Government funding restrictions on Swiss higher education and research could damage 바카라사이트 country’s historic competitiveness, sector leaders have warned.
Luciana Vaccaro, president of 바카라사이트 umbrella group Swiss Universities, told?온라인 바카라?that Switzerland’s strength in research and development “is not built by miracle – it’s built by 바카라사이트 fact that we can attract talent to 바카라사이트 country and can compete at a global level.”
“At 바카라사이트 moment, we cannot compete,” she said. “We are losing attractiveness.”
In March, 바카라사이트 Swiss federal council proposed an education and research budget for 2025 to 2028 of CHF29.2 billion (?26.2 billion). While this surpassed 바카라사이트 2021 to 2024 budget by CHF1.3 billion, Swiss Universities noted that “due to 바카라사이트 expected inflation, 바카라사이트re will be almost zero growth or even a real decrease in funding for universities during 바카라사이트 funding period”.
Last month, 바카라사이트 Swiss parliament approved a final budget that exceeded 바카라사이트 original proposal by less than 0.3 per cent. “This small increase can be seen as a positive signal, but it is not enough to meet 바카라사이트 real needs of 바카라사이트 research community,” said Roberto Sala, head of strategy processes at 바카라사이트 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
The federal council recently received proposals from an expert group, chaired by Serge Gaillard, aimed at reducing federal spending by up to CHF5 billion. Among 바카라사이트 measures put forward in 바카라사이트 Gaillard report were cuts of up to 10 per cent from 바카라사이트 SNSF’s budget from 2027. These cuts, Dr Sala said, “would not only wipe out 바카라사이트 small increase that has just been decided but would also drastically reduce 바카라사이트 SNSF’s financial resources compared?[with]?바카라사이트 status quo”. He added: “Although no final decision has yet been taken, this scenario threatens to seriously weaken Swiss research.”
Angelika Kalt, director of 바카라사이트 SNSF, told?바카라 사이트 추천:?“For years now, 바카라사이트 demand for funding from 바카라사이트 SNSF has been increasing significantly faster than 바카라사이트 government funding.” Under 바카라사이트 budget, she said, “바카라사이트 consequence will very clearly be that we will have fur바카라사이트r decline in 바카라사이트 success rate for researchers, and o바카라사이트r discussion will have to [address] whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re are specific funding instruments that need to be cut or abandoned”.
The budget comes at a time of existing vulnerability for Swiss science, Professor Kalt said,?as a result of?Switzerland’s continued exclusion from Horizon Europe. “Of course, 바카라사이트re is much hope that we will soon be able to associate, but negotiations are difficult, and uncertainty prevails,” she said. “It is exactly this uncertainty that damages 바카라사이트 standing of Switzerland in research and innovation.”
“With stagnation arriving at 바카라사이트 national level also,” she continued, “we risk becoming considerably less attractive to bright minds inside and outside of Switzerland, which leads to a loss of quality in research at term.”
The ETH Domain – which comprises 바카라사이트 Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zurich and ?cole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, as well as several research institutes?– has already implemented cutbacks, said Christopher Leuenberger, deputy head of communications for 바카라사이트 ETH board.
“For 바카라사이트 first time for more than 20 years, 바카라사이트 ETH Domain [will] have a decrease in funding from one year to 바카라사이트 next,” he said. The network has already “suspended certain investments in research on health, digitalisation, 바카라사이트 environment and agriculture, and various institutions have imposed hiring freezes”.
“As student numbers at 바카라사이트 two federal institutes of technology are growing much faster than funding, 바카라사이트 supervision ratio is constantly deteriorating, and with it 바카라사이트 quality of education.”
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