We are recruiting the new actionuni Board!

Are you interested in higher education politics in Switzerland? Do you want to interact with key higher education stakeholders? Do you want to connect with your peers to collaborate on improving academia? Then you should join actionuni as a Delegate or as a Board member!
We are looking for candidates for the following positions:

  • Co-President(s) / Vice-President(s)
  • Treasurer
  • Board member
  • Delegate to the SHK (Schweizerischen Hochschulkonferenz) / CSHE (Conférence suisse des hautes écoles)
  • Eurodoc delegate
You can find more information in the following document: Open positions actionuni 2023
To apply to an open position, please send a short letter of interest and your CV to the email address "president AT actionuni.ch" by October 15, 2023.

We are recruiting the new actionuni Board!

Eurodoc, Internal, SHK

Are you interested in higher education politics in Switzerland? Do you want to interact with
key higher education stakeholders? Do you want to connect with your peers to collaborate
on improving academia? Then you should join actionuni as a Delegate or as a Board member!

We are looking for candidates for the following positions:

  • Co-President(s) / Vice-President(s)
  • Treasurer
  • Board member
  • Delegate to the SHK (Schweizerischen Hochschulkonferenz) / CSHE (Conférence suisse des hautes écoles)
  • Eurodoc delegate

You can find more information in the following document: Open positions actionuni 2023

To apply to an open position, please send a short letter of interest and your CV to the email address “president AT actionuni.ch” by October 15, 2023.

Eurodoc 2021 Virtual Conference

Eurodoc, Events, networking activities
Call for Expressions of Interest in Eurodoc Administration 2021/2022 Positions
Send your replies to consultation@eurodoc.net

Dear All,

Our Eurodoc Conference and AGM 2021 is approaching fast and we are looking forward to seeing you all there (http://www.eurodoc.net/conference-agm-2021).

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, representative in Initiative for Science Europe (ISE)

– Legal Officer(s) = responsible for reviewing contracts and agreement with Stakeholders and internal Governance; managing personal data and images

– Data Manager= responsible for internal data management and storage of data and documents

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

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

– Council of Europe officer = responsible for supporting the Eurodoc delegation at the Council of Europe

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

– External Communication Coordinator = responsible for liaising with the board, coordinating 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

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

We selected 12 working groups which will need coordinators (and members) for activities and policies of the next term:

– 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, ethnic and cultural diversity, and special needs

– Finance = a closed working group (i.e., Eurodoc members only) focusing on Eurodoc finances and funding

– Governance = a working group (i.e., Eurodoc members only) on Eurodoc governance and regulations

– Employment & Careers = discussing 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 and Assessment = discussing and developing policies on research assessment, 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.

Eurodoc wants you!!

Eurodoc, Events, networking activities

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, ethnic and cultural diversity, and special needs

– 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.

Eurodoc 2020, Warsaw

Eurodoc, Events, Uncategorized

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.

European researchers respond to implementation of ‘Plan S’ on Open Access

Eurodoc, Resources and documents

Three big European organisations for early-career and senior researchers have jointly issued a response to ‘Plan S’ on Open Access. Reassuring their support, they offer concrete recommendations on the proposed guidance for achieving Open Access via Plan S to ensure its realistic implementation from the perspective of European researchers.

Read more: http://eurodoc.net/news/2019/press-release-researchers-respond-to-implementation-of-plan-s

Never heard of Plan S?

Continue reading European researchers respond to implementation of ‘Plan S’ on Open Access →

European Copyright Reform

Eurodoc, Resources and documents

Eurodoc signs an open letter to the European Parliament to halt a copyright reform which is perceived as potentially harmful. It mainly criticizes Articles 11 and 13 which might further restrict access to scientific research and data which contradicts the EU’s ambitions in the field of Open Data and Open Science.

Further Information: http://eurodoc.net/news/2018/eurodoc-signs-an-open-letter-to-european-parliament-to-halt-potentially-harmful-copyright

Direct link to the letter: https://sparceurope.org/copyrightreform/