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Assistants’ Association of the University of Basel

Information on the consultation process on suggested measures to improve your working and supervision conditions at University of Basel

The University of Basel launched the project “Reform of Employment and Working Conditions for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers at the University of Basel” (Mittelbaureform) in autumn 2024 to address long-standing challenges faced by academic mid-level staff in the following areas:

Employment contract
Supervision and mentoring
Career development
Protected research time, teaching responsibilities and academic self-governance
Family friendliness, equality and inclusion
Personal integrity and mental health
Monitoring

Regarding the set of measures proposed by the University and available as of the end of October 2025, avuba submitted a detailed response on 9 January 2026.

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avuba's response to the consultation paper “Auslegeordnung”

Swiss mid-level academic staff associations call for maintaining funding for Switzerland’s high-quality research and teaching

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Who comes too near is going too far!

On December 5, 2024, the avuba and skuba boards sent an email to the President's Office titled "For a culture of integrity at the University of Basel: demands to prevent abuse of power and sexualized violence and to strengthen victim protection". In response, the President's Office invited representatives from avuba and skuba to a meeting on December 16, 2024. Discussions are set to continue in early 2025 with the goal of developing joint solutions. avuba will provide information once final results are available.

Learn more about boundary violations in the flyer “Anyone who comes too near is getting too far!”

We would also like to draw your attention to the following points of contact, which are available to assistants free of charge:

Personal Integrity: Confidential and personal point of contact for advice and support for university members whose personal integrity has been violated or who have come into contact with a violation in any way;
Psychological counselling: Independent and confidential advice on personal or psychological problems;
Opferhilfe beider Basel: Advice for victims of crime;
Free legal advice: Do you have a legal problem? Then contact skuba for free legal advice;
avuba consulting: The co-general managers, Patricia and Amancaya, as well as the co-presidents, are available for individual consultations on issues specific to mid-level academia. Write to avuba@clutterunibas.ch.