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A professional university Continued on page that is dynamic, practical Annual ReportThe year at a glance and open to change. February By Franco Gervasoni, General Director th Meeting SUPSI and Alberto Petruzzella, President of the SUPSI Board of school principals
th The SUPSI Annual Report is pre e Meeting of the educational sented once again in the form of and career counsellors, organised in a newspaper. The news is mainly collaboration with the educational about the projects for the cal and career counselling oce of the endar year. Having been prepared Canton of Ticino, made it possible to during the healthcare emergency illustrate the development strategy of that particularly aected our re SUPSI's educational oer and to pres gion, it is evidently also influenced ent show the latest developments by the complex condition in which in the Undergraduate and Graduate we found ourselves, faced with the Program. An informative day that need for a sudden and profound was also a moment of discussion of paradigm shift in working practices topics of mutual debate, aimed at aimed at ensuring the continuity of encouraging a better circulation of our valuable institutional mandates knowledge in relation to the new for the Undergraduate and Gradu training opportunities in the area in ate Program, Continuing Education, a period of profound and continuous Applied Research and Service Perfor change in the university and profes mance. Reading it, or even just leaf sional world that sees a constant in ing through it virtually, it is possible crease in the possibilities of choice of to explore some of the significant training courses and work roles. results of our qualified and dynam April ic action with the relative concrete impact in favour of the sustainable SUPSI ARTS presents development of our society. We have selected projects from all Third Hand Socrates of our departments and aliated schools to allow readers to grasp the ever wider and interconnected range of disciplines in which we are directly involved and to appreciate the interdisciplinary and interpro fessional synergies that allow us to face with an innovative spirit the complex problems we are confront ed with alongside our regional and In the edition of SUPSI Arts academic partners. which took place on April at the Stelio Molo RSI auditorium in Lu ganoBesso took inspiration from works by eminent figures such as Continued on page Festeggiamenti alla Cerimonia di consegna dei Diplomi Bachelor Plato and Erik, Satie, John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Music, dance, visual arts and theatre emerged in a multimedia project, fruit of the col laboration of the artistic souls of the Ready for the A strategy in the name The Management Room for associations School: Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana University of Music, the institutional of continuity is strengthened Accademia Teatro Dimitri and the former students of the Bachelor in Pageaccreditation visit! Page Page Page Visual Communication.
Strategic projects FSD FSD FSD FSD FSD of the past year Regional and interna- Research and Portfolio of financial Institutional accredi- Enhancement tional access integrated, innovative activity and stability tation, development of existing and new The annual report gathers a selec and flexible training of the organisation campuses tion of projects carried out during the and sta course of the past year by dividing them into the five Fundamental Strategic Di Strongly rooted in Swissspeak The synergies resulting from inte The financial objective is to im The institutional accreditation Enhancement of existing prem rections FSD representing the prior ing Switzerland, SUPSI performs gration between applied research prove the financial strength of procedure is a process that SUPSI ises and the construction of new ities identified by the SUPSI a function of a twoway bridge and flexible and cuttingedge the School, while ensuring the has decided to exploit to consol Campuses represent an impor Strategy. between the north and south of education encourage the emer constant selection of proposed idate its organisational develop tant potential that SUPSI intends the Alps, responding to regional gence of didactic models and activities and stability ment and enhancing the scien to exploit to obtain greater at needs. At the same time encour innovative study paths and the of resources. tific, academic and managerial tractiveness for students, region aging international initiatives transfer of knowledge to regional skills of its sta . al partners and sta . geared towards strengthening companies and organisations. the national reputation and relat ed to regional development. In addition to various contributions, fur Page Page Page Page Page ther examinations are available online. Annual report
Manno Ready for the institutional accreditation visit! Quality assurance system consolidated and selfassessment report concluded
While the foundations of SUPSI's Quality As In order to guarantee an overall assessment of the evaluation processes of research and service units groups were involved again in the first quarter of surance System QMS have been laid in recent Quality Assurance System and at the same time to P and the Continuing Education Management to discuss the practical content of the RAV: years, it was further consolidated and refined in ensure a more regular and short term monitoring System P. External evaluations which are an in at this stage, the most up to date version of the In particular, the processes considered aimed at promptly identifying the necessary solu tegral part of the QAS and consist in periodically document was presented to them and a collec to be a priority for the School have been stud tions, the Quality Assurance Framework QAF evaluating the processes by peers are aimed at tive interview was launched with more than ied and strengthened, leading to a first version of which defines the organisational and managerial verifying whether the procedures, tools and crite employees. Between May and August, the report the Quality Manual QM and its variants for the contours of the QAS provides for the drafting ria defined for each process guarantee their con was subsequently placed in general consultation, aliated Schools that collect and detail the pro of biennial and four yearly reports useful for the tinuous improvement, and allow to identify the through an online survey, to all the sta of the de cesses, and give indications for their improvement. preparation of financial statements aimed at the changes necessary to ensure their eciency and partments, Central Services and aliated Schools Among the main developments, in the Partic improvement of the processes. These reports eectiveness over time. In this case, the two ex and then obtained approval, in the last quarter of ipation process P was revised and optimised, aim their objectives towards an analysis directly ternal evaluations led to important improvement the year, by the Quality Coordination Commission, with the aim of ensuring a balanced, ecient and linked to the QAS, ensuring the continuous im indications to work on. During , other external the Management, the Foundation Councils of the eective participation in SUPSI's activities by its provements of the processes and related activities, assessments are planned for the processes relat four aliated schools and finally the SUPSI Board. main interest groups, while at the same time tak and at the same time outlining a plan of meas ed to the Undergraduate and Graduate Program On this occasion, ten areas for improvement were ing care of a growing collective awareness of this ures to be implemented for the following period. and mobility. Finally, the past year also coincided identified which over the next few years will rep important value for institutional development as In this sense, a first biennial report was drawn up with the conclusion of the drafting of the Self as resent the objectives of improvement and further a whole. In this regard, new participatory bodies in which considered the work of the QAS for sessment Report RAV following an important development by the School. and specific regulations have been defined aimed the period and which includes a plan of two year work that saw the direct involvement, at encouraging greater participation in the insti concrete measures to be implemented for the pe according to a participatory and shared model, of tutional life of the School, such as the regulation riod . all sta of departments, Aliated Schools, Cen of participatory institutional bodies and the Par also saw the start of the first external evalu tral Services, as well as students and alumni. After ticipation Charter see article on page . ations within the School's mandates related to the an initial consultation in , the representative
Ideas and visions for a quality work and study experience
What are Bento Boxes? For people who are not familiar with the SUPSI Strategy and the My SUPSI cards were presented, in welcomed with coee and croissants all the sta and students who land of the Rising Sun, the question is more than valid. In Japan, the the appointment with the Bento Boxes returned in all departments wanted to present their point of view with a short video testimony. term indicates a container of all shapes, materials and colours with with the theme of Quality as a protagonist: an opportunity that The videos of the students also took part in a competition: the best various compartments in which to place in an orderly manner the allowed a closer look at the quality assurance system and collect entries were evaluated and awarded by a special jury that select various dishes that are usually consumed during the lunch break at ideas, views and opinions for a qualitative work and study experi ed the winners from a large group of participants who presented school or at work. ence through video testimonials from students and sta. What does their point of view on Quality. The award ceremony took place at At SUPSI the term was adopted a few years ago to indicate a mo quality mean? How can you contribute to its improvement? What do the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano during the fourth edition of the ment of meeting between sta, co workers and students during you appreciate about your work experience at SUPSI? The Executive Long Night of Careers. which a series of initiatives and ideas of interest across the entire Administrative Oce, the Communication Service together with School were presented. Following a first edition in which the departmental heads, the Student life Service and the Quality Service
Employees express their opinions on the concept of quality, the actions to be taken to improve it and what they appreciate about their experience of working at SUPSI.
Graziano Meli Laura Spacca and Claudia Fornera Gülhan Ozbey Andrea Baldassari DEASS Head of Undergraduate Secretary and Executive Assistant ISAAC DACD administrative assistant ISIN DTI Researcher and Graduate Program of the DFA
The quality of teaching and above all of learning is CF: For me, quality in the professional field means Quality means being able to guarantee a smooth Never leave anything to chance, luck or improvi a fundamental element that can only be measured being able to carry out your work with passion path for the individual, enabling them to develop, sation, but to always have well defined objectives through the active and regular involvement of and being recognized as a member of sta who over time, skills and knowledge useful for their and directives, this is my idea of quality. From my students and teachers. At the Undergraduate and is committed to carrying it out in the best possible own well being and professional experience in work experience at SUPSI I appreciate the orches Graduate level, all modules are evaluated over the way. It also means being able to have your own business. To improve quality, communication plays tration, the coordination of the work with col three year period by the students and self evalu room for manoeuvre and autonomy in your daily an important role; you have to constantly compare leagues and the collaborations that often arise. To ated by the teachers: this gives an overview of the work activities. yourself with colleagues, both when things go well contribute to the improvement of quality, I believe expectations, satisfaction and relevance of the ed and when diculties are encountered. In this way that it is necessary for everyone to understand ucational oer of the dierent curricula. I consid LS: Quality at work is living in a calm working en I believe we can guarantee better quality. their role within this system, trying to carry out er myself lucky because I have the opportunity to vironment in which you can count on the support their tasks every day, each with their own style and work with highly motivated collaborators and the of reliable colleagues. Added to this is the autono skills. while trying to be functional to the mecha students themselves feel part of a team because my granted by the employer to the laboratories, a nism of the School. they are regularly involved with the possibility of sign of trust which is a joint value for quality work participation. In this way, quality is achieved. experience.
The students' point of view Francesca Bonizzoni Stefania Cornaglia Michele Rezzonico regarding to the relationship Bachelor student in Bachelor student in Ergotherapy Bachelor student in Visual Communication Visual Communication between quality and education, campus life and My idea for a quality study experience is to focus I thought of proposing an application that notifies In order to improve the quality of university life, I on campus life because I believe it is an important students in real time about updates to the lesson thought of SUPSIPro: a platform capable of con university services. part of every student's life. I'd like to create a plat calendar. As a student I receive a lot of informa necting students, professors and sta from all over form with three basic elements: communication, tive e mails and often this information is lost: it the SUPSI universe. Do you need help to carry out information and coordination. Thanks to this tool would be ideal for this application to also report a certain job? Imagine being an Architecture stu which came from the idea of creating a commu news related to congresses and events related to dent who needs to layout a portfolio, if you don't nity to connect the various departments of SUPSI our profession and belonging to our department. have the skills to do it the application allows you to the student feels an integral part of a group. I Not only that, it would also be nice to be informed get in touch with a student with the required skills believe that a similar platform could give greater about the initiatives of the other departments, in who can help you. It will work like a social net awareness to the activities of the School with a order to inform us that we had the opportunity to work: everyone will have their own profile where positive impact on education and the University as undertake interdisciplinary collaborations. they can upload their contents and indicate which a whole. course they are doing and in which department, so as to be able to easily categorize the profile and facilitate the search for contacts. Further more, a chat will be available, with the possibility of creating discussion groups to encourage cow orking. Since the application will be accessed via the School account, it will also be possible to read SUPSI e mails on the platform. Annual report
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A strategy in the name of continuity
On ª December last, the SUPSI Board approved the basic elements of the Strategy for the four year period . Considering that the path for the achievement of numerous objectives is planned over a period of at least two four years, it has been developed in line with the current one, which covers the period , confirming many of the current objectives. In order to better understand the main developments, we posed some questions to the Chairman of the SUPSI Board, Alberto Petruzzella.
