Being a Professor or Senior Lecturer at UNIL: roles, responsibilities and challenges
The UNIL Rectorate provides training for all new Professors and Senior Lecturers I and II in order to help you integrate into the UNIL culture and environment and ensure the right conditions for success.
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Objectives
By making a commitment to UNIL, you are contributing to the realisation of the institutional missions of teaching and research at the regional, national and international level. This means:
- Understanding the UNIL environment (missions, values, organisation, operation, etc.).
- Acquiring the knowledge and skills required to fulfil the University's roles in teaching, research and management.
- Promoting internal networking and contact with the various departments at UNIL.
Target audience
This training is part of the evaluation process set out in the Rectorate Directives*, indicating the compulsory training modules to be taken during the first two years by people who are newly recruited as Professors or Senior Lecturers I and II.
It is highly recommended but optional for SNSF PRIMA and ECCELLENZA Professors.
*Relevant Rectorate Directives:
- Directive 1.15 on evaluation during the probationary period: procedure
- Directive 1.4 on tenure track professors: evaluation procedure
Teaching approach
- Participative and interactive approach
- Examples and exercises based on real, concrete cases
- Incorporation of participants' professional practice and experience
Location
The 2025 training courses will take place in room 2044 at the Anthropole.
Training dates
- Sessions on 3, 4, 12 and 13 February 2025 (in French)
- Sessions on 1, 2, 8 and 9 September 2025 (in English)
