Dear MOL members

We hope you have had a successful start to the spring semester 2024. Our General Assembly is coming up in May, where elections are on the agenda. In this newsletter, we will give you an overview of the positions up for election and how you can get involved. You will also find exciting news from our working groups and information about the work of the MOL. We look forward to your active participation and ideas to further strengthen our mid-level network.

With warm regards,
Your MOL Board

Tess Bardy (GMF für VPF), Katharina Dölp (WF), Matteo Frey (TF), Lea Keller (Treasurer, RF), Aline Leimann (RF), Alexander Ort (GMF), Antonia Steigerwald (KSF)

MOL Representations and Open Positions

The MOL enables members of the academic mid-level to participate in decisions made at university level through representation on university-wide committees. Committee work is also a good opportunity to understand how the university works, to gain an insight into the issues and processes and to network internally.

Do you have any questions about the positions or the work involved? Are you interested in becoming a representative? Contact us by email: molremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch or directly the current representatives. The following positions are available from June 2024:

Member Fees

Our work is financed by membership fees and funds from the University of Lucerne. The contributions of CHF 15.- are invoiced each semester in January and July at the same time as the semester fee (for doctoral students) or by payment slip (e-mail from the Finance and Accounting Department of the University of Lucerne). You have received the invoice for Spring Semester 2024 in the last few weeks.

In this article, we briefly explain the most important facts about invoicing.

The Academic Mid-Level at the Faculty Assembly

What actually do mid-level representatives in the faculty assemblies? The representatives, two per faculty assembly, have voting rights and inform the mid-level about decisions made by the faculty assembly or introduce new topics. These representatives work independently of the Mid-level Organisation University Lucerne (MOL), but regularly exchange information with us in order to effectively represent the interests of the academic mid-level.

In the context of the academic self-administration, mid-level representatives play a key role in university decision-making processes. While the MOL acts at university level, representation at faculty level is carried out by mid-level representatives elected in the faculty assemblies.

Open position at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (KSF)
Participation offers valuable insights into the university and faculty structures and enables internal networking. With a time commitment of one meeting per month, a position is now open for interested members of the academic mid-level of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (KSF). If you are interested, please contact Ronja Friedl (ronja.friedlremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch) or Antonia Steigerwald (antonia.steigerwaldremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch).

Actionuni Updates - Eurodoc

Multilingualism survey

Eurodoc is conducting a super small survey about multilingual practices in academic publishing that will take more than 3 minutes of your time. You can find the survey here, and if you want to know more about the idea behind, you can read about it on Eurodoc's website.

Eurodoc working groups

Eurodoc has 7 working groups centered on different topics that any doctoral candidates or early career researchers in Europe can join.

Women* in Academia: Program Spring Term 2024

Once again, Women* in Academia has a lot to offer for all young female academics at the University of Lucerne throughout the current term. The workshop “Feminine Leadership Communication Skills in Academia” with Marisa Waldburger (May 23/24) is already confirmed. As usual, we also meet for the WiA Joint Lunches - on March 26 and May 14. We are busy working together in the “WiA Writing Peer Group”, where 45-minute online writing sessions can be proposed at short notice and where we can feel as a part of the community while writing on our own laptops. And we dare to try something new with Wedneswalk or Fridaytalk: On dates to be determined, we will jointly escape the food coma at 1 pm and take a lively walk from the University to the Museum of Transportation and back. 

More Information on the offers can be found here.

MOL General Assembly 2024 - Save the Date

Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 / 4 p.m.

Where: Uni  Main Building, Room 3.A05

-> The invitation will follow by separate mail.

MOL Meetings

The MOL meetings offer a platform to exchange ideas and network within the academic mid-level. In addition, we regularly organise events on relevant topics for the academic mid-level.
The meetings take place during the semester, the current dates can be found on our website in the Events section.

-> NEXT MEETING WITH GUEST SPEAKER:

Tue, 5 March 2024 - Workshop „Making Authentic Connections” with Dr. Verity Elston
Place: Uni main building, room 3.B48
Time: 4 - 5.30 p.m., followed by an apéro
For further information please see -> Flyer
-> to registration

News on our Website

On our website we will regularly publish interesting articles and news concerning the academic mid-level – have a look: News