Promoting junior researchers: an international task
(WorldNews Germany)

Promoting academic talent is a challenge for all universities. Here are three guest commentaries from Basel, Zurich and Vienna. `Excellent infrastructure is the basis` One of a university`s basic tasks is to secure a future for junior academics, and this has a twofold aim. Firstly, there is the basic and the continuing education designed to enable young academics to take on responsible work in business and society. Providing a solid education for junior academics is achieved by offering phased, structured courses (Bachelor, Master) as well as by having attractive PhD programmes. The other thing which is important is to promote specifically those junior researchers who are able to make...