Students, Lecturers Warn Swiss Parliament Against Cuts To Education Sector

2026-03-03 04:14:54

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Students along with teaching and research staff "continue to categorically reject" the Swiss government's plans to cut subsidies for the education and research sector. Their associations and trade unions are calling for any budget cuts to be abandoned. Select your language

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The proposed cuts, part of a savings package submitted by the Federal Council (executive body) to parliament, represent“a very clear threat to working conditions, increasing job insecurity and undermining both the quality and independence of science,” the group said on Monday.

The coalition, made up of the Swiss Student Union (UNES), mid-level faculty and researchers' union actionuni, the public services union SSP, and the association of university lecturers swissfaculty, spoke to the press ahead of a debate on the savings package in the House of Representatives this week.

The group unanimously rejected the“nonsensical and dangerous budget cuts”, which it pointed out were decided on the basis of a single expert report and without prior consultation with those affected or with the cantons. The plan envisions annual cuts starting in 2027 of CHF120 million ($152 million) for cantonal universities and CHF78 million for the Swiss federal technology institutes ETH Zurich and EPFL in Lausanne.
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