Swissuniversities released this statement concerning its ongoing negotiations with major academic publishers for the promotion and adoption of open access practices The 2019 round of negotiations between swissuniversities and Elsevier, Springer-Nature and Wiley came to an end on 13 December 2019. The results are as follows: Access to content published by Wiley will remain unchanged … Continued
Please find actionuni’s annual report.
University.Now! is an event organized by our member ACIDUL at the UNiversity of Lausanne from 5-6. December 2019. Please find more information on this important event dedicated to the future and perspectives for mid-level staff in Switzerland by following this link.
Heidi.news is a new information portal that often focuses on the world at large of scientific research in Switzerland. Amongst others, actionuni co-President Carmen Faso was interviewed by journalist Sophie Gaitzsch on the status of precarious researchers at Swiss universities, the numbers, the challenges and possible solutions. Read the interview here
A recent article in one of Germany’s leading newspapers Die Zeit on why it is important to not only support but just generally show respect to early career researchers. Here in German.
Our board member Alexei Evstratov is part of the organizing committee for the event titled University.Now, Quelle université aujourd’hui ? Forum de la relève suisse which will be held in Lausanne on the 5th and 6th of December. Please follow this link for more information in French and this link for more information in English. … Continued
A recent article published by Franziska Meister on the Wochenzeitung analyses the current situation on promotion of junior and senior researchers who make up the largest part of mid-level academic staff and mentions actionuni and our position paper. Please follow this link to the article.
The ordinance focuses on higher education at all three types of universities, defining which types of academic diplomas and certificates can be issued, how many ECTS are associated to each kind of study program and which sort of institutions is allowed to offer third-cycle programs such as doctorates. Our main feedback point as actionuni is … Continued
We believe that an increased promotion of women is necessary in order to draw on the full potential of excellent scientists. Additionally, we think that temporarily, quota are necessary in those disciplines, where women are heavily underrepresented, especially at senior research and professorial levels. Moreover, we strive for an equal representation of women and men … Continued
The new law is in effect a legal formalization of policies on cooperation and mobility which are already in place. This topic is clearly central to academic and professional training. Our main feedback points were the following: we recognize the need for the Confederation to be able to manage its programmes more autonomously we support … Continued