Education Policy
EPFL's Fribourg campus to get six additional research chairs by 2030
Teaching
EPFL
Six new research chairs will be created on the Fribourg campus over the next few years, bringing the total to ten by 2030. All chairs will be based at the Smart Living Lab (SLL) experimental building that will be constructed in the bluefactory innovation district starting next year. The decision to create the new research chairs follows the opening of EPFL’s new Centre for Worldwide Sustainable Construction (CWSC), which operates out of both the Lausanne and Fribourg campuses and works with organizations globally.
“You can ask a chatbot things you might not dare to ask in a lecture”
Teaching
ETH Zurich
Where is generative AI already proving its worth in teaching and what are its limits? Will avatars soon replace lecturers? In this interview, Jan Vermant, Vice Rector for Curriculum Development, talks about trends at ETH and his own experiences.
University funding: a national debate is needed
Politics
ETH Zurich
EPFL and ETH Zurich Presidents Martin Vetterli and Joël Mesot consider high tuition fees as in the English-speaking world to be the wrong approach to improving the financial situation of the two universities. Students should be seen as success factors for our country and not as cash cows.
ETH continuing education course addresses ethics in AI
Teaching
ETH Zurich
The first edition of the CAS ETH Machine Learning in Finance and Insurance course is coming to an end. Participants particularly value the programme’s combination of technology, ethics and practice with a view to making responsible use of artificial intelligence at their companies.
Are online teaching materials emptying out university classrooms?
Teaching
EPFL
Live streaming and recorded lectures mean students can easily keep up with a class without ever setting foot in the classroom. But according to a University of Geneva study and three EPFL surveys, most students nevertheless prefer to come to campus.
ERI Dispatch 2025–2028: insufficient funding for the ETH Domain
Politics
ETH Board
The ETH Domain depends on adequate, stable funding from the Confederation if it is to fulfil its role in driving innovation for Switzerland and educating urgently needed specialists. The financial resources allocated to the ETH Domain in the ERI Dispatch are not sufficient to achieve this, as the ETH Board makes clear in its position statement on the ERI Dispatch 2025–2028.
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