulane, Princeton and the Sorbonne, she studied journalism at New York University. During her Erasmus semester in Paris, she met her husband, an Austrian, and has lived in Vienna for over 7 years. The committed communicator found her calling in investigative journalism. "At some point I realised that people like to tell me their stories," she says. She put her scientific career on hold in favour of these stories.
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