e new SUPSI Strategy is structured in four e concept of “sustainable development” will be held by Renato Bernasconi, appointed In the period , in order to respond basic strategic guidelines, compared to the does not appear in the current Strategy, by the SUPSI Board in early , and the Head to regional needs, SUPSI aims to further de five in the current one. What were the con while it clearly emerges in the one that will of the Executive Administrative Oce, Pamela velop its educational oer and research ac siderations that led to this synthesis and be implemented from onwards. Why Valeggia. e aim is to make all the units that tivities in the field of life sciences. What in what are the main priority strategic choic this desire to make it so explicit? In particu serve and support SUPSI even more eective. particular are the new fields identified with es that SUPSI wants to adopt through these lar, what are the objectives that SUPSI sets We then decided to support the Director of Re promising strategic development? How does four basic strategic guidelines? itself on this issue in relation to the manage search, Development and Knowledge Transfer, SUPSI intend to develop this new field of ac First of all, the School Management and the ment of the institution and the execution of Giambattista Ravano, with two new positions: tivity? Board agreed that the Strategy did its mandates? Director of Continuous Education, Nadia Breg At SUPSI we already have a lot of expertise in not require massive changes. Rather, it was a While not appearing explicitly in the Strategy, oli and the Director of the Undergraduate and areas related to life sciences. We are dealing matter of streamlining some and focus on the School has already done a lot in the past. Graduate Program Daniela WilliPiezzi, for with a rapidly developing and very promising others. e great eort will have to continue to Both in our daytoday management, where mer Adjunct Professor at the Department of sector, three questions have been addressed. be put into implementation, because it is well many aspects are taken care of, for example, Business Economics, Health and Social Care e first is to know in which areas SUPSI has known that of the work is in developing a to limit the environmental impact of our ac and also appointed by the SUPSI Board to her the scientific expertise to play a role both ac winning strategy but the dierence is made by tivities, and in our ocial mandates: teaching, new role in spring . ademically and as a service to our society. e the people on the frontline, who have to turn research and service provision. Expressing it We will therefore have a matrix structure in second question is whether the current organ ideas into solid facts. explicitly in the strategy has two objectives: the future: the General Director and the en isation is still adequate or whether there is a Just one example: digitization and distance to map and explain everything that is already tire SUPSI Management will benefit from the need to group these activities dierently in learning. ere was a lot of talk about it being done and, building on a solid base, to do support of transversal figures in the manage order to allow for the necessary synergies and throughout the Board, significant funds were even more and better. ment of services and the three key tasks of the facilitate their development. Finally, quantify made available but everything was progress school £Undergraduate and Graduate, Contin the investment in financial terms. We have ing slowly, being taken up by many other At its last meeting in , the SUPSI Board uous Education and Research and transfer of decided to focus on the fields of biomedical priorities and daily problems. en the Coro of Directors chose a new organisational knowledge¤. technologies and environmental microbiology, navirus came and, with an incredible and structure to strengthen the Management. Of course, it is not enough to design an organi to create two institutes, the first one belongs unforgettable eort by many colleagues, we is theme also emerges clearly in the new sation chart to improve the processes and func to the Department of Innovative Technologies made a quantum leap in a few weeks. After re strategic map. What is the main objective of tioning of the School. Much is being done in the £DTI¤ and the second to the Department of En turning to normal conditions, it will be a ques this reorganisation? area of accreditation and quality assurance, and vironment Constructions and Design £DACD¤, tion of capitalizing on the experience gained Our school has grown a lot over the years, both the new, enlarged management of the School and we have defined the measurement order and building solid foundations for a new way in size and complexity. It is therefore a ques will have the task of creating the best possible of financial investments. Here too, once the of working and teaching, where physical pres tion of adapting the organisational model to framework conditions so that those who work framework conditions have been set, the ball ence and virtual contacts are complementary. changing needs. First of all, we have decided there can give their best and those who come passes to our sta. to support the General Director with two new to school can make the most of the time they figures: Administrative Director, whose role spend on their personal development.
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The management is strengthened e new organisation of the SUPSI Management, adopted last December by the SUPSI Board, arises from the need to strengthen its function as a body responsible for internal cohesion and for the strategic and identity management of the Institution, ensuring eectiveness, eciency, sustainability and favourable framework conditions for its development and quality assurance. At the same time, it allows to give autonomy and legitimacy to all members who are part of it, to allow them to carry out their work eectively and positively, with reference to all the scientific, institutional, management and leadership activities as well as to the care of internal and external contacts. We posed some questions to Franco Gervasoni, General Director, to understand what the main new elements are.
What does the strengthening of the SUPSI Management ternational Oce and the Strategy and indicator monitoring me as General Director for the next four years, and, during the consist of? service; the Institutional Communication Service; the Quality last meetings in , appointed Silvio Seno as Director of the For a more structured and synergic management of the man Service and the Gender and Diversity Service. ese services are DACD, while Nadia Bregoli who in recent years, in addition to dates at an institutional level, it is envisaged to integrate the considered transversal and will have to support the SUPSI Man being responsible for numerous central services, has coordinat roles of the Mandate Directors into the SUPSI Management agement as a whole. ed the Continuous Education mandate on behalf of the Board through the establishment of a Director of Undergraduate and What is the main objective of this reorganisation? has been confirmed as the new Director of Continuing Educa Graduate Programs and a Director of Continuous Education First of all, it should be emphasised that the Board expressed tion. As mentioned, Giambattista Rano will continue in the role who go to work alongside the Director of Research, Develop its heartfelt thanks to the Management and to all the sta for of Director of Research, Development and Knowledge transfer. ment and Knowledge Transfer, Giambattista Ravano. In order the work carried out in recent years which has led to the devel Of course, the current Directors of the Departments and ali to strengthen the administrative and transversal support activ opment of SUPSI as a professional university with an excellent ated schools are also part of the SUPSI Management: Emanuele ities, it was also decided to appoint an Administrative Director reputation both in the academic network as well as in the re Carpanzano, Director of the DTI; Luca Crivelli, Director of DE who will manage the Finance, Human Resources, Real Estate gional context. e Board's objective in taking this decision is ASS; Alberto Piatti, Director of the DFA; Christoph Brenner, Di & Facility Management, IT and Nursery services, with the sup to further strengthen the capacity for transversal management rector of the CIS; Corinna Vitale, Dean of the ATD and Michael port of the specific reference networks. at the level of SUPSI as a whole, of the institutional mandates Zurwerra, Rector of the FFHS. In the spring of , Daniela e Management, which I will have the pleasure and honour to and support tasks, with a focus on synergies between them, WilliPiezzi and Renato Bernasconiwere appointed to the po lead for the next four years, is completed by the Directors of the national and international developments, and the continuous sitions of Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs four Departments and three aliated schools. improvement of our framework conditions and operations. and Administrative Director respectively, who will start their As General Director I will be assisted by a services sta lead How the new management will be organised and will its new activities at the end of the summer. by the Head of General Management Services, Pamela Valeg members be integrated? What is the implementation timescale? gia, who actively participates in the work of the Management. Even with the new organisation, the Management remains a e transition will take place gradually over the next to © e services of the SUPSI Management will merge the current single decisionmaking body, collectively responsible for all the months. All the details will be outlined progressively with ade Executive Administrative Oce with Legal Services, the In objectives set at institutional level. e Board decided to retain quate information for all interested parties. Annual report
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A dynamic professional university, pragmatic and open to change From the Report we can also derive our at conditions of every one of us, SUPSI sta. and continuing education, on research and tention to innovation and the anticipa At the centre of the news are the projects services, on mobility, on sta, on the pos tory capacity that we must increasingly and above all the people who animate itive financial results of the past year and demonstrate in looking to the future with them: colleagues, students, former stu on the inclusion in the world of work of our an approach open to critical confrontation, dents, academic and regional partners. To graduates. aware of the rapid and in part unpre testify to the fundamental importance of We thank all of you who will have the curi dictable changes with which are confront our human capital and the virtuous rela osity to browse the contents of this Report. ed with all the professional fields that af tionships we manage to create internally Colleagues, students, alumni, politicians, fect our activities. The recent experience and externally to create increasingly solid partners research our project in the region, of COVID has taught us that not only and profitable networks of collaboration. in the national and international academic the megatrends in which we are involved Direct personal relationships, which in community. It is only thanks to all of you lead to ever more rapid changes, but also any case, even in the future development that we are able to fully play our role as that we must be ready for potential sudden of digitalisation and new study and work professional university open internation changes in the direction of their trajecto practices, will remain the key factor for the ally that we are deeply rooted in our area, ries. development of individuals, institutions in Ticino, the Grisons, Valais and the rest A significant part of the Report is dedicat and society in general. The profound expe of Switzerland. With the wonderful cover ed to institutional activities that have led riences related to the encounter with the image of the « SUPSI graduates in , to create a solid foundation in future pro anthropomorphic robot Sophia, described which, more than words, represent the in jection. I am thinking in particular of the on page , and to the exclusively digital jection of positive energy that we transmit new Quality Assurance System, also in view of connections during the recent lockdown every year to our socioeconomic fabric, the long and demanding institutional ac quarter, were further confirmation. together with them we look with confi creditation process, the drafting of the new The Report also allows a highlighting of the dence to the future and its new normality. SUPSI Strategy which will form the progress of our logistics projects in Men We wish you a stimulating read to discover basis of the next parliamentary message on drisio, Viganello and Brig, which from , SUPSI, the university of experience. cantonal university policy, the reorganisa will be a further factor of attraction for our tion of the SUPSI Management and the finali students and sta. The insert A year in figures sation of the Collective Labour Agreement for tech with statistical data, allows also a have an nical and administrative sta, which has made overview of our quantitative development From the left: Alberto Petruzzella, President of the SUPSI Board it possible to achieve a qualitative leap for in recent years, with data on students in and Franco Gervasoni, General Director ward in terms of quality of the working the undergraduate and graduate program
SUPSI Board news
Organization chart
On June the State Council designat SUPSI Board Management and Governance Commission ed Cristina Zanini Barzaghi and Gior gio Calderari £¤ as new members of President: Alberto Petruzzella President: Beatrice Fasana Internal audit Vice-president: Claudio Boër Vice-president: Carlo Maggini Thomas Tommasini the SUPSI Board for the period from .. to «... With these appointments the Board has thus reached the quota of members, the maximum number allowed by the Law on the University of Lugano, the Quality Coordination Commission General Director General Direction Services University of Applied Sciences and
Franco Gervasoni Head: Pamela Valeggia Arts of Southern Switzerland and Re search Institutes. On ©.., again according to the same law, the entire SUPSI Direction SUPSI Board with the recommenda tion of Monica Duca Widmer £«¤, Pres ident of the Board of the University of Lugano in place of Rector Boas Erez was confirmed by the State Council. New Director for the Department
Department Department Department Department Conservatorio Fernfachhochschule Accademia of Environment Constructions Administrative Services of Environment of Business of Education of Innovative della Svizzera Schweiz (FFHS) Teatro Dimitri and Design Director: Constructions Economics, and Learning Technologies (DTI) italiana (ATD) Renato Bernasconi from . . and Design (DACD) Health and Social (DFA) – University of Care (DEASS) Music (CSI-UoM)
Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Director: Director: Director: Director: Director: Director: Rector: Dean: Daniela Willi-Piezzi from .. Silvio Seno Luca Crivelli Alberto Piatti Emanuele Carpanzano Christoph Brenner Michael Zurwerra Corinna Vitale
Continuing Education Director: Nadia Bregoli
Dipartimento Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design (DACD) SUPSI Landquart Research, Development and Director: Knowledge Transfer Thim van der Laan Jr. On © November last, the SUPSI Board
Director: Giambattista Ravano Department aliated of Directors appointed Professor Sil School Aliated School Aliated School Aliated School vio Seno as the new Director of the Department of Environment Con structions and Design £DACD¤. Pro fessor Seno has actively participated in the development of the DACD and SUPSI over the past years. He has been Director of the Institute of Earth Sciences since , Professor at SUP SI since « and codirector for the Civil Engineering degree course since . He started in his new post at . . the beginning of January . Annual report
The year at a glance May June September November Master's degrees for managers Work and private life at the Credit Suisse Award for Businesses and students and engineers centre of the Continuing Education Best Teaching at the Long night of Careers Ceremony
On May, the Master Diplomas from the On the sidelines of the courses £see article on Department of Business Economics, Health page ¤ The award ceremony for the Credit Su Also during , SUPSI joined the Long Night e ninth edition of the Advanced Studies Di and Social Care £DEASS¤ and the Department isse Award for Best Teaching, a competition for of Careers, held on November at the Palaz ploma Award Ceremony was held at the Palaz of Innovative Technologies £DTI¤ were award teachers of SUPSI undergraduate and graduate zo dei Congressi in Lugano. An event aimed at zo dei Congressi in Lugano on Tuesday June. ed. ere were new graduates and recent and continuing education, took place. Gabriela the whole community of the School £students, In addition to celebrating the Continuing Ed graduates from the Master of Science in Busi Cotti Musio representative of the Credit Su graduates, alumni, sta¤ and which on the oc ucation graduates who have obtained the ness Administration with Major in Innova isse Foundation and communications manag casion of its fourth edition wanted to deepen Diploma of Advanced Studies £DAS¤ and Mas tion Management, and « from the Master er for the Ticino Region of Credit Suisse and the themes of change in the world of work ter of Advanced Studies £MAS¤ degrees the of Science in Engineering. e ceremony was Franco Gervasoni delivered the first prize for and career .. In a dynamic, interactive and event highlighted the factors that aect the opened by a greeting from SUPSI General Di the project “A drawbridge for future management en exchange context with experts from the eco balance between working life, personal sphere rector Franco Gervasoni who underlined the gineers. A roleplaying game to design a bridge between nomic world, the participants in the evening and time devoted to study. Important figures constant growth in the number of graduates computer science and construction science” proposed were able to meet potential employers and have expressed themselves on the role of bal in these two areas and the importance of by Paolo Giorgetti and Giuseppe Landolfi of the develop skills and competences through prac ancing between the professional and personal training the relevant professional figures for Department of Innovative Technologies £DTI¤. tical cases and guided discussions on the im spheres, including Luigi Mazzola, Performance the local and international economic fabric. In second place were awarded two ex equo portant career theme with an innovative and coach and company testimonial, former Ferra jobs: The didactics of writing in flipped classroom mode informal approach. ri team manager from © to . June by Simone Fornara of the Department of Edu cation and Learning £DFA¤ and the CAS Public November The sta portal was born September Energy Management £PEM¤ by Roman Rudel, The moon illuminates The new Bachelor in Leisure Marco Belliardi and Albedo Bettini from the Department of Environment Constructions the ceremony of the awarding In June, all sta members were provided with Management takes o and Design £DACD¤. a new sharing and participation tool created of Bachelor's degrees with the aim of improving internal communi- cation and operational processes. A constant- October ly evolving tool - adaptable to the needs that Success for the fourth arise through the feedback of users - which al- lows, among other things, to access the news Sino¥Swiss symposium and events of the School, to quickly and intui- tively obtain working documents for use. daily and to know and discover the activities and initiatives of colleagues.
