D-BSSE News
All stories by Roland Baumann
“We very much hope that the exams can go ahead as planned”
Internal
Ulrich Weidmann, head of the ETH Coronavirus task force, provides an update on the situation at the university at the start of the year and explains how the Executive Board is dealing with it.
#howsETHgoing? – the students respond
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ETH students experience a high level of academic pressure, but they consider the way they are treated at the university to be respectful, with the vast majority unaffected by discrimination or unequal treatment. These are the key findings of a wide-ranging survey conducted by the Students’ Association.
ETH Zurich increases scholarships
Internal
The ETH Executive Board has decided to issue more scholarships from the autumn semester 2019. It will also increase the amounts paid out. For the most financially disadvantaged, this will serve to offset the increase in tuition fees introduced by the ETH Board.
Taking doctoral studies to the next level
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What makes good supervision for doctoral students? What factors define the relationship between the supervisor and the doctoral student? A two-day symposium was held last week at the ETH main building to answer these and many other questions.