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The 6th SNSF Delegates Assembly took place last Thursday. Our representatives advocated for mid-level academic staff, addressing the Federal Council's planned budget cuts that threaten Switzerland's research, teaching, and mid-level academic positions.
The International Women's Day is coming! Progress toward gender equality in academia remains slow. At the current pace, meaningful change could still take decades. Structural barriers, biases, and slow institutional reforms continue to hinder progress.
🚨 URGENT: Swiss research and education faces unprecedented budget threats. Today, actionuni and 12 mid-level academic staff associations across Switzerland released a joint statement opposing the drastic federal budget cuts threatening our institutions. 1/7
We join our voices with swissuniversities, SNSF, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, the ETH Board, and Innosuisse in calling for sustainable funding solutions that protect our academic institutions. 6/7
❗Eurodoc endorses ALLEA’s Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States.
Read more here ▶️https://t.co/iUQYCtySl8
📢 Today is SHK Day! Our representative, @HeiserNeele, is on her way to Bern to advocate for better working conditions for mid-level academic staff. 🏛️ 🤝 ⚖️ 📜
Mid-level academic staff are essential to research and teaching, yet they often face uncertain career paths and precarious contracts. Their voices must be heard to create a fairer, more sustainable academic system!
📢 Eurodoc has just met with its national associations, fostering dialogue on the Salzburg Recommendations & mental health in academia.
Strengthening collaboration across Europe remains our priority! 🌍
#Eurodoc#HigherEd#MentalHealth#PhDLife#ECRs#AcademicCollaboration
Today, actionuni and local mid-level staff associations held their first meeting to address these austerity measures. More info will follow.
@avubabasel@AV_ETH
Federal Council confirmed today: the plans for federal budget cuts of ~500M/year will proceed. These cuts threaten the ETH, @snsf_ch (affecting PhD candidates, postdocs, Ambizione), and the teaching quality & student mobility, among others.