June
Mendrisiopernoi e economics area of the Department of Busi ness Economics, Health and Social Care £DE On the occasion of the th anniversary of the ASS¤ has been enriched with a new training lunar landing, the conquest of the moon was course: e Bachelor in Leisure Management the metaphor used to underline the important started in September to meet the management milestone reached by the « graduates who needs in the areas of sport, tourism, culture, in successfully completed their studies, On October, at the Coronado Hotel in Men entertainment and other leisure activities. ready to conquer new goals also in profession drisio, the th SinoSwiss symposium of the al fields. e ceremony which took place on Universities of applied sciences and arts was « November in the presence of a large audi September held, organised and promoted in partnership ence at the Palexpo FEVI in Locarno hosted Competence Centre INNO with the Chinese ambassador in Switzerland, numerous institutions and cantonal organ the China Education Association for Interna and the Competence Centre isations that supported the important event tional Exchange £CEAIE¤ of Beijing and from through the Talenesis Award awarded to the for Management and SUPSI. e purpose of the symposium was to best Bachelor graduates of each degree course All five of the degree programs in the Depart show the functioning of the School, through Entrepreneurship who stood out for the excellent result obtained ment of Environment Constructions and De practical examples of initiatives activated in in the final thesis work. sign £DACD¤ participated, with dierent ini particular in the Mendrisiotto area. Relations tiatives, in the didactic and multidisciplinary with stakeholders was examined in depth, pre With a view to reorganising the research and December Mendrisiopernoi which has its roots in the in senting examples of projects in favour of the service activities of the Department of Busi teraction between dierent professional fields local community carried out with the involve Tenth birthday for the Bachelor ness Economics, Health and Social Aairs with the aim of favouring an identity and ment of institutions, companies, students, £DEASS¤, the INNO Competence Centre joined in Management Engineering participatory development of the region. Stu teachers and researchers, with the aim of en the Competence Centre for Management and dents, teachers, municipalities and citizen hancing the specificities of universities of ap Entrepreneurship £CMI¤ on « September. is ship, have given rise to more than projects, plied sciences and art in economic, social and reorganisation process had started in January, "An innovative and interdisciplinary degree including the redevelopment of the Camino cultural development, and consolidating rela when the research areas of the Department course to seize growing professional opportu Spinirolo and the design of a museum display tions between Swiss and Chinese institutions. constructed, following the natural evolution of nities between the engineering and manage of the UNESCO heritage site of Monte San the Department's research and services man ment of organisations and processes”, with Giorgio which were presented from to date, in Competence Centres. e research, these words, Prof. Emanuele Carpanzano, di June at the Mercato Coperto di Mendrisio and service and training themes of INNO« will rector of the Department of Innovative Tech in some places in the town. continue to be developed within the frame nologies welcomed the participants to the work of the CMI, which will be enriched with event aimed at celebrating ten years of the a new sector of activity called “Entrepreneur Degree Course in Management Engineering. ship and innovation”. A moment was dedicated to the students, the real protagonists, for the presentation of some degree course works carried out in collabora tion with regional companies and institutions. Page Strategy / FSD Regional positioning and international access
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Interprofessionality within the
Bachelorse term interprofessional education £IPE¤ re exchangeof betweenthe students andhealthcare students of was instead analysed in students who sector followed training model and included its experience fers to a type of education in which students the three dierent professions, in order to fa a didactic path that integrates this model £stu in a recently published brochure that brings of dierent professions can learn together and vour a greater IPC when, as professionals, they dents in the st and «rd year of training, one together Swiss experiences”. e significance / or from each other. IPE is important in pre find themselves working together”. In recent year and two years after the diploma¤” con of the experience and the results achieved has paring the student body for professional col decades, in the rich scientific literature there tinues Monica Bianchi. Important evidence stimulated the collaboration with the Univer laboration £IPC¤: a way of working as a team has been discussion of the potential of IPE for emerged from this latest study submitted to sity of Lugano which, starting from September by sharing healthcare goals and placing the the development of professional collaborative the FOPH at the end of and published in will start the Master in Medicine, to de patient at the centre of care. is is to ensure IPC skills. “Despite this," says Monica Bianchi, the three national languages on the impact sign an IPE experience that involves over « shared, eective and ecient care, reduce Head of the Master in Nursing Care and au of the IPE, on the persistence of its eects over students per second year of SUPSI Bachelors health costs and the turnover of professionals. thor of several research projects on interpro time, on the learning process it generates and in Nursing, Physiotherapy and Ergotherapy “It's building on these and other important fessionalism, "there is still little scientific evi on the change in skills base once that the per also the medical students. "An initiative," theoretical contributions says Graziano dence on the impact of this type of pedagogical son has entered the world of work. e eec Monica Bianchi concludes, "that will see var Meli, Head of Education of the Department of approach”. To contribute to the international tiveness of the IPE was also examined through ious professionals discussing clinical cases in Business Economics, Health and Social Care debate and to try to evaluate the impact of the analysis of the learning process and made search of eective treatment solutions in the £DEASS¤ who, starting from the ª/ the training course, two important researches it possible to highlight that it is experienced interest of the quality of care provided". academic year, within the Bachelors of the have been carried out in recent years. “In the by the students as a challenging, sometimes healthcare area £Nursing care, Ergoterpy and first, carried out in , the focus was placed delicate and complex path, but appreciated in Physiotherapy¤ a training model has been in on the internship to observe the way in which the longterm. troduced which is based on the concepts and students are prepared for the IPC. In the sec "e results of the research," says Monica Bi assumptions of the IPE. e underlying pur ond one financed by the Federal Oce of anchi, "confirm the importance of IPE in pose of this formative choice is to encourage Public Health £FOPH¤ and concluded in building aptitudes for IPC, so much so that the shared classroom moments that allow for an the eectiveness of interprofessional training FOPH encouraged SUPSI to disseminate the
The word to former students and local structures
In addition to the teaching of internships, during which homes, Spitex, etc. and / or sta, those involved in the it was possible to reflect and who hire them at the end of training course are students implement what had been dis the training, the specificities who, interviewed on the IPE cussed in class". According to that can be noticed in these experience lived, underlined Simone Ballerini, a graduate people are in particular the the importance it had in the in Physiotherapy, an impor ability to integrate the theo construction of their profes tant element was "the work retical aspect with the prac sional role as well as in the on clinical cases carried out tical aspect by mobilising the development of aptitudes for together with occupational knowledge learned and ac collaboration with colleagues therapists and nurses", while quiring still more through the of other professions. “During for Alan Merz, a graduate in search for scientific evidence the three years of training," ex Physiotherapy, "the humanis and the ability to take respon plains Agata Ferrari, graduate tic vision at the basis of SUP sibility. The ease with which in Nursing Care, "the common SI health training the concept they manage to fit into the modules have been structured of inter professionalism: not a work context and inter pro in such a way as to highlight simple collaboration as an end fessional teams was also high the collaboration between the in itself, but the sharing of a lighted, as well as the need for various professional figures. path aimed at providing qual less time to devote to their in There were several moments ity care and in the interest of tegration course. All very pos of exchange in groups to allow patients”. itive aspects confirming the us to get to know better the For the professionals of the eectiveness of the training role of future colleagues; as structures that host SUP method applied. pect also found during periods SI students hospitals, elderly
Ticino / Switzerland
Sportech : an edition by protagonists e seventh edition of Sportech was particularly and chemistry. A concept rearmed by the Gen £middle, high school and professional¤ participat important for SUPSI, which participated for the eral Director Franco Gervasoni on the occasion of ed in the activities proposed by the « laboratories first time as coorganiser of the event together the press conference to present the event: "SUPSI present £eight of which presented by SUPSI¤. An with the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero regularly engages in the promotion of initiatives edition open for the first time also to the popu £CST¤. If in past editions the School was present at that instil in young people an awareness of the lation, who participated in large numbers in the the event with didactic proposals born from the importance of science and technology in everyday visit to the laboratories and in the two public con skills of its various departments, highlighting its life, in order to encourage them in directing their ferences, which respectively hosted the specialist ability to make dierent disciplines communicate studies in the MINT disciplines". in sports video analysis Adriano Bacconi and the with each other, this new leading role is to be read Showing how science and technology aect sport Aosta Valley mountaineer and speaker Hervé Bar as the natural adherence to a common goal: the and everyday life was the goal of the . edition. masse. active promotion of the understanding and in e positive synergy with the CST also allowed to e workshops presented the participants with terest of young people in the technicalscientific consolidate the collaboration with other impor the multiple relationships between technology field in the fields of mathematical, computer, nat tant partners: the event was in fact supported by and sport in a simple, didactic and above all inter ural and technical sciences £MINT¤. the National Academy of Sciences £SATW¤, the De active way, ranging from biomechanics to train e event intends to aim at supporting the school partment of Education, Culture and Sport £DECS¤, ing sciences, from engineering linked to techni program, allowing the examination of themes the Cantonal Hospital £EOC¤ and has benefitted cal supports to sports medicine, from physics to that oer interesting links to the contents of from the media partnership of the Italianspeak movement sciences. the programs of some teaching subjects, in par ing Swiss Radio and Television £RSI¤. ticular of those scientific disciplines often con «'ª students from classes from schools sidered “dicult”, such as mathematics, physics throughout Switzerland and neighbouring Italy Strategy / FSD Regional positioning and international access
Confederation
Research on Gino Severini’s mural paintings in Switzerland Study of the unpublished works of a worldrenowned Italian artist Between and , the Italian painter Gino Severini from the noninvasive surveys selected some areas to be £©©« ªª¤ left a testimony of his multifaceted artistic sampled and subsequently microsamplings of material Non¥invasive investigations: acquisition of information on the composition of pictorial activity in five churches in the cantons of Friborg, Valais to be analysed with specific invasive methods were car materials through portable infrared spectroscopy. Mural by G. Severini in the choir of and Vaud, during a period of collaboration with the ar ried out in the scientific laboratories of SUPSI and HKB. the Saint¥Nicolas Church, Semsales tistic movement of the Groupe de SaintLuc. Despite the rough these studies it was possible to understand the international fame of the artist, these mural paintings execution technique and the artistic and technical de are little known both from the point of view of art his velopment of this artist interested both in the tradition tory and from the technical point of view. In fact, these of fresco painting and in the modern pictorial materials important examples of modern wall painting have never available on the market. e project involves the sharing been scientifically investigated: the constituent materi of information by promoting an Open Science approach als and the executive procedures used by the artist are for the accessible dissemination at all levels of society of unknown, at a time when the relaunch of mural painting publications, data, and all kinds of information obtained is often carried out in experimental forms, in light the during the research. innovations introduced in the artistic field by the devel Research will continue in the summer of on the opments of chemistry and industry. e research project coronation of the Virgin Mary in the apse of the Basili was launched in , and financed by the Swiss National ca of NotreDame in Lausanne £««¤. It is expected Science Foundation. Over the course of four years, it aims that some days of "open doors" will be organized to il to fill this gap in the knowledge of this particular mo lustrate the research work in progress; on this occasion, ment in the history and culture of Switzerland and the if the scaolding allows it, it will be possible for a small actions of Gino Severini, an artist known internationally number of visitors to access the site to observe Severini's The word to former students and local structures for his paintings linked to the movements of tourism and paintings at close range. cubism in the early th century, which can be found in all the great museums of modern art around the world. A multidisciplinary team, led by researchers from the The research team is composed of: Project leaders Francesca SUPSI's Institute for Materials and Constructions £IMC¤, Piqué SUPSI, Nadim C. Sherrer HKB; Project partner Dave which is made up of art historians, conservatorsrestor Lüthi UNIL; Documentation team Olivier and Élise Feihl, ers, architects and scientists, in collaboration with the Rémy Gindroz and Chiara Stefani ARCHEOTECH SA, Jacopo University of Lausanne £UNIL¤ and the University of Arts Russo SUPSI; Research team Ottaviano Caruso, Margherita Bern £HKB¤, has so far studied the wall paintings of the first d'Ayala Valva, Nicola Gammaldi, Paola Iazurlo, Maria Rosa Angel Flyers: detail of angels in Gino Severini's monumental mural painting in the apse two churches decorated by Gino Severini in Switzerland, Lanfranchi, Stefania Luppichini, Patrizia Moretti SUPSI, Carmen of the Church Notre¥Dame de l'Assomption, Lausanne in the canton of Fribourg: the church of Saint Nicolas de Ener, Stefan Zumbhül HKB, Camille Noverraz UNIL. Myre in Semsales £painted ª¤ and the church of NotreDame de l'Assomption in La Roche £painted ©¤. e study methodology included a first phase of archival research, both in Italy and Switzerland, followed by an important insitu study phase where, thanks to the installation of scaolding, it was possible to access the painted surfaces. A first accurate visual observation was accompanied by noninvasive investigation techniques, i.e. innovative methods such as multispectral imaging and portable spectroscopic investigations that made it possible to identify pictorial materials insitu without removing any material. Based on the results obtained
