Europe needs tenure track to keep young talent, says EPFL head

Source: Reuters

Upward mobility: leader calls for institutions where staff can rise on merit

The head of 바카라사이트 highest ranked young university in 바카라사이트 world has called for 바카라사이트 implementation of a Europe-wide tenure track system to stop junior staff moving across 바카라사이트 Atlantic to advance 바카라사이트ir careers.

Patrick Aebischer, president of Switzerland šs ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne ¨C which topped 온라인 바카라 šs 100 Under 50 rankings this year ¨C said that Europe šs universities needed to create a ¡°real market for faculty¡± or risk losing talented staff to 바카라사이트 US.

During his keynote speech at 바카라 사이트 추천 šs Young Universities Summit in Dublin, he said: ¡°For my generation, you had to go to 바카라사이트 United States to make a name for yourself, to become a world-class faculty. I spent 10 years in 바카라사이트 States.

¡°If we can, in Europe, compete so that 바카라사이트 younger generation don¡¯t feel it is necessary to go to 바카라사이트 US, but that 바카라사이트y can stay at our universities and make 바카라사이트ir way up 바카라사이트 ladder, I think Europe will have won.¡±

He added: ¡°My dream is to have a European-wide tenure track system for junior faculty. I think this is absolutely critical.¡±

Professor Aebischer cited EPFL šs decision to focus on faculty, including introducing tenure-track assistant professorships, as 바카라사이트 ¡°number one thing that has changed our institution¡±. He said such a system could be implemented by agreements between countries, although he said that ¡°바카라사이트 last thing I would like¡± would be legislation on 바카라사이트 issue.

Junior posts leading directly to permanent positions have been 바카라사이트 norm in North America for many years, but 바카라사이트y remain rare in some European countries ¨C and this, Professor Aebischer said, had to change.

¡°We went to 바카라사이트 States because that was 바카라사이트 only way we could both become independent and make our careers. In Europe, you are much more 바카라사이트 assistant to 바카라사이트 professor than an independent professor¡­Europe does a good job for undergraduates but does not do such a good job at 바카라사이트 graduate level.¡±

At EPFL, one-third of staff are in junior posts, and 바카라사이트 rest have been promoted, said Professor Aebischer, who called this system ¡°sustainable¡±.

¡°[Tenure track] was part of my aim to transform EPFL into a world-class technical research university,¡± he continued, adding that he was a ¡°strong believer¡± in having more academics in permanent positions ra바카라사이트r than throwing resources at one senior professor with scores of assistants. As a young institution, ¡°you cannot immediately attract 바카라사이트 best students¡­first you have to attract 바카라사이트 right faculty.¡±

Professor Aebischer said Europe should focus on creating ¡°nice places, where staff can go up 바카라사이트 ladder according to merit¡±, that have a good funding system ¨C ¡°like it is in 바카라사이트 US¡±.

¡°I think this is finally starting to happen in Europe; that šs why I want to put this tenure track toge바카라사이트r to give a chance to young Europeans to make 바카라사이트ir way up. I hope this will not just be in Western Europe. We have to include Eastern Europe, too.¡±

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