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Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung 11. Tag der Lehre: «Bereit für später – Hochschullehre für die Zukunft»

17 February

Universität Bern Atelier sur le langage inclusif en français

03 March

Vice-Rectorate Development, Speaker Prof. Dr. Daniel Spurk, University of Bern Workshop: Planning and applying for a career outside of academia

17 March

Vizerektorat Lehre Universität Bern Tipps und Tools für gute Lehre: Kurs für die vielseitige und innovative Gestaltung von Lehrveranstaltungen

31 March

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University of Bern - Knowledge creates Value!

Change of automatic renewal in case of maternity

From now on, the distribution of maternity allowance to basic funds will be equated with the procedure for third-party funding. Previously, in the case of maternity, the employment of a deputy was calculated without points. Now the Institute will be compensated for the employment of the mother in personnel points, regardless of whether a deputy is employed or not.

COMET Career Programme

This career programme of the University of Bern is aimed specifically at female postdoctoral researchers of all faculties.
Information event: Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Time: 16.15-17.30 h, online via zoom. Please register via e-mail for the information event: info.afc@unibe.ch

Start of the career programme: 12 June 2023

The University Library of Bern is helping to build the future of Open Access

As part of the EU project CRAFT Open Access, the University Library of Bern is involved in developing better tools and services for publishing scientific journals.

Funding program «UniBE Short Travel Grants for (Post)Docs»

The University of Bern, by way of its «UniBE Short Travel Grants for (Post)Docs» funding program, supports short research stays abroad for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.

Next application deadline: 1 March 2023

Promotion Fund 2023

In cooperation with the Intermediate Staff Association of the University of Bern (Mittelbauvereinigung), the Vice-Rectorate Research calls for proposals to the Fund for the Promotion of Young Researchers twice a year. The fund aims to encourage networking activities of young researchers from doctoral study (PhD) level upwards. In an efficient und quick procedure, original and innovative ideas that strengthen independence and personal skills are financed with a max. of CHF 5,000.

Next deadline: 20 April 2023

SciFlow makes scientific writing easier

SciFlow makes it easy to write and format scientific texts - whether for a specific journal or as a student paper. SciFlow also offers attractive templates, chat support, webinars and text checking. The University Library of Bern has licensed SciFlow for the entire UniBE campus.

The University of Bern joins ENLIGHT alliance

Since 2022, Swiss universities have also been able to participate as "associated partners" in European university alliances for the first time. The University of Bern is a member of ENLIGHT, an alliance of research-intensive full universities, since December 1, 2022.

Innosuisse Start-Up Training

The Start-Up Training program is open to members of the intermediate staff, professors and students of all faculties.

Digital Exam Programms for ASS22

The University of Bern offers their lecturers the option to create, conduct and score, written on-site exams using digital tools. Two tools are available for this purpose: EvaExam
iliasEXAM

Support Center for ICT-Aided Teaching and Research (iLUB)

The iLUB supports teaching staff and researchers, lecturers and assistants in their endeavors to enhance teaching, research and cooperation through an adequate deployment of information and communication technologies (ICT).

Didaktipps.ch

The office for higher education offers short, practical information for teaching on their speciialized website "didaktipps.ch".

Interview training for job applications offered by the University of Zurich

Planning to apply for a new job soon? And are you interested in improving your interview skills? Great, It's a Match - we look forward to your participation!

Postulate «For Equal Chances and Promotion of Young Researchers»

The commission for research, education and culture (WBK-N) submitted a postulate in April on the position of intermediate staff at higher education institutions.
On June 9, 2022, the National Council adopted the postulate for more permanent academic intermediate staff positions in Switzerland with a clear majority (105 votes yes to 73 votes no). The Federal Council is instructed to write a detailed report on the issues of precariousness, equality and young academics (which are all interrelated) of intermediate staff at all Swiss universities.
Read more about it on the parliaments website.

CAS - in Evaluation starts in March 2023

The CAS in evaluation has a total duration of 7 months, spans 6 courses and awards 15 ECTS. It primarely adresses beginners in the evaluation field, people who work with evaluation experts, and people who manage evaluation projects.

Stop Hate Speech

Sending a clear signal against online hate speech: The University of Bern condemns hate speech of any kind and helps its researchers take action against it. Due to recent incidents that occurred in the spring of 2021, a working group was tasked with examining this phenomenon and devising steps to combat it.

War in the Ukraine

If the MVUB can support anyone anywhere (eg. through peer support, legal advice or by helping you/someone else get the help they need), browse through our website mvub.unibe.ch where we have posted a lot of useful links, or send an email to info.mvub@unibe.ch.

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): Support measures for scientists from Ukraine

The SNSF is making available 1 million francs to host researchers from Ukraine at universities in Switzerland through Scholars at Risk and supporting them with a series of additional measures.

Federal Council adopts measures on Horizon Europe

Switzerland is currently considered a non-associated third country in Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. On 4 May 2022, the Federal Council adopted extensive measures to bridge the gap arising from this situation. Swiss researchers participating in EU projects are funded directly by the federal government. In addition, transitional solutions are offered for calls for proposals currently inaccessible to Swiss participants.

Seed money - The University of Bern offers seed money for researchers coordinating European collaborative projects

The internal funding programmes enable researchers at the University of Bern to obtain start-up funding for participation in European collaborative projects. Further information is available from the Grants Office.

Sozialfonds der SUB

Der Sozialfonds der SUB steht SUB- bzw. MVUB-Mitgliedern und Mobilitätsstudierenden in akuten finanziellen Notlagen zur Seite. Zur Überbrückung der finanziellen Schwierigkeiten kann die Sozialfondskommission einen Betrag von bis zu CHF 5000.- in Form eines Unterstützungsbeitrags oder Darlehens sprechen. Hier die Informationen zur Antragstellung.

Changes in Postdoc regulations as of 04/13-21.

Extension of employment: in principle, postdocs are employed for 3 years and may be extended up to the maximum employment period of 6 years. The minimum term of employment is 1 year. Extensions of less than one year must be justified in advance.

Reduction BG to less than 80% due to childcare responsibilities: The university management has also decided on 13.04.2021 that the reduction of the degree of employment due to care duties to less than 80% must now only be justified at the beginning and in the case of an extension of the postdoc employment and no longer every year.

The fact sheet with information on the application of postdoc functions has been adapted accordingly. (follow link.)