Non¥Invasive Investigations: Multispectral Imaging of an Angel of Mercy from the Notre¥Dame de l'Assomption Church, La Roche
Ticino / Abroad
BAUHAUS_reloaded Music and dance, two disciplines which in an As a unifying theme of the project, and exploit cient times were not conceivable separately, ing the centenary of its foundation, the rich but which the progressive specialisation and and varied world of the Bauhaus experience sectoralisation of our cultural history has pro was chosen, interpreted in various ways. e gressively distanced, subordinating each time result is seven very dierent pieces, but where to the other. Even if there are many examples music and dance are the result of an intense of prolific collaborations between composers collaboration and not, as too often happens, of and choreographers during the th cen a simple juxtaposition of two artistic expres tury, there are still rare occasions of a real sions, which we remember among the first of comparison and creative exchange. e BAU the human race. e new works, choreograph HAUS_reloaded project was born with the idea ic and musical, were premiered at the Men of encouraging a creative meeting between drisio eatre of Architecture, an ideal place teachers and students of the Master of Arts both from the logistical point of view and for in Music Composition and eory of the Con the connection to the architectural theme. A servatorio della Svizzera italiana University small tour followed with two other important of Music and those of choreography of Palucca events at the Tanzwoche festival in Dresden A scene from the show Hochschule für Tanz in Dresden. and at the ufaFabrik cultural centre in Berlin. Strategy / FSD Regional positioning and international access
Switzerland
Computational thinking analysis with an intelligent tutoring system In recent years, in the wake of the digitisation and au assessment protocols and tools for monitoring the deve tomation of our society, requests have increased to in lopment of CT skills applicable on a large scale. tegrate computational thinking £CT¤ into compulsory inking about this need, the Assessing computational thin school curricula. Based on the definition by Shute et king skills with intelligent tutoring systems project was deve al. £¤, CT is "the conceptual foundation necessary to loped, funded by the national research program of solve problems eectively and eciently £i.e., algorith the Swiss National Science Foundation focused on the mically, with or without computer assistance¤ with so assessment of TC skills in Swiss compulsory schools. As lutions that are reusable in dierent contexts". ere are explained by Lucio Negrini, head of the DFA's Techno dierent approaches on how to introduce computatio logy and Media in Education Laboratory, “Our goal is to nal thinking to school, in some cases educational robots define an agebased competence model for general use, are used. In Switzerland, for example, the ymio robot and to develop an intelligent tutoring system £Intelli was introduced which has been very successful in ele gent Tutoring System ITS¤ which supports pupils in mentary and middle schools and which is used by thou solving specific problems in the classroom, and which at sands of teachers. From the point of view of the teaching the same time measures their skills, thus allowing se training, dedicated training has been activated such as miautomatic monitoring on a large scale. We are also the CAS in educational robotics of the Department of interested in validating the framework developed by Education and Learning £DFA¤ and the Department of collecting data in three cantons St. Gallen, Vaud and Innovative Technologies £DTI¤. Teachers are not lacking Ticino. even didactic activities to be carried out in the field of which oer dierent school programs for addressing educational robotics. Hundreds of readytouse classro CT competencies". e project, which will last four years, om activities can be found on the Internet, such as www. is carried out in collaboration between the Dalle Molle roteco.ch, which was developed in collaboration with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence USISUPSI, the DFA's DFA, EPFL and ETHZ. Technology and Media in Education Laboratory, the Fe In the face of this progress, there is currently a shortage deral Polytechnic School of Lausanne £EPFL¤ and the St. of valid tools to measure the level of computational thin Gallen Higher Education School. king reached by the students and therefore the eective ness of the proposed activities. Shute, V. J., Sun, C., & AsbellClarke, J. ¥. Demystifying compu is requires a competency model for computational tational thinking. Educational Research Review, , ¦§. thinking that can be adopted for the lifetime assessment Demonstration of Thymio II during a meeting at the DFA £or at least throughout compulsory schooling¤, as well as
Ticino / Abroad
When the theatre chronicles current events: onwards migrants! Stories of escape and arrival. For a few weeks, twelve students from the a theme that remained the background of monies of the amateur actors, recounts the by Valeria Canova* Academia Teatro Dimitri, under the guid the show. "e migrants were very involved, confrontation with the danger, the trauma ance of director Volker Hesse and choreogra very active in the rehearsals; the show gave of escape, tiredness, hunger and thirst, but On the part of the participants we noticed great enthusia pher Andrea Herdeg, worked together with them a purpose, a meaning", says a student, also and above all the often brutal and inhu sm and full participation. It was a wonderful experience. some refugees and asylum seekers residing who said he was overwhelmed and trans man treatment of which they, the migrants, Asylum seekers are people who, due to both linguistic and in Ticino. formed by the experience: "the contact with were victims. cultural diculties, do not always find it easy to express During the spring of the Accademia Te the migrants, seeing them work to express Making the most of the resources of the their point of view and their emotions. A fundamental mo atro Dimitri contacted the humanitarian or their suering and their hopes on stage, all physical theatre taught at the Accademia Te ment for their integration was the comparison with local ganisation SOS Ticino. e aim is to create a this represents one of the strongest experi atro Dimitri, the direction favours nonver institutions such as SUPSI, with students, with people who show with asylum seekers who have settled ences of my life, which led me to deeply re bal, physical theatre, to transmit and testify. live in Ticino and with others who, like them, come from in the region and allow them to tell the story view my acting and writing". roughout the show the fear, anxiety, ex far away. In this way they felt part of a group. They found of their exile firsthand. «rdyear Bachelor If on the one hand the show deals with these haustion, but also solidarity and moments of a space within society and have been helped out of the students and refugees agreed to partici issues related to the exile and the encounter joy are expressed without words. e silent social isolation in which they often find themselves. It was pate in the project. alterity, we first witness a view of the jour expressiveness of the actors opposes politi certainly important to recognise an interest in their history Intensive, sometimes dicult, the collective ney undertaken by the migrants. e dram cal abstraction the embodied, lived and sen and their journey in order to enhance their experience. This work is defined by the meeting of two worlds, aturgy built starting from the direct testi sitive existence of people forced to flee, the project has allowed them to develop other skills as well, immemorial experience of exile. e play in the workplace for example, such as being punctual for gives them back a simple and universal hu meetings, teamwork, compliance with indications. They manity. “Without closeness," says the Ger were also able to practice the Italian language, reinforce man theatre producer Volker Hesse, "there their self esteem and get to know Ticino and Switzerland is no understanding”. Hence the idea of cre better. SOS Ticino is very satisfied with this project which ating an eective contact between migrants was completed by all the participants and, even for this and the public, closing the show with a large aspect alone, it was a great success. We very much hope banquet to celebrate sharing and hospitality, to repeat the experience. to which spectators are invited to partici pate. A moment of encounter and openness that has spontaneously given life to rich discussions between artists and the public and contributed to the strong media success and national and international impact of the * Head of the SOS Ticino migration sector project. A show that was sold out in Locar no, waiting lists in Zurich and great partic ipation in Udine and Venice, demonstrating that nonverbal theatre can concretely help to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers.
A scene from the show Strategy / FSD Integrated, innovative and flexible research and training
Lugano Trevano
Evaluation of teaching and learning practices
What does the act of evaluating imply for the teaching sta? Day, points out that "for the student, evaluation is a central inglearning process and can make use of various tools such as What role does the evaluation play in the teachinglearning point of the academic experience: for some it becomes the only the evaluation rubrics, observation grids, checklists, etc. process? reason for which one studies, often making the study merely “In view of the numerous issues addressed," concludes Poletti, An attempt was made to respond to these questions on the oc mnemonic and shortlived; for others it represents an essential "the participants felt the need for support to support the devel casion of the fourth SUPSI training day, held at the Department opportunity to verify the achievement of their training goals; opment of their own pedagogicaldidactic skills in the field of of Environment Constructions and Design in which about for still others it constitutes the origin of learning blocks that evaluation. In particular, there was a need to get to know some sta took part, including professors, teachers, researchers, stu frustrate eorts and lead to demotivation". It is therefore im methodologies more closely and to take advantage of support dents and alumni of the school. A biennial event that in portant to involve the student body in a process of accounta in identifying authentic didactic situations in tune with the explored the issue of evaluation in various ways: three plena bility and awareness of their abilities, their training goals and competence approach”. ry reports, group work aimed at identifying the priorities and personal growth. the possibilities for developing evaluation procedures within "From this perspective," continues Poletti, "the orientation by the School, and the participation of enrolled in two workshops skills, for example, which distinguishes most of the study pro among the eight planned. grams of a professional nature, requires the conception and e starting point of the reflection were the suggestions con implementation of new methods and new tools to verify what tained in the © Fare Form·zione report conducted by re they have students really learned during their training”. searcher Loredana Addimando of the DFA's Center for Innova A useful element to make the student independent and respon tion and Research on Educational Systems. As noted by many sible for his / her training path was identified in the selfas international studies, to teachers the act of evaluation implies sessment, which is recognised as having benefits in terms of as an immediate response both a moment of verification depth of learning, increased selfesteem and development of of the knowledge and skills acquired by students and a useful selfregulation skills. In this case, a dierent awareness of the tool to sanction their success or failure. e morning's speeches roles assumed by the teacher £facilitator / coach / certifier¤ and a were entrusted to the teachers Valentine Roulin of the Haute didactic aimed at making the student part of his learning pro École Spécialisée de Suisse occidental £HESSO¤ and Giovanna cess are required. Di Pietro of the Berner Fachhochschule £BFH¤ and by teacher For most of the participants there was a clear need to clearly Matteo Luigi Piricò of SUPSI, and they contributed to recon identify the competences and learning objectives that students sider the value of assessment and give it a more complex role have to achieve; at the same time, we ask ourselves about the within the teachinglearning process. It therefore proves to be methods suitable for their evaluation, methods that must be a procedure that goes far beyond the simple certification func chosen by the teachers themselves in relation to the why and From left: Valentine Roulin, Matteo Luigi Piricò, tion. Professor Fulvio Poletti, head of the Service for Didactics what they intend to evaluate. In this perspective, the evalua Giovanna Di Pietro and Wilma Minoggio and Teacher Training £SEDIFO¤ and one of the promoters of the tion process can take place before, during or after the teach
Locarno
Online information: how do young people really search for it? The LOIS project responds to this question developing innovation in the educational and methodological fields
When looking for information, the first thing we usually do is turn researcher, thinking aloud, or completing a questionnaire”. e LOIS to the internet. e web is the first source of information for prac project, on the other hand, tries to change the approach, and asks tically everything today. Understanding how young people search, volunteers to search for information in a specific area £e.g., local find, evaluate and select information on the web is essential to politics¤ when and where they want, using their devices. e sys support the development of Information Literacy skills and the tem then tracks their web trac in order to collect data that de creation of a healthy and democratic information environment. scribes what they actually do when they search for information e Lateteenagers Online Information Search £LOIS¤ project, funded by online. e navigation logs are analysed with datamining algo the Swiss National Science Foundation and led by Professor Luca rithms £data extraction¤ to identify models that are then related to Botturi of the Department of Education and Learning £DFA¤ and specific variables £socioeconomic status, digital selfecacy, pre Professor Silvia Giordano of the Department of Innovative Tech vious knowledge, etc.¤ and with a selfevaluation of one's research. nologies £DTI¤, it combines research on digital skills and informa According to Botturi, “the LOIS project will generate new evidence tion sciences in a scenariobased study, to observe and to analyse on the behaviour of young people online, and will oer insights the real online information search practices of young people £ª in the field of digital media education, in particular in relation years¤. to the transition between eective and selfdeclared skills, on the Luca Botturi explains that "many studies have explored this en importance of issues and on variables that influence the imple vironment but in the vast majority of cases by asking people to mentation of skills". search the internet in a laboratory while sitting at the side of a
Pratica Dinamica Aperta Familiare
Scopri tutti i corsi di laurea e il nuovoL’università dell’esperienza Bachelor in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence su supsi.ch/go/iscrizioni dal al marzo Strategy / FSD Integrated, innovative and flexible research and training
Lugano
Innovation and sustainability
