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4th quarter 2016: 1.5% increase in the number of employed persons. The unemployment rate based on the ILO definition falls to 4.

How someone learns depends largely on how they are assessed. To help ETH retain its leading position in the education of young talent, about 100 educational decision makers from ETH Zurich attended a two-day retreat on the topic of assessment.

Start-ups linked to EPFL raised almost CHF 400 million this year - that's over 50% more than in 2014, the last record year.

Neuchâtel, 29.11.2016 (FSO) - In the 3rd quarter 2016, total employment (number of jobs) rose by 0.3% in comparison with the same quarter a year earlier (-0.1% compared with the previous quarter).

This year's Swiss Human Relations Barometer focuses on the topic "loyalty and cynicism" - specifically, the tension between how employees experience and demonstrate both loyalty and cynicism, the latter being a negative, even derisive, attitude that employees develop toward their employers.

The University of Zurich has proven that it can meet several US elite universities at eye level when it comes to recruiting the best talents.

Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.

ETH's sixth annual togETHer staff party was held on Friday, 26 th August. It was also a very special occasion for Lorenz Hurni, Professor of Cartography, who was presented with the Golden Tricycle award in recognition of his skill in fostering an optimum balance between work and family life.

A significantly higher number of project proposals and the trend towards a more open research culture: against this dynamic backdrop, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded over 3200 res

On 10 and 11 March, a delegation of board members and researchers from South Africa visited ETH Zurich.

How to ensure that research results are sound, reliable and reproducible? What should be improved in the current academic publication system? How does research evaluation affect the way science is do

Saudi Arabia wants to become a leading research nation, and has recently established a multi-billion dollar university.

Research infrastructure in Asia is catching up with the West. From here, the main challenge for the region is to manoeuvre research out of rigid policy and into higher quality.

24. The new president of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was announced this morning by the Swiss Federal Council, which confirmed the proposal submitted by the ETH Board.

Shareholders approve 19 th consecutive dividend increase to CHF 2.70 (+4%) per share for 2015   Dr. Joerg Reinhardt confirmed by shareholders as Chairman of the Novartis Board of Direct

Generous research funding is allocated to Empa from the EU's budget.

ETH Zurich is preparing young researchers for an international career in science and industry. In March 2016, it will launch a career-focused funding mechanism that will allow young researchers to conduct their own research project early on and improve their competitiveness.

The SNSF introduces measures to encourage researchers in the humanities and social sciences to participate in ERC calls.

30. What drives people to spend hours commuting to and from work? A book written by EPFL sociologists analyzes this phenomenon - its structure, its social consequences and how it has changed over time.

l. to r. Patrick Aebischer (EPFL), Roberto Balzaretti (EU Swiss ambassador), Carlos Moedas (EU, Head of Research and Innovation), Lino Guzzella (ETH Zürich).

Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world. However the conditions for start-ups are far from being perfect.

The Forge, located in EPFL's Innovation Park, provides aspiring entrepreneurs an office to develop their startup as well as a location for networking and advice.

Basel, October 22, 2013 - Novartis is pleased to announce that it has been named among the Top 25 World's Best Multinational Workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute.

Geneva, 4 October 2013. Seeing the invisible and discovering the meaning of life are the twin quests of CERN 's first film maker in residence, Jan Peters the second winner of the Collide@CERN Geneva 2 prize, which is supported by the Canton and City of Geneva.

Dr. Joerg Reinhardt to receive total annual compensation of CHF 3.8 million through combination of cash and stock for serving as Chairman of Novartis.

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Anu Wadhwa has been awarded a grant by the SNF to study uncertainty in the venture capital investements practices in the cleantech sector.

Roche sends open letter to Illumina shareholders Letter recommends Illumina shareholders vote the GOLD proxy card Roche today sent an open letter to shareholders of Illumina, Inc.

Roche disappointed by Illumina, Inc.'s Board of Directors' rejection By not engaging with Roche, Illumina reinforces notion of an entrenched Board Roche released the following statement in response to the announcement by Illumina, Inc.

Roche to nominate slate of independent directors for election at Illumina, Inc.'s 2012 annual meeting Election of director nominees and approval of other proposals would result in Roche-nominated dir

Using lasers, EPFL scientists are dissecting the movements of fluids. The goal of the exercise: to obtain a better understanding of the internal dynamics of complex phenomena such as avalanches and torrential floods.

Swiss law expert counters Alcon Independent Director Committee's legal position in proposed merger with Novartis Merger decision must be approved by the entire board of the company and cannot be dele

Zurich - University of Zurich Viele Musikhochschulen haben für Berufungsverfahren keine Reglemente.

31. Bern - SNF Researchers from the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South have succeeded in creating an atlas mapping 70 facets of poverty distribution in the Lao PDR in high geographic resolution.