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OECD workshop on research precarity-proceeding

Here at actionuni we all hope your 2021 started serenely!

In 2020 , actionuni was involved in a OECD-driven project to analyse the current situation of precariousness in academic research. Data was then presented at a workshop in late November.

Please find the summary of the workshop we attended along with all presentations and videos on the workshop website .

New actionuni board and delegate

On 29 September 2020, the General Assembly of actionuni der Schweizer Mittelbau renewed its board with a new co-president and new delegate to the SNSF.

Congratulations to our new co-president Martina von Arx and to our newly-acquired actionuni SNSF delegate Prabitha Urwyler!

Co-presidents Carmen Faso and Rashmi Rai-Rawat wish to thank all previous board members including Alexey Evstratov and Isabel Bolliger. Special thanks to Katharina Prautsch for her invaluable service as SNSF delegate board member and to Lauriane Nallet-Khosrofian and former co-president Salome’ Adam for their dedication as social media officers.

The new board will meet in early December.

 

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Shaping Research Culture-a timely discussion

The Graduate Campus UZH together with Life Science Zurich we are organising an online event called “Shaping Research Culture”, specifically tailored for the Life Sciences, on the 5th Nov. With this event we aim to engage in an open discussion on the values of our research culture and ways to shape that culture.  
 
The event is structured in two parts:
1. The workshop (13:00-15:15)
Designed to apply system’s-level thinking in order to inspire new ideas about what an ideal research culture could look like. This could be both in terms of big systems change, for example around the way research is funded or how knowledge is communicated, and in terms of small changes applicable today. The workshop will happen in break-out rooms of about 6 participants.
2. The Panel discussion (15:30-17:30)
The ideas generated through the workshop will be a starting point for our discussion with the panelists.
You can register to attend either the full event or only the panel discussion.

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In Switzerland, 80% of highly-qualified academic staff is on precarious contracts.

A wealthy, education-driven society like Switzerland can do better!

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, please sign the petition for more stable jobs in academia here!

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Switzerland and Horizon Europe-a win-win relationship

Within the framework of the upcoming votation on the “Moderate Immigration” initiative, Netzwerk Future releases a short but sweet document on why Switzerland has everything to gain from participating fully in Horizon Europe.

Check it out right here (in German)

 

Eurodoc wants you!!

From Eurodoc President Eva Hnatkova:

The Eurodoc Conference and AGM 2020 is approaching fast and we are looking forward to seeing you all there online:

[http://www.eurodoc.net/online-conference-agm-2020]

I would hereby like to make a call for expressions of interest in our Eurodoc administration 2020/2021 positions.

We are looking for interested and enthusiastic candidates for the seven administrative board positions:

President = leads the organisation and represents Eurodoc legally and officially

Vice-President = supports and takes over from the president when necessary

Treasurer = responsible for the organisation’s finances and financial transactions

Secretary = responsible for communication and archives and tracking activities

– 3 x General Board Member = choice of topics such as the Annual Questionnaire

We are also looking for interested and enthusiastic candidates for our secretariat for possible positions:

Secretariat-Coordinator = coordinates activities of secretariat members and liaises with the board

Financial Controller = critically checks the finances and financial transactions and financial reports

Policy Officer = writing and contributing to policy statements and reports

Pension Officer = responsible for developing pension policies and liaising with pension stakeholders

Skills Officer = responsible for developing skills policies and liaising with our skills stakeholders

Project Officer = responsible for managing project applications and liaising with project stakeholders

EOSC Officer = responsible for developing EOSC and cloud policies and liaising with EOSC stakeholders

Plan S Officer(s) = responsible for collaboraboration with cOAlition S on the ongoing developments in Plan S implementation

Council of Europe officer = responsible of represent Eurodoc at the Council of Europe

BFUG Officer(s) = responsible for collaboraboration with Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG)

External Communication Coordinator = responsible for liaise with the board and coordinate the activities of the communication team and issuing press releases
Social Media Officer = responsible for messaging and interacting via our social media channels

Newsletter Officer = responsible for collecting and publishing content in our monthly newsletter

Language Officer = native English speaker responsible for checking and correcting Eurodoc texts

Webmaster = responsible for maintaining and backing up the Eurodoc website and placing content

Working Group Coordinator = coordinates activities in a specific working group such as Open Science

Some possible working groups which will need coordinators (and members) for activities and policies:

Accreditation = discussing and developing policies on university and/or programme accreditation

Democracy-Sustainability = discussing and monitoring policies on academic freedom; discussing approaches of sustainability in research and academia

Doctoral Training = discussing and developing policies on doctoral training and skills development

Equality = discussing and developing policies on equality with a focus on gender

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Finance = a closed for Eurodoc members working group focusing on Eurodoc finances and funding

Governance = a closed for Eurodoc members working group on Eurodoc governance and regulations

Employment & Careers = policies on employment status and conditions and career development

Interdisciplinarity = discussing and developing policies on improving interdisciplinary collaboration

Mental Health = discussing and developing policies to raise awareness and improve mental health

Mobility = policies on mobility with a focus on intersectoral and geographic mobility and brain drain

Open Science = policies on Open Science with a focus on Open Access and Data and Citizen Science

Policy Research = discussing and developing general policies for early-career researchers and Eurodoc

Research Integrity = discussing and developing policies on research integrity and integrity projects

See our Eurodoc statute for more information on our organisation and legal regulations and positions:

[http://eurodoc.net/eurodoc/eurodoc-statute]

Note that all positions are voluntary: work is not financially rewarded but some costs might be covered.

The immigration limitation initiative is a losing game for us all

The limitation initiative, including the termination initiative, affects the universities to a high degree: it jeopardizes two bilateral agreements that are important for the Swiss universities: The free movement of persons and the European research framework programmes.

We would like to draw your attention to the following media release from swissuniversities:

DE:  https://www.swissuniversities.ch/aktuell/nein-zur-begrenzungsinitiative-schweizer-hochschulen-sind-erfolgreich-dank-ihrer-vernetzung

FR:  https://www.swissuniversities.ch/fr/actualite/non-a-linitiative-de-limitation-le-succes-des-hautes-ecoles-suisses-depend-de-leur-mise-en-reseau

IT : https://www.swissuniversities.ch/it/attualita/no-alliniziativa-per-la-limitazione-le-scuole-universitarie-svizzere-hanno-successo-grazie-alla-loro-interconnessione

Eurodoc 2020, Warsaw

The Eurodoc 2020 conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on April 22-23, 2020. The event is organised by Krajowa Reprezentacja Doktorantów (KRD) and Eurodoc , the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers with the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland.

The main aim of the Eurodoc annual conference is to provide a platform to bring together Eurodoc members i.e. National Association (NAs), early-career researchers (ECRs), higher education policy makers, universities, funding institutions, businesses, and other stakeholders to address issues relevant to ECRs, higher education, and research. The conference is a great opportunity to meet and network with other ECRs from across Europe.

University.Now! Acidul’s event for mid-level staff in Lausanne, 5-6.12.2019

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.

actionuni – der Schweizer Mittelbau supports the Swiss Women’s Strike on 14 June 2019!

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 in decision bodies to overcome structural deficits!

Please read about our further positions in our position paper (DEFREN)

Furthermore, we would also like to inform you about the Academic Manifesto for the Feminist Strike (ENDE, FR).