Numerousat the guest both centre human and non of attended the the second debate edition of the SwissItalian Innovation Forum
e role of innovation and its importance for sustainable social demonstration of her skills was oered to the public when she demic, economic and institutional players: an eective system and economic development was discussed at the second edi answered some questions from Claudio Boër and Alberto Petru to guarantee the enhancement of everyone's skills”. A winning tion of the SwissItalian Innovation Forum held on October zzella and when she addressed the latter with the phrase What strategy, as a recent study by the European Commission that at the LAC cultural centre in Lugano. A moment of comparison a beautiful living President, accepting with satisfaction a flow has identified the innovative potential of « regions of the and exchange that, with the same formula of the first edition er oered to her to honour her presence at the Forum. continent £Regional Innovation Scoreboard ¤ and sees Tici proposed on the occasion of the th anniversary of the School, Among the numerous guests, the conference hosted Martina no occupy the second position in the ranking, behind Zurich. investigated in three separate sessions the relationships be Hirayama, Secretary of State for Education, Research and In In conclusion, Professor Ravano recalled the complexity of the tween innovation and the scientific, economic and political novation, who recalled how in terms of research Switzerland topic and the importance that “the Canton of Ticino, in consid worlds. Giambattista Ravano, Deputy Director for Research "is working on several fronts to consolidate its already excellent eration of its numbers and the geographical position it occu and Innovation, explains that the decision to set up this meet competitive position. However, the biggest challenge lies not in pies, is able to find its own role also thanks to times that they ing was taken in because of the "need, on the one hand, to focusing solely on maintaining and strengthening this status, allow the exchange of opinions and perspectives like today". shed light on what it means to innovate in Ticino by actively but on the fact that sustainability and digitisation eorts must Sophia's presence in Lugano was also an opportunity to organ involving the parties involved in the scientific, economic and move towards the development of new solutions that respond ise a meeting moderated by VicePresident Claudio Boër be political world and, on the other, the desire to place the Canton to global problems such as the need to reduce greenhouse gas tween the Hong Kong robot and the students enrolled in the in a local, national and international context". emissions or to curb biodiversity loss". dierent SUPSI degree courses who were able to interact with e conference was opened by Alberto Petruzzella and Claudio e meeting also oered a reflection on the policies imple her powerful artificial intelligence, asking her questions and Boër, respectively President and Vicepresident of the SUPSI mented in the field of innovation in our region, fuelled by the closely observing the impressive simulation of her more than Board, accompanied by an exceptional guest: the robot Sophia. presentation of the business models of innovative companies ª expressions. Sophia came from HongKong to Lugano especially for the Fo operating in the area and speeches by Christian Vitta, Direc rum. She is an android with feminine features, endowed with tor of the Department of Finance and Economy, who explained an artificial intelligence and able to answer questions thanks how in Ticino “the strategy to support innovation and entre to her capacity to learn from previous conversations. A brief preneurship has as its guiding thread the networking of aca
The SUPSI Management welcomed the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ¨SERI© The General Director with Sophia
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The start of a collaboration between the Accademia Teatro Dimitri and the Theodora Foundation Since the Accademia Teatro Dimitri has was set up which investigated the objectives wish to consolidate their skills in the areas of useful also for responding to practical prob been oering professional and integrative and methodologies of the action of clowns in singing, rhythm and improvisation. Seniors are lems inherent to the artist's work in areas of training in the health sector for the clowns of the healthcare sector: a stay in hospital is a experienced artists who need more individual, healthcare, such as how to leave the room at the eodora Foundation. dicult experience for a child, sources of fun tailormade work. e Accademia uses inno the end of the show without losing the benefit Founded in «, the eodora Foundation visits and pleasure are rare and valuable, and can vative methods to pass on the necessary skills. of the show, without letting the positive en hospitals and specialised institutions to bring a support the healing process. Hence the impor By emphasizing synergies, the masterclasses fol ergy that has been created and accumulated little joy to the children through the visits of its tance of having trained professionals trained low the guidelines defined by the Foundation, vanish. “Doctor Dreams”. Each year, these professional for all the diculties of an initiative in such which consist for example in promoting the is first experience opened a collaboration clowns make more than individual visits to delicate contexts. e discussions led to the empowerment of the child, invited to be active in with the eodora Foundation which prom around sixty nursing homes throughout Swit creation of a Masterclass for fourteen “Doctor the exchange with the adult, or in enhancing ises to be long and fruitful, and has allowed zerland. e work is particularly delicate as it Dreams” held in Verscio in . A very posi the authenticity of the artist. In parallel, the us to begin to develop a synergistic training disrupts with the therapeutic environment and tive experience according to the participants training courses have also meant to stimulate that responds to the development needs of an requires specific training for the actors. and which should follow on for further initia the ability of artists to give emotional support, ethicallyresponsible reality. Close to Dimitri the clown and his school from tives in the years to come. By the Acade perceive and correctly interpret information the beginning of their project, the founders my also plans to create a new International Initial to intervene empathically in an oftendicult André and Jan Poulie have maintained strong Training: a twoweek intensive basic training environment. ties with the Accademia Teatro Dimitri. From seminar for the European partners of the e Special skills developed at the Accademia this closeness the idea of creating a continu odora Foundation. emphasis a nonverbal approach when inter ous noncertified training program provided e Masterclasses called Junior, are intended acting with children. e specific training of by the Accademia. In a working group training of the eodora Foundation and who physical theatre turns out to be particularly Annual report ¬ A year in numbers
The statistical annex to the Annual Report is presented with a concise and direct infographic, Awhich illustrates year the main figures confirmingin the positivenumbers trend of SUPSI's activities and the attractiveness of its educational o ers also during .
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Current locations Future Campus Annual report ¬ A year in figures
Bachelor and Master Programmes Bachelor, Master e Diploma
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Students in all Departments, by area of origin Students in the A¯liated Schools, by area of origin Students divided by gender Bachelor, Master and Diploma programmes Bachelor, Master and Diploma programmes Bachelor, Master and Diploma programmes Including Aliated Schools
Ticino % Ticino % Male % Other Cantons % Other Cantons % Female % Other Countries % Other Countries % ' ' '
Employment status one year after graduation Place of work Correspondence between field ¡ respondents of studies and working career
Ticino ®®% Other Cantons % Other Countries % % ? of participants state that their job corresponds to, or is related to, the contents of their study programmes. % % % % The job corresponds to, or is Working In education Looking for Other close to, the study programme ? ??employment contents.
Continuing Education
Certifying courses attendee numbers Evoluzione dei corsi certificanti Participants divided by gender and average age Aliate schools not included From to ECTS From to ECTS From to ECTS From to ECTS
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° Master of Advanced Studies ¨MAS© from ECTS ° Executive Master of Business Administration ¨EMBA© from ECTS Annual report ¬ A year in figures
Applied Research and Services providing support to the territory
Research volume Services volume Applied Research: Financing bodies Figures in CHF/million Figures in CHF/million Figures in CHF/million Aliate schools included
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Mobility figures for Mobility figures for outgoing student incoming lecturers and Sta Annual report ¬ A year in figures
Finanze The summary data presented comes from SUPSI's financial statements for the year ended .. which was audited by the Cantonal Audit Oce, which, on May , issued an audit opinion without modification or restriction. The data does not include aliated schools.
Balance Sheet Income statement Assets Liabilities Costs Revenues Liquidity ¯¯’±²³’´´µ from the Confederation µ¸’³³µ’µ¹¹ Receivables ¶’´·µ’··· from Canton Ticino ¯·’¯±·’µ´· Accrued income and prepayments ´’±µ²’±·¯ from third parties ²¹’·¯·’´¹· Fixed assets ¶²’µ³¶’µ´± Sta ¹µ’µ¸±’¶¯¶ Goods and services ±²’¯¸´’²²³ Payables ±²’²´¯’¸·´ Other operating costs ³’¶¹±’¯¸³ Accrued liabilities and deferred income ¸µ’µ²¯’¶·· Depreciation ±’µ·¸’±¹± Long term third party capital ¯¯’³¯±’´¶³ Infrastructure ¹’¸¹³’²·± Equity ±·’¹¶²’¶·¸ Profit loss for the year µ¯·’¸µ´
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Canton Ticino % of which Ticino students ®% Switzerland % of which Service Contract % Revenues from of which Infrastructure ®% third parties % of which Others %
For a detailed view of all the data, please refer to the statistical annex is available
Collaboratori Internazionalità
EvoluzioneScuola del universitarianumero professionaledi collaboratori della Svizzera italiana Scuole aliate escluse Mobilità Scuole aliate escluse
' ' Numero mobilità per studenti in uscita
Programma mobilità europea SEMP
Finlandia, Francia, Germania, Inghilterra, Italia, Paesi Bassi, Portogallo, Spagna Ripartizione dei collaboratori per tipologia di funzione Mobilità svizzera Un anno in cifre Cooperazione e sviluppo Cambogia, Ecuador, Nepal Funzione Dati statistici Donne Uomini Totale Altri tipi di mobilità workshop/Study Trip Professori e insegnanti con responsabilità StudyTrip Master in Innovation Management a Bilbao DEASS, MSE China module DTI, Workshop Africa DACD, Docenti e docentiricercatori Workshop GIDE a Magdeburg DACD, Workshop SinoSwiss DACD, summer schools DACD Ricercatori e collaboratori scientifici Mobilità internazionale per studio o stage Assistenti e dottorandi Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Cina, Città del Vaticano, Georgia, India, Italia, Malta, Nicaragua, Spagna, Uruguay, USA, Taiwan Collaboratori amministrativi, tecnici e membri di direzione Totale ' Numero mobilità per studenti in entrata Programma mobilità europea SEMP
Francia, Germania, Italia, Spagna, Svezia, Turchia
Mobilità svizzera
Cooperazione e sviluppo
Sud America
Mobilità internazionale per studio e stage
Danimarca, Italia, India, San Marino
Altri tipi di mobilità workshop/Study Trip
Workshop SinoSwiss DACD
Numero mobilità per docenti e sta in entrata
Formazione
Insegnamento
Workshop/Study Trip internazionale
Mobilità internazionale
Numero mobilità per docenti e sta in uscita
Formazione
Insegnamento
Workshop/Study Trip internazionale
Strategy / FSD Integrated, innovative and flexible research and training
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Bachelor in Management Engineering turns years old e rapid technological evolution that we are cialisation options, and above all by encourag graduation work. A moment was dedicated erto Lombardi £GUESS¤, Marco Bruno £Riri¤ currently experiencing has a strong impact on ing direct collaboration between its students to them, the real protagonists of this event, and Paolo Conti £TriStar¤, representing some the world of education and requires a contin and local companies already during the period for the presentation of some theses made in of the partner companies where the students uous updating of the contents and teaching of study". collaboration with Chinese companies and carried out their projects. As underlined by the methods. A challenging reality with which And it is this latter aspect that has decisively institutions. An interesting practical demon three guests, the thesis experience in the com the undergraduate and graduate program is characterised the growth path of the Bachelor, stration of the activity carried out by the man pany represents a winwin combination that confronted, managing to propose innovative which now has over « students enrolled and agement engineer in the field, as well as an creates added value both for the student, who solutions, in particular thanks to the work of who since its inception years ago has grad excellent example of the thesis activity in the has the opportunity to carry out a practical ac teachers and degree course heads. A panorama uated over management engineers, mostly company carried out during the last semester tivity in a company context during his career. in which the Bachelor in Management Engi active in local companies and institutions. by all students enrolled in the degree course. training, both for the company itself, which neering, delivered by SUPSI's Department of "e Degree Course in Management Engineer On the collaboration with SUPSI and on the can count on the contribution and vision of a Innovative Technologies £DTI¤, has been able to ing was created in , with the aim of train experience of the thesis inhouse dwelt Rob young, competent and proactive figure. carve out its own space, setting a good exam ing professional figures capable of holding ple in terms of innovation capacity and results technicalorganisational roles in contexts that achieved in the first years of its own history. require skills in the basic engineering sciences is important milestone was celebrated combined with knowledge related to organisa with an event that took place on December tion, production and logistics”, was how Pro and was attended by about one hundred peo fessor Paolo Pedrazzoli, Head of the Bachelor, ple including lecturers, teachers, students and explained the genesis of the course of study. representatives of numerous partner compa But what are the elements that characterise nies that over the years have hosted Bachelor the profession of the management engineer? students for collaborations and thesis projects “e degree course forms a profile that I like in the company. to define transversal”, explains Pedrazzoli. “An innovative and interdisciplinary degree “Traditional engineering forms professional course to seize the growing professional op profiles that are often verticalized on specific portunities between engineering and the issues, while the management engineer has management of organisations and process the necessary technical / scientific basics, but es”. ese are the words with which Professor also gives them substance in the economicfi Emanuele Carpanza, Director of the DTI, wel nancial sphere. He therefore understands the comed the participants to the event, underlin technological specificity of a problem, but has ing, among many important aspects, the fore all the necessary tools to be able to link togeth sight with which years ago the foundations er a multiplicity of dierent elements and pro were laid on the which the Bachelor then built duce eective solutions to complex problems”. his growth path: "SUPSI was among the first On the occasion of the event aimed at cel Swiss universities of applied sciences to intro ebrating years of the degree course, the duce this course through a distinct approach volume “IGY” was presented, a publication based on a complete and structured training some current themes related to management oer from basic subjects up to multiple spe engineering, as well as some of the students'
