For this third issue of the newsletter “Work”, UNIL shares with you a new message from the Rector, informs you about the modalities of mail and parcel delivery, as well as suggestions and advice of the « Sports universitaires Lausanne » to keep yourself in good physical and mental shape during your teleworking days.
For this third issue of the newsletter “Work”, UNIL shares with you a new message from the Rector, informs you about the modalities of mail and parcel delivery, as well as suggestions and advice of the « Sports universitaires Lausanne » to keep yourself in good physical and mental shape during your teleworking days.
Message of the Rector to the UNIL community
Hello everyone, it's the beginning of week 2!
I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well and that you have gone into "corona mode", a mode that will last for some time to come.
For many of us (myself included), the challenge is to concentrate. You worry about your loved ones, in Switzerland or elsewhere, you worry about the future. And yet, it's now a matter of completing this semester successfully. And we're on the right track! Thanks to the incredible work of the teachers, the Teaching Support Centre (Centre de soutien à l’enseignement), the IT Service and other departments, the vast majority of courses have resumed in various forms, but all of them allow learning to take place under the best possible conditions in these unprecedented circumstances.
For students, the idea of studying at home is something to get used to. When you are used to going to the library, which is a good place to work because away from the distractions of home, it is not easy. And you worry, of course, about the big question of exams. In what form, when, how? The faculties and the Teaching and Student Affairs dicastery of the Rectorate are working to give concrete answers and you will of course be informed as soon as possible.
For researchers who need a laboratory, or who have to do field work, there is no other option than to wait. So, this is your chance to read all these pending articles (an effective way to generate new ideas!), and maybe even work on a review?
As for the people working in the administrative and technical entities, I hope they will have the opportunity to catch their breath (a little). And, little by little, for most of you who are teleworking, to return to a certain normality by taking up the thread of priority files and sessions in digital mode.
And the final words. First of all, we can be proud! Proud of what has been accomplished, proud of our ability to adapt, proud of our colleagues, proud of us!
And then, of course, you've seen the numbers: for the moment, the number of infected people continues to rise, doubling every three days, even faster. So stay at home, and when you go out, stay away from others!
Covid 19: solidarity means avoiding getting infected, to avoid infecting others!
Nouria Hernandez, Rector
Mail and parcel delivery
Since last week, mail has been decreasing significantly. This is why the Buildings and Works Service (Unibat) has decided to change the pace of mail and parcel delivery as of today. For the week from 23 to 27 March, the rounds will take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the morning. Depending on the volume, an update will be made at the weekend. It is likely that the pace will be further reduced in the following days. For those concerned by mail collection, avoid any unnecessary travel and only come on the corresponding days or even less according to the instructions given to you by your hierarchy.
University Sports is thinking of you
While we are all confined or almost all at home, the opportunities to move around, to play sports with friends have disappeared. And yet, movement is essential for keeping fit both physically and mentally. Suggestions of all kinds are flooding the net: challenges, serious strengt training, chair work, floor work... How do you choose? What to really do?
On the University Sports Lausanne website, experts choose for you the most trustworthy pages, or share with you their own videos that will guide you safely through your sessions. Several times a week they post images, videos or links relating to fitness, relaxation, stretching, nutrition, in short, everything you need to take into account to maintain a good physical condition in this period of confinement.
Go to sports.unil.ch or centresportetsante.ch