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Retaining More Academic Women
Where are all the women in higher education? There is evidence supporting that women are underrepresented in academe today. How can colleges and universities open up the path to leadership for women in the future? In a special collection of articles published by the Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington D. C., 2015), you find a…
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ETH Professor Petra Dittrich honored
Last week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of the Consolidator Grants for talented young researchers. Petra Dittrich, a researcher at ETH, is one of those to receive the much-coveted funding. ETH professor Petra Dittrich uses lab-on-a-chip technology to develop miniaturized analysis systems for application in biology and chemistry. She would like to…
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“I changed my mind”
Why is networking crucial for women in leading positions? Prof. Dr. Ursula Keller, President of ETH Women Professors Forum and Director of NCCR MUST was invited to several conferences and congresses to talk about the network of women professors at ETH Zurich. Starting with facts + figures at ETH Zurich and on evidence shown by…
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How to be an effective sponsor and a good protégé
The Relationship You Need to Get Right throughout your career PDF “The Relationship You Need to Get Right” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall, and Laura Sherbin, in: Harvard Business Review, October 2011, p. 131 – 134.
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Quota for Women and why Ursula Keller changed her mind
Available in German. Interview with Prof. Dr Ursula Keller, President of ETH Women Professors Forum, in the special edition about quota for women the online-magazine of the academic association “Fachfrauen Umwelt ffu-pee”. Read more… PDF “Frauenquote und Prof. Ursula Keller’s persönlicher Meinungswandel”, in Frachfrauen Umwelt ffu-pee, Juni 2015.
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Sarah Springman on cover
Sarah Springman, member ETH Women Professors’ Forum and former Board Member, is on the cover of the magazine Business Women. Prof. Dr. Sarah Springman, Rector of ETH Zurich since January 2015, is portrayed in the May issue of the magazine Business Women. Read more on Business Women… PDF “Mamma mia! Die eiserne Lady”, Business Women,…
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Die Kultur des Arbeitgebers ist entscheidend (german only)
Ergebnisse und Impulse Synthesebericht des Nationalen Forschungsprogrammes NFP 60. Auszug aus dem Themenkreis “Arbeitsmarkt”. Im zweiten Kapitel des Syntheseberichtes werden die Lohngleichheit, Care-Arbeit, Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Arbeit und das Arbeitsklima behandelt. Der Bericht gibt “Impulse” für Veränderungen wie beispielsweise Impuls 9 “Lohntransparenz ist eine Voraussetzung zur Herstellung von Lohngleichheit. Arbeitgebende, welche die zur Verfügung stehenden…