Elsbeth Stern

Professor of Research on Learning and Instruction at ETH Zurich.

Opinion

Good intentions don’t guarantee good value

This content was published on Dec 17, 2021 Out-of-school programmes to develop children’s STEM skills are booming. Some may be helpful, but others may be harmful, says Elsbeth Stern.

Opinion

Is remote learning a model for the future?

This content was published on May 31, 2020 How will technology-delivered instruction affect learning? It’s still too early to say, but the implications for exams are clear.

Demographics

Flat-hunting in Switzerland’s cheapest and most expensive municipalities

Aging society

Is Switzerland repeating England’s housing mistakes?

Cats climbing the cat ladders erected on the façade of a house in Bern

Swiss oddities

What a love of cat ladders says about the Swiss

Switzerland leapfrpogs Singapore and Hong Kong in the new ranking

Switzerland regains crown as world’s most competitive nation

The terms of the new agreement gives the US Securities and Exchange Commission direct access to client information from Swiss firms.

Foreign Affairs

US and Switzerland end stalemate over client information

Train vs plane: would you take a direct train between London and Geneva?

Eurostar is planning to run direct trains from Britain to Germany and Switzerland from the early 2030s. Would you favour the train over the plane? If not, why not?

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Jun 13, 2025

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