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I Cenci by composer Giorgio Battistelli
makesOn the occasion of the th season itsof presente debut whose ensem Director of the production, "I had the feeling of being in front of a Cruelty in music by ble is made up of the best students of the Bachelor, Master and special work; between the words and the notes of those pages there Continuing Education courses of the Conservatorio della Svizzera was something mysterious, dark and fascinating together. A story italiana University of Music and LuganoInScena joined forces to in which the executioner proclaims himself a victim and the vic Battistelli present, in an original production, I Cenci by the composer Gior tims become executioners, Artaud's script reduced to a stylised skel gio Battistelli; a premiere for Switzerland, performed for the first eton whose voids are filled with the sound of invisible characters, time in Italian and staged at the LAC on May ª . three layers of narration that intertwine continuously, words, mu by Stefano Nardelli* Based on the masterpiece that Antonin Artaud wrote in «, set sic and electronic sounds, are the things that immediately struck More than twenty years after its premiere in London in ting it in papal Rome at the end of the sixteenth century, I Cenci me. Scrolling through the score I had the feeling that the composer , Battistelli's work arrived on the scene at the LAC in tells the story of the terrible Count Cenci and his murder, of which was telling me how he had imagined the show from «”. Lugano for the first time in an Italian language version ed his daughter Beatrice is accused and sentenced to death. e fruitful collaboration between several cultural bodies in the ited by the composer himself, while for the first Italian pre “My work," explains Giorgio Battistelli, "is a rewriting, condensed area, such as the presente of the Conservatorio della Svizze miere in Siena in the original French text by Antonin and adapted to the multiple musical theatre, which makes use of ra italiana University of Music, LuganoInScena, RSI ReteDue, Artaud was chosen. Battistelli's work is a "theatre of music" protagonistsactors, of an instrumental group, but also of project Spazio and the LAC cultural centre has made possible the mise linked to Artaud's theatrical work. The link manifests itself ed images and live electronics. e show is centered around the en scène of a unique, multidisciplinary and innovative show; an ab not so much in the intact re proposition of the , text, sinister character of the very rich and perverse tyrant Francesco solute first in our territory that clearly shows how the union of º…¼, but rather in the recovery of the dramaturgical sig Cenci, who for Artaud has become an exemplary character who several forces, albeit dierent but compatible with each other, al nificance, in its own way revolutionary, of the Artaudian heralds essential aspects of his future theatre of cruelty." lows us to create winning synergies and culturally innovative and invention of the theatre of cruelty in an abstractly musical “As soon as the score opened," says Francesco Bossaglia, Musical stimulating projects. space. A space that transcends and at the same time am plifies that of the word. It does not work, therefore, but "theatre of speech" which, according to the author, con cerns the link between the drama and the space in which it is performed, and also "we have dierent dimensions to work on: the visual dimension, the sound dimension, and the dimension of sound in space". The scene is above all the theatre of sounds relentless, textured and often "ma terial" of Battistelli's intrinsically theatrical writing sounds that bounce the words and reverberate in the hall thanks to the sophisticated sound direction by Fabrizio Rosso and live electronics curated by Alberto Barberis and Nadir Vas sena. In any case, the excellent work of the musicians of the Enemble of the Conservatorio della Svizzera ital ian University of Music directed by Francesco Bossaglia should be noted. The Director of the Ensemble Francesco Bossaglia A moment during the rehearsals in the Aula Magna of the Conservatory * Music critic Strategy / FSD Integrated, innovative and flexible research and training
Manno
Towards the future: the new Bachelor in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence is born Data science and artificial intelligence play an increasingly allowing the population to become familiar with a terminol and experts in artificial intelligence in dierent industrial sec important role in a multitude of sectors and activities in the ogy increasingly present in today's vocabulary. For its part, the tors. The Bachelor will draw on the expertise of the Department current economy and society. Scientific areas in which the De growing use of digital technologies has given data an increas and in particular the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelli partment of Innovative Technologies £DTI¤ is active at the fore ingly prominent role. gence USISUPSI £IDSIA¤, the Bachelor's reference institute. front in the development of research projects and in training An important growth that requires structured skills and the Professor Emanuele Carpanzano, Director of the DTI, explains thanks to the activities of its institutes and the new Bachelor ability to develop innovative solutions to keep pace with the how “the new Bachelor intends to train professionals who are in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence which is expected to scientific and technological evolution of the sector. Research able to combine mathematical, computer and algorithmic skills begin in September . and quality training are essential ingredients in this context to seize the professional opportunities that new technologies In the last years, artificial intelligence, and in particular and which have always characterised the work of the DTI, in oer in dierent application fields. In fact, these disciplines machine learning applications, have undergone an important volved in numerous projects in the fields of Data Science and now find space in various sectors including industry, health, development from a scientific, economic and social point of artificial intelligence. To better understand the areas of action economics, energy, environment and tourism. We believe this view. Research in the academic field has seen an exponential of these projects, we provide, by way of example, a brief selec is a very attractive and challenging training oer for students growth, so much so that the places available at the main sec tion in the box below. motivated to seize these opportunities in the future”. Among tor conferences have become saturated. The studies and anal In the education environment, the innovations linked to these the most innovative aspects related to the Bachelor is the lan ysis of the main consulting firms have constantly highlighted sectors have particularly interested the DTI's undergraduate and guage £the courses are held in English, with the possibility of the increasingly important role of artificial intelligence in the graduate program, with the birth of the new SUPSI Bachelor in following some courses in Italian¤, the significant computation economy and society. At the same time, the media have devot Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, a threeyear course of al and practical component, as well as the numerous laboratory ed much attention to the phenomenon of artificial intelligence, study that has its roots in growing demand for Data Scientists activities, Data Challenges and Hackathon. Some highlighted projects
RoboWealthAdvisory DESY The RoboWealthAdvisory project aims at the To increase the tourist attractiveness of the Can development of a virtual financial advisor who, ton Ticino and the Regio Insubrica and promote through the use of advanced machine learning its digital transformation. These, in brief, are the algorithms capable of learning from data and objectives of the DESY Digital Destination Evo human experts, provides the client with sugges lution System project conducted by Ticino Tu tions on the management of their investments. rismo and the Distretto dei Laghi together with The project sees involved, for the DTI, the Dalle the Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza Molle Institute of studies on artificial intelligence artificiale USI SUPSI IDSIA. The project involves USI SUPSI IDSIA, an institution that boasts the collection of information on tourists, the rel thirty years of experience in the sector, as well ative analysis through a digital platform and the as prestigious awards and collaborations in the creation of specific services aimed at improving academic and scientific fields at national and in eciency in the promotion of the region. ternational. SPAS DesyMED The SPAS Sleep Physician Assistant System pro The objective of the DESyMED project is to de ject aims to create a platform that simplifies the velop a new generation medical system that work of healthcare professionals active in the translates into a smart eyewear capable of re analysis of sleep disorders. Through a series of lieving the symptoms of dry eye syndrome. The mechanisms based on machine learning tech project makes use of an interdisciplinary consor niques, the platform operates as a “silent appren tium which involves the Institute of Systems and tice” which absorbs information and acquires the Applied Electronics, the Institute of Information doctor's skills with the aim of supporting him. Systems and Networking and the Laboratory of applied microbiology for SUPSI.
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The EDidaktik Department goes into operation
The EDidaktik Department of the tomers. At the Media Factory, for with FernUni Schweiz and the Val Fernfachhochschule Schweiz £FFHS¤ example, were produced the key im ais High School of Pedagogy were has been operating since March ages for the series of workshops “Sto also launched. These initiatives fall under the direction of Prof. Mark rykitchen”, a series of videotutorials within the FFHS strategy which, on us Dormann, further strengthen through which teachers learn to ap the occasion of the annual day a dis ing its strategic objective aimed at ply the concept of didactic narration tance learning, was discussed during developing blended learning and to their teaching methodologies. For a meeting attended by partner com methodologicaldidactic training for the Marketing and Communications panies such as Intel and Microsoft. teachers. In addition to the already department, the team developed a With the theme The FFHS strategy, my wellestablished continuing educa new brochure concept called “Post teaching in ¦ years the teachers were tion course in Digital Education and karten”. These are postcards which, able to discuss with colleagues about its own Learning Centre, the dis in combination with an augmented solutions and ideas for their degree tance teaching sector now makes use reality application, allow potential programs, including innovative ap of two other innovations: The Media students to obtain more information proaches such as Design Thinking Factory and external services in the on degree programs, for example by and LEGO Serious Play £a method field of elearning. viewing short presentation vide aimed at developing thinking, com With Media Factory, the FFHS has os. Furthermore, the first works for munication and solving complex today its own multimedia content further teaching development have business management problems production unit that has been work been started £for example education through the use of the Lego con ing since November on the imple al videos, animations¤ and the pro struction game¤, which were wel mentation of projects for internal ject linked to a series of workshops comed with great enthusiasm. For the Storykitchen workshop series the newly created partners, the Learning Centre, the for teacher qualification has begun. MediaFactory department produced several key images marketing service and external cus In this context, cooperation projects Strategy / FSD Integrated, innovative and flexible research and training
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TrainingTIPÌ and research Ticino in support of communityChildhood welfare Project
"TIPÌ Ticino Childhood Project," says treskindergarten and infant school¤, cal and institutional level £political dinator specifies that "for the devel search activities, as well as the SUPSI Serenella Maida, head of the project to protect their development of iden representatives, cantonal oces of opment of new forms of educational Department of Education and Learn and of the continuous training of tity in a perspective of coeducation the socioeducational, health and collaboration and coresponsibility ing £DFA¤, collaborated. the social work area of the Depart and operational implementation of protection sectors, municipalities¤, between family cultures and insti In work began on the prepa ment of Business Economics, Health the rights of the child. e aim is to and professional intervention with tutional cultures, of early interven ration of a publication to comple and Social Aairs £DEASS¤, "was born promote a shared and inclusive cul children and families £heads of insti tions of prevention and protection ment the Guidance Framework and from the cantonal platform of pol ture of territorial childhood among tutions, educational and care sta, in situations of vulnerability from an the work of systematising the main icies for children, in which all the the various professionals in care, curators¤, trainers and researchers inclusive perspective , the approach results obtained was set up: aware institutional partners, associations education and support for a struc from various institutions and asso es of Paola Milani £University of Pad nessraising, education and research and educational bodies active in the tural collaboration with families, so ciations. e participatory processes ua¤ and Carl Lacharité £University of activities that involved more of , childcare sector regularly participate, as to ensure quality and educational of coplanning in the network al Quebec Canada¤ and of the Peda people between professionals and starting from the stimuli oered by continuity, overcoming the current low the development of collabora gogy of the parents of Riziero Zucchi families. the Guidance Framework for the for fragmentation of sectoral knowledge tive working methods that tend to and Augusta Moletto £University of “e project," concludes Serenella mation, education and admission of and institutional responsibilities. produce a greater regional impact Turin¤ have been developed”. Maida, "is becoming a stimulus for early childhood in Switzerland, pro “TIPÌ", emphasizes Serenella Maida, in the medium and long term. e e DEASS coordinated this region the cantonal rethinking of network moted by the Swiss Commission for "is based on dialogic approaches and project benefits from public £federal al project, characterised by a circular working methods between social, UNESCO”. of the welfare community that provide and cantonal¤ and private funding process between training, assistance, educational and health services for e fouryear project £ª¤ for the coconstruction of regional £Jacobs and Mercator Foundations¤ research and monitoring, which for children and adolescents. Some sig focuses on the care of the main projects in a network, through the and has been awarded the title of the firsttime teachers and research nificant elements that emerged from transitions with which the child is active participation of the recipients Swiss Commission for UNESCO. ers active in undergraduate and the partnerships developed were in confronted in its first years of life £families and children¤ and of all the Paola Solcà, lecturer and senior re graduate and continuous education cluded in the strategic guidelines of £familynurseryextracurricular cen participants involved both at politi searcher DEASS, TIPÌ research coor and in social work and welfare re the « Legislature Program”.
