Foundation Council gains more members

While SWITCH has continually adapted to changing circumstances in the past, its activities have always been focused on the traditional universities. The new law means that the composition of the Foundation Council must be updated because the universities of applied sciences and teacher education have up to now been underrepresented.

At an extraordinary meeting of the Foundation Council of 22 March 2016, there was a majority vote in favour of increasing the number of members from 31 to 38. The number of representatives from universities of applied sciences has been increased from three to seven, while the number from universities of teacher education has been increased from one to two. In addition, the libraries and the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) now have one representative each.

The following new Foundation Committee members were elected at the same extraordinary meeting:

• Dr Axel Marion, swissuniversities
• Didier Rey, EPFL

Other members include

• Peter Kofmel, swissuniversities / chamber of universities of applied sciences (Chairman of the Foundation Council)
• Torsten Braun, University of Bern (Vice-Chairman of the Foundation Council)
• Mario Gay, Università della Svizzera italiana

At the ordinary meeting of the Foundation Council on 9 June 2016, the institutions concerned announced the additional representatives under the new representation rules. The overview (see document) lists all of the Foundation Council members and highlights those who are new.

Teaser: The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland’s Muttenz campus (Artist's impression for pool architekten, Zurich by maaars, Zurich.)