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Women, research and universities: excellence without gender bias
by League of European Research Universities LERU, July 2012. PDF on www.leru.org
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Swiss university dissolves astronomy institute
Dear Reader, You may have seen or heard about the articles that appeared in the NZZ am Sonntag on October 22, 2017. This has now been picked up by Science. Full article The article in Science also comments on an open letter of support. The article states: In an open letter of support, they write…
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“Choose a job where work becomes pleasure.”
Janet Hering, Director of the water research institute Eawag and professor of environment- biogeochemistry at ETH Zurich, answers 33 questions about her managerial position at Eawag, about the mass immigration initiative and the importance of networking. PDF “Janet Hering – NZZ executive (german only)” Article on NZZ online
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Prof. Denise Mitrano receives the SNSF Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV) Prize
For her pioneering work on tracking the spread of micro- and nanoplastic particles through the environment, Geochemist Denise Mitrano (ETH Zurich) is receiving this year’s Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The ceremony will take place at the event “Building hope for the future – Celebrating progress in sustainability“. This event is…
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Capturing career paths of ERC grantees and applicants
A study about the career paths of applicants for and researchers awarded a grant of the European Research Council (ERC) shows different evaluation standards across Europe and that the major themes are dual careers. The European Research Council’s (ERC) peer review evaluation process has been carefully designed to identify scientific excellence irrespective of the gender,…
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Report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL
The report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL was published in July, 2020 and can be downloaded here. The EPFL Direction approved the creation of a Commission on the Status of Women Faculty at EPFL, spearheaded by Rizlan Bernier-Latmani. This commission was created in response to the findings of a survey launched…
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Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions
The study of Sarah-Jane Leslie et al. hypothesize that, across the academic spectrum, women are underrepresented in fields whose practitioners believe that raw, innate talent is the main requirement for success, because women are stereotyped as not possessing such talent. The analysis of the data suggest that academics who wish to diversify their fields might…
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Training moduls for diversity
Teaching staff at University of Köln can develop their competencies dealing with a diverse crowd of students with an e-learning tool. The aim of the project DiVers is to offer the teaching staff an e-learning tool which provides trainings to enhance learning materials, presenting methods, communication + interaction with students as well as exams. The…