by Dieter Schürch* explored the contents of the Orientation placed at the centre, with its needs, its point Framework. The TIPÌ project coordinated of view, the educational change must be able by SUPSI is a fundamental link in this story to find a language that is able to understand In , on a mandate from the Swiss as it integrates and completes what is the and contemplate this evolutionary continuity. Commission for UNESCO, Margrit Stamm placement of early childhood in a social, The Swiss Commission for UNESCO saw in published the results of a study highlighting educational and institutional context. TIPÌ a particularly innovative methodological the shortcomings of early childhood education The story of a child, from birth onwards, approach, which addresses the fundamental in Switzerland. Since then, many initiatives involves many changes in people, places issue of the network of contacts in which have taken shape that have made it possible and environments. The TIPÌ project explores the childhood of our time moves. The project to rediscover and enhance this fundamental and examines that part considered implicit benefits from the patronage of UNESCO, and phase of life. The Guidance Framework for the represented by the transitions from one is considered a pilot example that will be able formation, education and admission of early person to another and from one environment to give life and complete what has been done childhood in Switzerland of , is the first to another to which the child is confronted in Switzerland in the last ten years. document in which the foundations of an from birth. TIPÌ research does not only educational concept shared at national level concern the first months and years of life, but are laid. Topics such as integration, poverty, also addresses the delicate transition towards social environment, cultural diversity, health, the institutional framework represented by * Representative for the Swiss Commission are publications that they have taken up and the school. To the extent that it the child is for UNESCO and the Alleanza Infanzia project Strategy / FSD Institutional accreditation, development of the organisation and sta
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Collective labour agreement
June «, a represents participatory a significant stage in part followed some of the indications outcome that phase of the CCL. “Exchange opportunities directives that have become integral parts the development of the School. After being ap emerged from the feedback received from explains Enza Mascara, Coordinator of the of the CCL. e general balance is very posi proved by a large majority by the administra the climate survey carried out in , most SUPSI Student Life Service which allowed tive and represents a precious experience for tive sta at the Meeting of ©.., on this of which are attributable to the aspects of the group a CCL representative to collect in all colleagues who have directly or indirectly date, the SUPSI Board also approved the Col reconciliation between the work and profes teresting feedback and suggestions for im participated in the work”. lective Employment Agreement for adminis sional spheres, as well as to the professional provement to be brought back to the negoti In addition to the Personnel Commission trative sta £CCL¤: an objective established in development of sta. e measures taken in ating table”. £CPeSUPSI¤, the other bodies envisaged by the ª following the amendment of the Law clude the optimisation of salary coverage in Enza Mascara, today President of the Person CCL were also set up in autumn namely on the University of Italian Switzerland, on the event of a long illness, the improvement nel Commission £CPeSUPSI¤ underlines how the Joint Commission £CPaSUPSI¤, made up the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of maternity leave from ª to © weeks paid “the negotiations have always been conduct of representatives of the SUPSI Management of Italian Switzerland and on research in at and the alignment of takeup leave, ed in a climate of positive work, of mutual lis and the signatory trade unions, and the Spe stitutes and made possible by a negotia and the possibility to convert the «th month tening and sharing. e management knew cial Board of Appeal. tion process that took place in a participatory into free time. Further measures to be imple to welcome feedback and suggestions for im form, actively involving the Management, mented in the short and medium term have provement expressed by sta, many of which the representatives of the trade unions and been agreed in the context of the negotiation have seen a substantial application in the a group of representatives appointed by the of the CCL, including the definition of a new new remuneration model and in the various administrativetechnical sta, composed of directive for enhancement interviews and the ª collaborators / bulls from departments and one concerning the flexibility of the place and central services. working hours for which, between © and It came into force on July , the frame , several pilot projects were conducted to work conditions of the CCL were immediately experiment with new methods and tools". applied, extending the related improvements ese results have been reached, it was said to all employees, regardless of their category before, especially thanks to a negotiation of membership. As envisaged by the transi phase lasting more than © months, organised tional provisions of the CCL, from January in such a way as to ensure a form of discus the new remuneration model was also sion and exchange, which is as inclusive as implemented, valid for personnel subject to possible for all nonacademic sta. the CCL. In this sense, the role played by the Group of “If on the one hand the negotiation of the representatives of the CCL was central, com CCL was an opportunity to improve the posed of the two spokespersons for the Man already excellent sta conditions," explains agement Andrea DegiorgiWermelinger £DTI¤ Patricia Girolmetti, head of the SUPSI Hu and Enza Mascara £DIR¤ and four represent man Resources Service, “on the other the new ative members of their respective depart remuneration model ensures transparent ments: Pamela Altwegg £DEASS¤, Dario Crive parameters in relation to the minimum and lli £DIR¤, Peggy Fumagalli £DACD¤ and Alessia maximum wages. e management together Giudici £DFA¤. with the human resources representatives, e six representatives were also able to count through individual interviews held between on the active collaboration of an extended October and December with all the ad support group made up of sta of the de ministrative employees, discussed with partments, with which the various themes the latter the respective placements with were discussed, object a negotiation with the From left: Maurizio Lo Piccolo, Pamela Valeggia, Mattia Bosco, Renato Ricciardi, Elisabetta Masini, in the bands correspondent with the model. aim of promoting information in the depart Massimo Mantovani, Pamela Altwegg, Andrea Degiorgi¥Wermelinger, Enza Mascara, Franco Gervasoni, e work to improve the framework condi ments, thus allowing all nonacademic sta Patricia Girolmetti and Nadia Bregoli tions, says Patrizia Girolmetti, “has for their to express themselves during the negotiation
Manno Talking about equal pay
Since December SUPSI is a sig During the Gender and Diversity Service Economics, Health and Social Care £DEASS¤ and of organisational plans to encourage teamwork. natory of the Charter for equal pay committedEnhancing itself to many issues that, like pay course diversity manager. “e formation of a group made ese measures were proposed with reference in parastatal companies. With this roll £see box opposite¤, are of great importance for up of dierent members due to their various to Critical Diversity Literacy £Melissa Steyn, ¤. membership, the School reconfirms its the promotion of equal opportunities and with a belonging £e.g., age, gender, language, culture, Michele Mainardi, Head of the Competence Cen degree of attention in the promotion view to an increasingly inclusive university that family, education, work¤ is not obvious, as there tre for School, Social and Educational Needs of and enhancement of its approach to is attentive to the dierences and wellbeing of is a tendency to choose people similar to oneself the Department of Education and Learning £DFA¤, fair, ethical and respectful treatment its sta. in terms of education and career path. Further explains that this approach “can be read as an ed of all sta, and regional stakeholders. With these objectives, various initiatives have more, when a mixed group is present, communi ucational and training response to the challenge The Federal Oce for Equality be been launched, among which the course How to cation misunderstandings or even conflicts can of increasingly heterogeneous and pluralistic so tween Women and Men has made foster diversity in the organisation? deserves to be men arise. Hence the idea of creating a course on the cieties: a real literacy to diversity. is methodol available to employers a special soft tioned. For a management of the Team sensitive to dif communicative and organisational aspects that ogy is to be understood as a support to selfcrit ware developed to check whether ferences, aimed at those who hold positions of re hinder the work of the teams: starting from the ically perceive the privileges or disadvantages within the company the equality of sponsibility within a group. examples of situations experienced by the par associated with certain positions within groups wages between employees is guaran "is training course," says Vittoria Calabretta, ticipants, practical tools were presented aimed or communities". teed. With a tolerance threshold of % the head of the Gender and Diversity Service, "is at creating an inclusive work environment that "e participants appreciated the comparison variance between genders, the com the harmonious result of a 'combination' of dif favours wellbeing in the workplace and, conse with their peers," concludes Danuscia Tschudi, pany obtains a certification for insti ferent approaches, skills and experiences made quently, personal fulfilment in the team and the "and in particular the fact that with dierent tutional wage parity. available by colleagues expert on issues related achievement of objectives for the benefit of the methodologies it was possible to reflect together On the data at the end of the to diversity, equality and inclusion, which made group and the organisation”. “rough theatri on the opportunities available for the creation of School had certified equal pay for it possible to enrich both the contents and the cal exercises and small improvisations, the par a united team aimed at achieving common goals". women and men with a threshold of teaching method, which was innovative”. A first ticipants had the opportunity to physically put + % variance in favour of women. In edition addressed to the heads of the Competence themselves in dierent proposed situations, ex December the federal certifica Centres, Units and Laboratories active in the field periencing firsthand the sensations, emotions tion was renewed and, referring to of research, was carried out in January. and reactions that can arise from these”, adds Ve the , data, a variance of . % was “Many studies confirm how diversity within a ronica Provenzale, researcher at the Accademia found in favour of women: a result work group can generate creativity and innova Teatro Dimitri and course supervisor. Starting In addition to the people mentioned in the text, Brita that attests that wage parity can be tion. To obtain this result, however, it is not su from real situations, we then worked with drama Kleindienst, trainer and actress from the Accademia Teatro considered almost absolute at an in cient to compose a team with dierent experienc teaching exercises on emotional selfawareness, Dimitri, Enrica Massardi, senior professorresearcher DE stitutional level. es and backgrounds,” explains Danuscia Tschudi, but also with instruments to facilitate the meet ASS, Shahaf Michaeli, trainer and actress from Accademia senior researcher at the Department of Business ing between points of view and with the analysis Teatro Strategy / FSD Institutional accreditation, development of the organisation and sta
Manno
Contribute to the construction of the relational and intellectual collective good practices based on three main participatory rights: to be £CPC¤, so that the communication channel is constantly main capitalContribute and to scientific and didactic development in relation to the scientific toinformed byinstitutional government bodies, to be consulted and to be able tained. life community, students and the region. is is the definition of "partici to decide or codecide. Established in every department and at headquarters level, the pation", described in the Charter of the same name that SUPSI e Participation Charter is part of the participatory model Colleges therefore act as spokespersons for the issues perceived has adopted since last October and which indicates the foun which was defined by the Management, the Presidents of the as more sensitive and urgent by the participatory bodies, regu dations and principles on which the active contribution to the Colleges, the representatives of the Academic Body in the Coun larly organising meetings aimed at all sta who thus have the institutional life of sta, students, alumni and members of the cil and the head of the Gender and Diversity Service. opportunity to express themselves on the functioning of the Advisory Commissions is based. In order to guarantee constant promotion of the flow of infor School and issue proposals for improving working life. Access to adequate stakeholder participation in the decision mation and an eective twoway communication process, the We posed some questions to Donatella Corti, President of the making processes of an academic institution is a key factor. Charter provides that the Management undertakes the task of College of the Department of Innovative Technologies £DTI¤, Against this background, the Swiss University Conference consulting the various representative bodies on issues within and to Sébastien Dubois, President of the College of Central launched a joint reflection at the beginning of ©, calling on their competence and of particular sensitivity. e Colleges, in Services, to better understand what the tasks carried out by this universities of applied sciences and arts to examine the issue turn, solicit the Management, its representatives in the Coun participatory body are and how it can be encouraged by sta in greater depth, highlighting the current dynamics and the cil and the Coordination Group of the Presidents of the Colleges participation.
Donatella Corti Sébastien Dubois President of the College of the Department of Innovative Technologies DTI President of the College of Central Services
What does it mean to be an active part of institutional life? Why is it important? What are the most discussed topics? Are there any practical results yet? For me, it means identifying yourself in the institution you work for. Each of us has the oppor Among the priority issues that emerged at the meetings is that of a hopedfor greater commu tunity to contribute to the growth of SUPSI by making available not only professional skills in nication between the General Management and the sta. Many people have indicated that they carrying out their duties, but also the desire to take part in the debate on relevant issues. is is want to receive clear information about changes and new opportunities in their working life. possible when a twoway dialogue is established in a climate of mutual trust and the individual During ©, one of the major changes was the preparation and introduction of the collec receives personal satisfaction in return from involvement in decisionmaking processes. tive employment agreement for administrative sta £CCL¤. e meeting of the College on this topic favored twoway communication and an understanding of principles, concepts and rules, How are sta encouraged to participate actively? thanks in particular to the work carried out by the members of the CCL accompanying group. Personally, I feel encouraged every time I see my requests taken into consideration or my opinion Similarly, the new internet portal within SUPSI £Sta Portal¤ represents a participatory tool and heard. I believe that the involvement in the decisionmaking processes of the individual sta a practical result that today oers access to the information necessary for sta to become aware members is the best incentive to promote the concept of active participation. In the last year, of events and changes in within the institution. with the publication of the participatory model, the drafting of which went through the consul tation of the colleges, the School has shown its willingness to invest in this direction. In parallel, some amendments were made to the statutes to increase the level of participation of the various representative bodies. Important steps have been taken which I hope are only the beginning of a long journey that SUPSI will want to pursue together with its sta to make them more and more involved in institutional life.
Brig
FFHS awarded for familywork balance e Fernfachhochschule Schweiz £FFHS¤ has always attached With an overall score of out of , FFHS was rated by its sta as In addition, the survey shows that the flexible training oer is also great importance to the worklife balance of its employees and “very family friendly”; a result that remains well above the Swiss used and appreciated by the participants. "With our training oer their families, and in it was rewarded for the third consecu average £ª points¤. Also, in relation to the four individual areas accessible anytime, anywhere, we want to oer a flexible environ tive year with the "Family Score" award by Pro Familia. within the FFHS Teaching and Education, Research and Service ment not only for students. For us, the workfamily balance is also e Family Score was created by Pro Familia Switzerland and in Performance, Services and Management and Sta the assess important for sta. We are therefore very pleased that our oer vestigates the response of employers to the needs of families. It is ment exceeds the average and shows that the FFHS is, in all its is appreciated and actively used," says Rector Michael Zurwerra. based on an internal survey, in which the sta may anonymously areas, a familyfriendly employer. With regard in particular to the express their expectations and needs regarding workfamily rec issues of flexible working hours, parttime work and the opportu onciliation and evaluate the oer already present in the organisa nity to compensate for overtime, the survey shows that the FFHS tion by their employer. meets expectations in all three areas.
Manno Department of Environment, Constructions and Design Department of Innovative Technologies ◆ Fabrizio Grandoni, Professor in Approximate Algorithms ◆ Francesco Frontini, Professor in Technologies ◆ Giovanni Maria Pavan, Professor in Computational innovative sustainable construction and design Material Science ◆ Stefano Mina, Adjunct Professor in Construction ◆ Achille Peternier, Adjunct Professor in Computer Technology Graphics and Virtual Reality ◆ Matteo Vegetti, Professor in Theories of Space and new professors Living Fernfachhochschule Schweiz During the SUPSI Board appointed fourteen new Professors, recognis ◆ Markus Dormann, Professor in E Didaktik Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care ing their scientific competence, the value of their teaching activities and the ◆ Laurie M. Corna, Professor in aging and quality of life quality of the research and development projects that have characterised Scuola universitaria di Musica their academic and professional career. The appointment as Professor takes del Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana Department of Education and Learning place through the publication of the open position, in compliance with the ◆ Alessio Allegrini, SUM Professor of Horn ◆ Sonia Castro Mallamaci, Adjunct Professor in History fouryear planning on the positions of Professor and in line with the strategy ◆ Raphael Camenisch, SUM Professor of Saxophone didactics of the School. For SUPSI, these appointments are a valuable enrichment in ◆ Jorge Monte de Fez, SUM Professor of Horn ◆ Flavio Rossi, Adjunct Professor in Physical Education terms of skills, planning and the possibility of establishing networks of col ◆ Asier Polo, SUM Professor of Cello Didactics laboration for the benefit of its students and regional partners.
