Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships narrowly escape drastic funding cuts
The Swiss Parliament was all but set on cutting half of the funding for the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (ESKAS). This funding programme supports researchers from all over the world to pursue doctoral or postdoctoral research in Switzerland.
Almost every day the world wakes up to news from the tech sector, currently driven by the latest developments in artificial intelligence. These changes affect how academics research, teach and how students learn. Through networking, such as in The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, academics share solutions and pool their strengths to find new solutions to new challenges.
Doing an exchange opened a window to another culture for Julia Good. A political science and public administration student at the University of Bern. She spent a semester at Keio University in Japan. In this interview, she talks about learning to live in a different culture, experiencing a Zen meditation and making a friend for life.
At the General Meeting in Bern, 140 members of all ENLIGHT member universities discussed the long-term vision for the alliance. Albrecht Vorster and Carolina Gutiérrez from the Department of Neurology at Bern University Hospital gave a keynote speech on brain health and the importance of sleep.
Pelin Koyuncu attended the ENLIGHT summer school “Game Design in Health Care and Education”. She developed an app that motivates people to exercise and stay physically active. In this interview, she discusses how she combines her passion for gaming with her psychology studies at the University of Bern, and explains why an ENLIGHT hybrid course offers a unique experience.
Richa is always shocked when people express surprise at the fact that she works in IT. She is studying for the Swiss Joint Master of Science in Computer Science at the Universities of Bern, Neuchâtel and Fribourg. In this interview, she talks about living her Bollywood dream, the gender gap in IT and why she passionately believes that more women should study computer science.
At first it was a culture shock, then a passion. Chiara Heiss, a Bachelor’s student in Social Sciences at the University of Bern, spent a semester studying at Korea University in Seoul. In this video, she explains how she found her feet in a foreign country and how her exchange changed her.
The University of Bern is launching its first ENLIGHT course entitled “The Deep History of Food – Putting Sustainability into Context.” The course looks at the fundamental role of food production throughout human history and its implications for sustainability. It explores the origins of agriculture, its spread across different societies, and its impact on the environment.
Studying abroad offers students unique opportunities for academic enrichment, career development, language learning, cultural immersion, and personal growth. This blog post explores what we believe are the top five reasons why studying abroad is a game changer for our students!
Patricia Bieri studies political science at the University of Bern. Her exchange semester at Université Laval in Canada encouraged her to embrace the unknown. In this interview, Patricia reflects on how she experienced classes at Université Laval, the importance of language in Canadian politics, and why she believes going on an exchange semester is worth it.