Call for Position actionuni is currently looking for a new delegate to be appointed as a member of the Swiss Accreditation Council (SAC) from January 2027. The SAC is the joint body of the Swiss Confederation and the cantons responsible for accreditation and quality assurance in the Swiss higher education system. The SAC decides on … Continued
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 Swiss higher education and research. Together with allies from student associations and unions, we organized various actions against the unnecessary dismantling of the academic system. … Continued
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 their strong opposition to the budget cuts planned by the Federal Council on the opening of the parliamentary session. During a joint press conference, we … Continued
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) to the Consiglio di Stato of Tecino. The interrogation titled “Corpo intermedio di USI e SUPSI: i numeri e il peso del precariato” included a … Continued
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 who could be there, in person or online. We are saying goodbye to our wonderful former co-president, Joanna Haupt. We wish her the best for … Continued
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 Fanny Georgy, former VAUZ (mid-level staff association at the University of Zurich) in discussion with Laure Piguet, actionuni co-president, and Philipp Walch, board member. Timon … Continued
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 SWiMS is to provide a comprehensive, data-driven picture of the mental health, well-being, and working conditions of academic mid-level staff across Switzerland. Academic mid-level staff … Continued
Please find actionuni’s annual report.
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.
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!