Manno Riccardo Crivelli Francesco Pirozzi Professor DEASS Adjunct Professor DEASS
Paola Di Giulio Urs Kocher SUPSI thanks its retirees Professor DEASS Lecturer researcher DFA Ornella Manzocchi Bruno Storni Professional teacher DEASS Lecturer DTI In school sta members reached retirement age. We wish them the best for the begin ning of a new and stimulating chapter of life and our sincere thanks for the activity carried out Sabina Loriga and the commitment made in these years in favour of the development of their departments Adjunct Professor DEASS and the whole Institution. Strategy / FSD Enhancement of existing and new campuses
Mendrisio
Design of furniture and signage for the new SUPSI campus in Mendrisio
e new spaces on the Mendrisio Campus, de have been chosen, are able to integrate harmo signed by the BassiCarellaMorello Architects niously to evoke a world that inspires to be a of Geneva, are taking shape to accommodate place of activity. the Department of Environment Constructions e creation of the signage and the commu and Design £DACD¤. nication inside the Campus have been en With the forthcoming transfer of the DACD, trusted to the Visual Culture Laboratory on from the historic park of TrevanoCanobbio to the mandate of the Committee for piloting the the headquarters in Mendrisio, the manage Campus project. e concept of way finding was ment has appointed Luca Conti and the inte developed by the working group taking advan rior designer Sarah Coracchia lecturer and tage on the one hand of a valuable work of assistant to the department respectively to previous investigation which merged into the take care of the design and choice of furnish guidelines for furnishings and communica ings for the ateliers. e two designers carried tion. and on the other hand the didactic Vista atelier Bachelor in Visual Communication out their work in close collaboration with the experience which took shape in a workshop heads of the departmental management and conducted with students and teachers of the the degree courses, supported by their respec degree courses in Interior Architecture and tive sta. is important choral work made it Visual Communication. e construction and possible to carry out a careful verification of design aspects, areas of identity of the depart the needs for the enhancement of the teaching ment itself, have had an important impact on and image of the DACD in the new Campus. In the conceptual choices, drawing on in addi the frame of a building that recalls the indus tion to the already mentioned research and di trial world, where the structure stands with dactic results to numerous stylistic referenc important prefabricated elements and the es of the Swiss school's concrete art movement. materials are expressed in their most sincere e signage must include and interpret the nature, the choice of the furniture it aimed spatial logic and path of the building, as well at enhancing this type of architectural char as its formal and stylistic characteristics: the acter in an atmosphere of an “Atelier”. Atelier project is therefore the result of a strong desire understood in its primary meaning as a work for dialogue with the industrial vocation of the space, where practice and intellect, ideas and building and the needs of those who will live craftsmanship find their common space. From there. Its aim is to promote the orientation and these considerations we have chosen types of recognition of spaces through the use of analog furniture whose characteristics which, for and digital solutions and a careful choice of Some images of the general design of the signage shapes, materials, colours and workmanship materials.
The canteen, a place of meeting and exchange
by Paolo Cavalli and Giuliano Gavin*
During we developed the furnishing and what we're used to when we talk about canteens. communication of the new campus' dining area Inside, in fact, in addition to seats and tables that so that the result was in line with the criteria of refer to important Swiss design exhibitions, there sustainability, reuse and durability and was consi is a wall equipped to host exhibitions related to stent with the building's construction principles. It the environment, construction and design. Our immediately seemed important that this space, in aim, in fact, is to remind you that we are still in addition to its basic function linked to the consu a school building and therefore permeable to the mption of meals, should be characterised as a pla didactic component. ce where the user could find the same atmosphe Another characterising aspect is the solution re of industrial inspiration and at the same time adopted for the lining of the central body used oer itself as a space rich in disciplinary ideas and for the preparation and distribution of dishes; knowledge. The furnishing choices, inspired by the specifically, the use of perforated metal profiles functional culture well rooted in Switzerland, have normally used in the industrial field was used been produced through a particular attention to to return mainly the idea of "machine" and "con the diversity and quality of materials, colour values struction": concepts that constitute, for a depart and lighting, while maintaining as much as possi ment like ours, important qualities. ble the prerogatives of the users. The stated intention is to make the area a place for the exchange of experiences and dialogue, in a Axonometric representation of the dining area with furnishing elements, much more communicative context compared to * Scientific sta the central volume is used as a kitchen and food distribution Strategy / FSD Enhancement of existing and new campuses
Lugano Viganello
Supporting project of the EAST Campus in LuganoViganello The image of the elderly person who sites in urban areas that have rede tion pavilion made from an indus been instead designed for children ics of USI, the Dalle Molle Institute looks curiously at what is happen signed the traditional boundaries trial container which from March in Lugano's primary schools, during for Artificial Intelligence USISUPSI ing on a building site is in every of streets, parks and squares, new until the inauguration of the which, among small discoveries and £IDSIA¤ aliated with both institu one's imagination and confirms initiatives have been promoted with Campus acts as a meeting and ex practical activities, it was possible to tions, and the SUPSI Department of that the inhabitants of a neigh the aim of involving the population, change point; a regularly updat observe the city from a new point of Innovative Technologies currently bourhood accustomed to a certain allowing all interested parties to ed and animated temporary space view and experience the extent to in Manno with its ª dierent degree territorial and urban conformation be informed about the projects and that opens up to the city and invites which some of the great global chal courses and its research institutes. unchanged for years at the time of actively participate in change. The you to have an eye on the construc lenges are faced at home. With an internal courtyard of « the change they are attracted by the supporting project at the new EST tion site in progress, on the future For middle school students in Vi square meters, comparable to that desire to be informed and to under USISUPSI campus in Lugano, Viga building and on the past and future ganello, not far from the future of Piazza Riforma, the new Campus, stand how the city sector in which nello was created with the aim of history of the district. In order to East Campus, there was the possi in addition to being an avantgarde they have lived for years will be re informing the population about the gain a closer understanding of the bility to participate in educational university centre, aims to become designed. Urban projects that con changes induced by the construc project for the new university cam events that were the starting point a meeting point for the public. For tribute to redesigning the develop tion of the new university centre, pus, which will straddle the neigh for studying in depth various topics, this reason, SUPSI, USI and the City ment of a city area are increasingly thus allowing the harmonious de bourhoods of Viganello and Molino such as the historicalgeographical of Lugano immediately took to heart seen as an opportunity to improve velopment of the construction site Nuovo, accompanied walks lasting aspect of the sector and the neigh the fact that the Campus was ac the quality of life of the inhabit through information and media about an hour were organised, dur bourhood, the disciplines that will tively experienced by a large num ants, increase territorial attrac tion to all the interested parties. The ing which participants were able to find space in the new East Campus ber of people; an objective achieved tiveness and promote integration heart of this initiative, promoted by gain an idea of the campus' impact and other topics such as education also thanks to the innovative initia among residents. In recent years, in SUPSI, USI and the City of Lugano is on the neighbourhood. for citizenship. The new building tive of the supporting project. Switzerland, on large construction the "Project House" a small exhibi Other recreational activities have will host the Faculty of Informat
Brig
Brig Campus the first stone laid e Fernfachhochschule Schweiz £FFHS¤ and FernUni stations¤ while the other two floors house the sta of the Schweiz have started work on the construction of the FFHS and FernUni Schweiz respectively. e imposing new university campus in the Rhonesand district of Brig. shape of the building and the filigreeprofiled glass fa At the ocial foundation stone laying ceremony, held on cade are intended to give identity to the public character May, Mayor Louis Ursprung stated that “e universi of the university institution. e new building also fits ty campus enormously strengthens Brig's role as an ed well into the urban typology of the neighborhood as it is ucational centre and carries the city's name throughout located on the lot so that it is surrounded on all sides by Switzerland". In his greeting, the State Councilor Chris an outdoor space conceived as a garden. toph Darbellay praised the importance of the two insti e construction project dates back to an architecture tutions while the two presidents, Wilhelm Schnyder for competition published in spring ª and won by the FernUni Schweiz and Hans Widmer for FFHS, said they team of Markus Schietsch Architects from Zurich. e were convinced that the new university campus repre “Kuma” £“bear” in Japanese¤ project convinced the jury sents the symbol of a successful future. with independent solutions on an architectural, opera e Schinerstrasse project comprises six floors and one tional and economic level. In subsequent design work, basement with parking. Two common floors are intend several revisions were made, configuring more space for ed for public use £cafeteria, conference rooms and study research and laboratories in the new building.
A moment during the ceremony Students and alumni
Room for associations
In , the SUPSI Student Association saw the nities it oers academically and professionally; The experiences related to the institutional life exchange and the creation of relationships, passing of the baton between the first presi on the other hand, it made it possible to cre of SUPSI do not FINISH with the end of the stu promoting and making known the initiatives dent Laura Broggi and Ivana Radic, a Bache ate a solid network of contacts useful for sha dy period of students. Since « the SUPSIAlu of SUPSI and the two associations in the area. lor's student in Business Administration, who ring experiences and organising recreational, mni Association has been developing the cre New to these events was undoubtedly the ope assumed the role of President of the organisa cultural and training activities. A first form of ation of professional, personal and university ning of participation even to those who are not tion for the next two years. In addition to Vi collaboration was observed during the SUPSI contacts for graduates by strengthening the Alumno but interested in the topics covered, cePresident Lavan Narayanan and Elisa Arpe Futsal Cup Student event, held on April at links between the university and the region, in this sense the feedback was very positive”. £member¤, the Association then consolidated the Palamondo gymnasium in Cadempino: an between the institution and its alumni, betwe Alessandro Garzillo a former pupil of the great its organising committee with the arrival of indoor fiveaside football tournament in whi en alumni and current students. Looking at the Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi was instead new members: Francesca Bonizzoni, Katia Pe ch people took part and in the organisation activities of SUPSIAlumni, we can see that the guest of honour at the traditional annual drioli and Silvia Vassena £Bachelor's students of which members of the newly founded asso was a year full of initiatives: at the General Me meeting of the Association held in June at the in visual communication¤ and, more recently, ciation also took part. "It was a pleasure for us eting held in November, the results achieved in Lido di Lugano with the theme daring to im Paolo Martinaglia and Mathilde Luè £Bachelor's to participate in the tournament with one of © were presented, among which there was prove, grow and to evolve. Garzillo performed students in Leisure Management¤ and Nishan our teams and at the same time take advanta a positive involvement with local companies in a live show during which he created a Cam Anthonippillai £Bachelor's students in Manage ge of the opportunity to support the members regarding the good number of events organi pari cocktail with the molecular destructuring ment Engineering¤. For the new president, of the SUPSI Student Association in managing sed, the consolidation of the cooperation and technique. In an evening attended by over one was a particular year: representing the female the event: from the acceptance of the partici participation in institutional events SUPSI and hundred and twenty people, presented by Enea students, Ivana Radic closely followed the pro pants to the distribution of meals during the FH Schweiz the umbrella association of SUP Zuber and supported by the main sponsor Cor cess for obtaining the SUPSI institutional ac lunch, from the coordination of the awards to alumni as well as a growing integration in the riere del Ticino, the Association oered the nu creditation scheduled for the end of . the final phase of reorganizing and cleaning activities of the dierent Clubs. merous participants an interesting moment of In addition to this important direct participa the structure," explains Yan Gianora, President In this regard we mention the collaboration sharing and networking in an informal con tory role aimed at institutional life, the Asso of Mil·UniTi, who adds "it was an event that of SUPSIAlumni with the SUPSI Master of Ad text. Among the guests present at the event, ciation proposed interesting initiatives and demonstrated a strong sense of participation vanced Studies Association in Tax Law £AMA as per tradition, was the Mayor of the City of meeting points. and cohesion between the two associations and STL¤ and the Tax Competence Centre, for the Lugano Marco Borradori. Among these, on © February at USI in Lugano, which we hope will lay the foundations for fu presentation of a series of conferences dedi Mil·UniTi, the Military Association of Ticinese ture joint activities”. cated to current economic and tax issues. The Universities, was formally constituted, which Other initiatives implemented during the representative of AMASTL within the SUPSIA among the members of its committee also ga course of the year, the SUPSI Student Associa lumni committee Rocco Giannetta explains thers the representatives of the SUPSI Student tion took part in the fourth edition of the Long that "this initiative proposed and coordinated Association. The collaboration has given rise to Night of careers where it was present with its by the new president of AMASTL Samuele Vor a dual purpose: on the one hand, the dissemi stand in collaboration with SMARS, a robot de pe has fully responded to the aims we pursue: nation, through the ocial channels of the As signed for the educational field by SUPSI stu to create moments of encounter between for sociation, of the initiatives of Mil·UniTi aimed dents and Too Good To Go, a movement that is mer students regardless of their education and at making the world of the Swiss army better committed to the fight against food waste. going beyond an oer of initiatives solely linked known, the tasks it performs and the opportu to notional aspects, seeking interdisciplinary
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