Faculty Development Activities
Curriculum development tips, teaching technology updates, social activities, private group coaching, lectures and workshops. These activities or services, organized by peers or by different offices and faculty organizations, constitute a variety of opportunities for Faculty Development (FD).
The lists below feature events and activities that will take place at ETH for appointed professors (both assistant and tenured professors). If you are organizing an activity or event specifically for professors, please let us know so that we can update our calendar.
Please refer to Leadership4Faculty for events and programmes relating to leadership for professors.
Type of Support | Description | Contact / Info |
|---|---|---|
| ETH guidance for teaching | The LET guidance team offers 1-to-1 support for issues or ideas related to teaching (from classroom technology, curriculum development tips to teaching style). | beratung@let.ethz.ch |
| Guidance for teaching by department | Educational developers are contact persons in the departments for issues in the area of teaching. They provide support to lecturers and coordinate developments within degree programmes in cooperation with LET. Teaching specialists are in direct contact with the faculty in their departments and thus have direct knowledge of lecturers' specific needs in their teaching activities. | Network of Educational Developers by Department |
| One-to-one leadership coaching | When
In a confidential setting, an internal or external coach can help you to reflect on current challenges and to develop and implement effective steps to manage everyday situations in your leadership role. | |
| Organisational and team development - Small group coaching | When existing organisational structures and working processes no longer meet current requirements and team cooperation has therefore become more difficult. You and your team might want to develop new methods of cooperation. When your research group is growing and integrating new group members has become increasingly challenging, you might want to adapt work processes and develop collaboration in your group. An internal or external facilitator can help you analyse organisational structures, working relationships and processes in your group and implement viable steps based on this analysis. | POE Team (personal-organisationsentwicklung@ethz.ch) |
Workplace Issues in general – Recommendations for internal or external advice | For confidential advice on matters related to the following subjects: organisational and team development, leadership, occupational social consulting, case management, discrimination and sexual harassment, network crises and suicide. | Consulting and coaching resources site |
AP Stammtisch - This social networking event is organized - by assistant professors, for assistant professors - from all departments. If you would like to meet other assistant professors from across ETH in an informal setting (usually a local restaurant), don't hesitate to email us for upcoming dates/locations: AP Stammtisch Organizers
ETH Women Professors Forum (ETH WPF) - Members of the WPF encourage young women to pursue a career in science or engineering. They make their expertise available within and beyond ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, as well as support related Swiss initiatives in favor of equal opportunities among the sexes. The WPF hosts lunch lectures and other events for our academic community. For upcoming events, please refer to the external page ETH WPF Homepage.
Time of Year | Times/Length | Activity Title | For More Information |
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| See calendar - Ca. 20 modules offered annually. | 1 to 5 days | Courses for leading persons involved in in-vivo studies: Basic and continuous education for experimental animal researchers.
Besides knowing local laws and ETH regulations concerning animal research, professors working with animals are responsible for ensuring that their staff receive adequate training via the SGU. | Safety, Security, Health, Environment - (SGU) |
| See calendar - Various courses - depends on field specialty. | 2 h to 2 days | Courses for team and lab leaders: Safety rules and legal requirements for daily work in ETH laboratories. | Safety, Security, Health, Environment - (SGU) |
| See calendar - Monthly | 12:15 - 13:15 | Refresh Teaching - For all ETH teaching faculty, including professors. This series of practice-oriented events, where you talk to involved faculty and receive suggestions and tips, shows you how you can deploy new approaches in your own teaching. | LET - Innovendum Team |
| Half-day, full-day and two-day courses | Variable - see calendar | Didactica | Dr. Pia Scherer |