actionuni warns against admission of the “Durchsetzungsinitiative”

Press release

Two years after the vote on immigration restriction, the Swiss Institutions of Higher Education warn against the consequences of the enforcement initiative, which will come to the vote on 28th February 2016. They publish a joint declaration dedicated to keeping Switzerland in the centre of a European environment of research and education.

swissuniversities warns against the dire consequences for Swiss education and research if the EU, in a worst case scenario, should make use of their option to cancel all bilateral agreements at once – among them the one that ensures scientific and technological cooperation. This would mean the definitive exclusion of Switzerland from the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ programmes. Continue reading actionuni warns against admission of the “Durchsetzungsinitiative” →

Annual meeting with representatives of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Events

In November 2015, a delegation of the board of actionuni met with representatives of SNSF. The very positive exchange focused on:

  • the impact of financial austerity in Switzerland on the funding of research,
  • access of researchers of Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities of Teacher Education to SNSF funding,
  • the future of academic careers,
  • permeability of SNSF funded and University funded career paths,
  • conditions of employment non-professorial academic staff
  • academic independence of non-professorial academic staff
  • funding of interdisciplinary research of non-professorial academic staff, and
  • the flexibility of SNSF-instruments for researcher with families.

actionuni fordert die Annahme der Motion „Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Schweiz“

Press release

Der Dachverband der Schweizer Mittelbauvertretungen actionuni der Schweizer Mittelbau fordert die Annahme der Motion WBK-N 15.3000 „Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Schweiz“, die am kommenden Montag im Nationalrat behandelt wird.

actionuni der Schweizer Mittelbau erachtet den Bericht des Bundesrates “Massnahmen zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Schweiz” vom 28. Mai 2014 als überaus wichtig, vor allem aufgrund der geforderten Massnahmen. Es fallen jedoch zu wenige der Massnahmen in die Zuständigkeit des Bundes. Continue reading actionuni fordert die Annahme der Motion „Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Schweiz“ →

New Federal Act on the Funding and Coordination of the Higher Education Sector

Resources and documents, SBFI

On 1 January 2015 the new law named HFKG / LEHE / LPSU / HEdA (Hochschulförderungs- und -koordinationsgesetz / Loi fédérale sur l’encouragement des hautes écoles et la coordination dans le domaine suisse des hautes écoles / Legge federale sulla promozione e sul coordinamento del settore universitario svizzero / Federal Act on the Funding and Coordination of the Higher Education Sector) went into effect.

Unlike before, from now on all federal institutes of technology, cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education and other tertiary A level institutions are united under the same legal basis.