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Rules to safeguard good scientific practice reloaded and the role of libraries in upholding scientific professional ethics

ETH President Joël Mesot announced a restructuring of the Executive Board last June. In the Town Hall forum on 8 October, he provided an update on the status of the "rETHink” project and, together with his fellow board members, answered questions from ETH members.

It is said that all rivers flow to the sea. Although some considerable distance separates Switzerland from the seas, they were, and remain, a source of inspiration for writers like Max Frisch, and for explorers.

The arrival of autumn means that annual appraisal interviews are back on the agenda. Lukas Vonesch, Head of Human Resources at ETH Zurich, sheds light on whether this management tool is still fit for purpose, how useful it is to have a graded assessment, and what constitutes a valuable interview.

Diversity, referring to the variety that exists within a group, abounds wherever many different people come together. ETH itself is very much an example of a cultural melting pot. But what does “diverse” actually mean, and how do people at ETH deal with it?

Slides from the event available online