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  • National action week against austerity (EP27)
    Coinciding with the start of the spring session of the Swiss parliament, academic mid-level staff across Switzerland rose to fight planned budget cuts that threaten the quality and integrity of … Continued
  • [Press release] Every cut to funding will be sorely missed
    On the morning of 2 March, associations representing students, academic mid-level staff and professors at Swiss higher education institutions (VSS-UNES-USU, VPOD – Gewerkschaft im Service public, swissfaculty and actionuni) expressed … Continued
  • Mid-level academic staff at USI and SUSPI
    The numbers and the weight of precarious employment On 30.09.2025, Giulia Petralli representative in the Gran Conciglio of Tecino, sent “Interrogazione N. 186.25” (Interrogation no. 186.25, translated using DeepL pro) … Continued
  • actionuni 2025 General Assembly
    On the same day as our 25th anniversary, actionuni also held its yearly General Assembly, a meeting of representations of all of our members. We would like to thank everyone … Continued
  • actionuni Celebrates 25 Years of Advocacy
    On December 12, actionuni celebrated its 25th anniversary with a panel discussion on the future of mid-level academic staff. The event brought together Katja Wirth, founding member of actionuni, and … Continued
  • Swiss-Wide Mental Health Survey (SWiMS)
    The Swiss-Wide Mental Health Survey (SWiMS) is a national initiative led by actionuni, carried out together with 13 mid-level staff associations from higher education institutions across Switzerland. The goal of … Continued
  • Annual report 2024/25
    Please find actionuni’s annual report.
  • REFLEKT’s article on the abuse of power in Swiss academia
    Recherche-Team REFLEKT’s investigation has given our colleagues a voice and thoroughly investigated the causes of this widespread abuse of power, for which we are extremely grateful.
  • Action Day – thank you
    We would like to thank everyone that took part in the action day on October 1st, be it in Bern or in their place of residence. Together, we expressed a clear no to the budget cuts!
  • Action day – October 1st
    From 2026, the Swiss Federal Council plans to slash federal contributions by 460 million francs per year in universities, the ETH domain, universities of applied sciences, and funding bodies such … Continued

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