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According to a survey conducted by the Academic Association of Scientific Staff (AVETH), ETH doctoral students are on balance satisfied with the supervision they receive from professors. But a number of inadequacies were also clear to see. The supervision is now set to be optimised.

Good scientific practice, management of ETH’s finances, setting up the new School for Continuing Education, information security, procurement, catering and the salary system for doctoral students: ETH Zurich’s Executive Board passed resolutions on all these topics during its most recent sessions. Another matter that was discussed was the annual report from the Associate Vice President for Sustainability.

Linda Schädler has been head of of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich since May 2016. What she likes about it and whether she collects works of art privately, she betrays the "life".

Does the election of Donald Trump impact the faculty recruitment at ETH Zurich?

The ALEA Award (an acronym for The Art of LEAdership) honours leaders who enable advanced and innovative working conditions and who promote and support actively the reconciliation of work, family and avocational engagement.

AVETH, the association of scientific staff, has a new president: Martin Roszkowski. The doctoral student in neuroscience replaces physics doctoral student Arik Jung.

Alongside research and teaching, the transfer of knowledge and technological expertise is one of the key tasks for ETH Zurich. ETH transfer helps researchers to share their findings from the lab with the world of business.

People not only work and study at the University, but they can also complete their basic education here. 52 apprentices and trainees have successfully completed their education and celebrated their achievement.

Joël Bérard is the Head of Research at Agrovet-Strickhof. The keen mountain climber likes to challenge himself.

An intensive German course enables ETH Zurich doctoral students to communicate in German within just one year. Online registration for the course is open from 29 May to 13 July 2017.

The Network of Women in Computer Science is relaunching its name and logo. On Wednesday, 2nd of November, 5pm at CAB G51, all ETH members are invited to join.

Delegates to the pension provider Publica will be elected at the end of November. ETH staff interested in becoming a delegate have until the end of September to submit their candidacy and supporting nominations.

One idea, three minutes: that’s the challenge at the Falling Walls Lab ideas competition. The third Swiss qualifier will take place in September at ETH Zurich, with the winner earning a trip to the international final in Berlin.

The Collegium Helveticum's Board of Trustees has elected seven professors as fellows.

Dieter Schorno has been Head of Vocational Education and Training for 18 years, and will be retiring at the end of June. Fabienne Jaquet took over his role on 1 June 2016.

ETH Zurich encourages students to become more engaged in the teaching and learning process. The Student Innovedum project will enable students to transform their ideas into reality.

The Lecturers’ Conference has a new President: Edoardo Mazza, a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, will be taking over from Felicitas Pauss (D-PHYS).

An intensive German course enables ETH Zurich doctoral students to communicate in German within just one year. Registration for the course is open from 30 May to 14 July 2016.

The Women Professors Forum at ETH Zurich (WPF) has a clear objective: to substantially improve career opportunities for women in science and engineering. Founded in 2011, the women’s network is now welcoming a new chairwoman. Women professors at ETH Zurich will also be working more closely with their counterparts at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Katharina Poiger Ruloff will take over as ETH Zurich Secretary General from 1 October 2016. The Executive Board has announced her as the successor to the current Secretary General, Hugo Bretscher.

Ulrich Weidmann has been Vice President of Human Resources and Infrastructure since January. On a visit to the Staff Commission, he looked back on his first three months on the Executive Board.

In June 2016, the Competence Center Personalized Medicine UZH/ETZ and the IT'IS Foundation join forces to organize the Latsis Symposium ETH Zurich “Personalized medicine – challenges and opportunities”.

The Polymesse will take place in the ETH Zurich main building from 12 to 14 April 2016. The fair enables students to get in contact with many companies.

An evaluation of the New Salary System (NSS) that has been in place since 2006 has shown that it meets overall requirements and should be retained. Areas for improvement include the role profiles and the information provided to managers on the use of the system.

Arik Jung is the new president of AVETH. On Wednesday, members of the scientific staff association chose the physics doctoral student to succeed Florian Thöle.

In January, various ETH staff members have celebrated their anniversary at ETH Zurich.

ETH Zurich is launching the Career Seed Grant. Postdoctoral researchers at ETH Zurich have until 1 March 2016 to apply for grant money that will enable them to conduct their own research project.

On 12 November 2015, the "Long Night of the Careers (LNoC)" will take place for the second time at ETH Zurich.

A delegate from the University Assembly represents the staff and students of EPFL and ETH Zurich on the ETH Board. More information will be provided on the role at ETH Zurich on 16 November.

In autumn 2016, the SNSF will introduce changes to project funding: the maximum duration of projects will be raised from three to four years and grants can be used more flexibly. Researchers are encouraged to focus as much as possible on a single research project.

The ETH juniors and the ETH Seniors Club have recently established the ‘ETH juniors jFund’ start-up fund.

More than four fifths of students at ETH Zurich are satisfied or very satisfied with their studies at ETH Zurich. This is the result of the 2015 Student Survey of Satisfaction. The Executive Board acknowledged the survey in July.

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015, Climate-KIC Switzerland invites you to its fourth annual Swiss Venture Competition finals at ETH Zurich.

63 newly qualified apprentices successfully completed their apprenticeship at ETH Zurich in 2015. Half of them gained a vocational matriculation certificate.

Rector Sarah Springman recently met with the Staff Commission (PeKo). She discussed the challenges of being responsible for teaching at ETH Zurich.

Change at the top for the Department of Physics (D-PHYS): Simon Lilly succeeds Tilman Esslinger as the new Head of Department.

The trainee lab technicians working towards the Swiss Federal Vocational Education and Training Diploma (EFZ) in biology at ETH Zurich now have their own training laboratory. It was officially opened on 5 June 2015 at Technopark Zurich.

The Staff Commission (PeKo) of ETH Zurich has chosen its Executive Board for the term running from 2015 to 2018. It has also welcomed two new members and launched a new website.

Doctoral students and lecturers at ETH Zurich can learn German for the classroom and everyday life in just one year. “Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) Turbo” is the name of the course, and it is open for registration from now on.

Walter Kaufmann, Full Professor of Structural Engineering since 2014, talks about why he came back to ETH Zurich and the fascination that bridges still hold for him. He will be giving his inaugural lecture at 5.15 p.m. on 21 May in the Audimax hall.

ETH Zurich offers a wide range of support services for students and researchers during their studies and work at the university. A new website section provides an overview of the various support options and funding instruments.

The renovation of the kihz Foundation crèche at the Hönggerberg campus created space for an extra infant group in early May. A new activity room has also been added.

The Polymesse will take place in the ETH Zurich main building from 21 to 23 April 2015. Many companies will also introduce themselves in “Polyvorträge” before and throughout the fair.

For 35 years, Alain Geiger has been dedicating his efforts to measuring the Earth and its atmosphere at the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. He has discovered that Switzerland is gradually growing in height.

The ETH Zurich Foundation’s Annual report 2014 has been published and is available online.

The ETH Board has defined the principles of the preparatory procedure for appointing a new President for the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and has initiated the appointment process.

Florian Thöle has been named as the new President of AVETH, the Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich. On Tuesday, the members of AVETH voted him in to succeed the outgoing President Lars Büthe.