*Deutsche Version hier

Dear members of the academic mid-level faculty

The MOL General Assembly on May 22, 2024 is important. Here you can find out about the participation of the MOL in academic self-administration, elect representatives to university committees or become active yourself. The organization and administration of a university is the responsibility of its employees. For this so-called "academic self-administration", the active participation of the non-professorial teaching staff in university committees is essential and enormously important. This is the only way we can help shape the university and create attractive conditions for research and teaching. Challenges often arise not from a lack of opportunities or resources, but from the difficulties of managing these resources effectively and ensuring good communication between all those involved.

Keep reading the newsletter to find out more about the open positions, but also about MOL projects, the University of Lucerne's Open Science efforts or upcoming events.

With warm regards,
Your MOL Board

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

Upcoming Elections

Elections for the vacant positions will take place at the General Assembly in May. There are many opportunities to get actively involved or gain exciting insights into the University committees. Are you interested? The following positions are still open:

Competence Center for the Promotion of Young Academics

Now it's your turn: send us your comments, wishes or suggestions for changes to the 'Competence Center for the Promotion of Young Academics'. Last fall semester, we presented our vision: A sustainable, future-oriented further development of the promotion of young academics for doctoral students and postdocs. In the meantime, we have formulated projects and measures that we would like to present to you:

Swiss-Wide Mental Health Survey 2024

Share your academic experience in the Swiss-Wide Mental Health Survey 2024 (SWiMS), in partnership with actionuni. Help identify challenges and foster a healthier working culture. Your input shapes positive change.

Take the survey:  https://bit.ly/SWiMS24 . It's anonymous and takes only 15 minutes.

Collaboration on RDM Modules

The Research Data Management and Open Science Office at the University of Lucerne needs your input:

Open Science Prize 2024

Do you use Open Science in practice in your teaching?

Are you an Open Science pioneer in your subject?

Do you, or are you planning to, make data or code freely accessible as part of your research/dissertation project?

MOL General Assembly 2024 - Save the Date

Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 / Assembly 4 - 5 p.m., followed by an apéro

Place: University Main Building, Room 3.A05 / Zoom-Link

-> Registration

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.

News on our Website

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

Did you know? We have a LinkedIn channel: https://ch.linkedin.com/company/mol-unilu.
Follow us for updates on events, positions and calls for submissions.