Education & Health

Vicky Tuck becomes DG of ISG in 2011

New DG appointed by Geneva International School

by Michèle Laird

August 31, 2010 | 12:35

To succeed Nicolas Tate when he retires as director general of the International School of Geneva in 2011, the board has appointed Vicky Tuck, principal for 15 years of top-ranking Cheltenham Ladies’ College in the UK. Swisster interviews Tuck and the board’s chairperson Philip Biber to learn more about how the world’s first IB school found its new leader.

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Education & Health
	Ruptured glow jewellery raises safety concerns
	August 27, 2010 \| 08:15	by Marcus Berry

Luminous wristbands from China, currently available throughout Switzerland and sold or given away to children at public events, contain a caustic liquid. Switzerland’s Toxicological Information Service...Full story

Education & Health
	Criminals peddle illegal slimming drug on Internet
	July 29, 2010 \| 07:44	by Malcolm Curtis

Swissmedic issues another in a series of warnings about dangerous illegal medecine, highlighting a slimming drug - made in China - that is targetted to customers in Switzerland by a criminal organization,...Full story

Lifestyle
	High booze sales to minors prompt new law
	July 19, 2010 \| 12:23	by Michèle Laird

Despite legislation that forbids the sale of beer and wine to under 16-year olds and hard liquor to under 18-year olds, a study just published by the Swiss alcohol board reveals that one in three sales...Full story

Education & Health
	Ozone warnings issued as heat wave continues
	July 12, 2010 \| 11:16	by Malcolm Curtis

Ground-level ozone pollution is hitting levels that are dangerous to human health in various regions across Switzerland, as smog increases with the above-average temperatures. With the heat wave expected...Full story

Education & Health
	Credit Suisse launches IT development centre at EPFL
	July 8, 2010 \| 17:04	by Malcolm Curtis

Credit Suisse announces the establishment of a computer development centre at Lausanne's Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), where it plans to hire more than 200 IT experts. The centre is to open early...Full story

Education & Health
	Warning issued as heat wave moves south to Ticino
	July 5, 2010 \| 10:50	by Malcolm Curtis

Residents of Switzerland’s Italian-speaking canton, Ticino, face five straight days of tropical conditions with temperatures rising above 30 degrees each day. The national weather office, MeteoSwiss,...Full story

Aargau schools house dangerous radon gas
Authorities detect dangerous levels of radioactive gas radon in 200 school buildings in canton Aargau. Seeping naturally from the ground, radon infiltrates basements and can cause lung cancer. While the...

Full storyJune 24, 2010 | 10:40by Tatiana Tissot

Snake threat worries Lake Geneva boaters
The repeated appearance of snakes aboard pleasure boats is spooking Lake Geneva sailing enthusiasts in the Montreux-Vevey area who are unnerved by the reptiles, which slither onto vessels after diving...

Full storyJune 15, 2010 | 09:45by Marianne Burkhardt

Cigarettes sold to teens despite ban, tests reveal
Sales of cigarettes to under-aged teenagers continue despite bans that have been passed in 17 Swiss cantons. Test purchases conducted in Vaud and Fribourg reveal that four out of five kids can still purchase...

Full storyJune 14, 2010 | 11:38by Michèle Laird

Lausanne business school uses iPads to go ‘paperless’
The IMD Lausanne business school is one of the first in the world to replace the old paper handout with files stored on hundreds of classroom iPads. The school spends around 300,000 francs on its initial...

Full storyJune 10, 2010 | 10:25by Giles Broom

CERN exposes young school kids to particle physics
The key principles of particle physics escape many adults but that doesn’t stop the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from exposing young school children to the work being done at its...

Full storyJune 7, 2010 | 11:57by Malcolm Curtis

Geneva international school breaks new ground
As demand for places in international schools continues to rise, Ecolint in Geneva continues to expand. After building the Campus des Nations for a 1,000 students in 2005, the International School in Geneva...

Full storyJune 1, 2010 | 14:12by Michèle Laird

Anti-smoking group warns of rising cancer in women
On World No Tobacco Day, the Swiss association against smoking (AT) warns that women’s cancer is on the rise and that cigarette companies are targeting females and the younger generation in new advertising...

Full storyMay 31, 2010 | 11:30by Tatiana Tissot

Federal minister inaugurates EPFL Learning Center
Government minister Didier Burkhalter inaugurates the brand new Rolex Learning Center at the federal institute of technology in Lausanne (EPFL) on Thursday. The head of education and culture praises the...

Full storyMay 27, 2010 | 22:26by Marcus Berry

Brits tackle Verbier to John O’Groats cycle challenge
Two British expats will attempt to cycle 2,500 kilometres over a two-week period in July, both to realise an ambition and do something worthwhile for charity. Swisster catches up with one of the cyclists,...

Full storyMay 19, 2010 | 11:27by Giles Broom

Chillon Castle captured by Byron legacy
Château de Chillon near Montreux on Lake Geneva has been a source of intense literary inspiration to British and American writers over the last centuries, ever since Lord Byron wrote his epic ‘Prisoner...

Full storyMay 18, 2010 | 11:30by Michèle Laird

Dogs bite 26 people every day, says study
Insurance group Suva releases a study suggesting that around 9,500 people are bitten by dogs every year in Switzerland. However, the figures are based on an estimation of cases that the public fails to...

Full storyMay 18, 2010 | 09:58by Tatiana Tissot

Paul McCartney’s meat-free day spreads to Switzerland
Launched in the UK by former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, Meat-Free Monday follows in the footsteps of Thursday Veggie Day initiated by the city of Ghent in Belgium. One day a week people are asked to not...

Full storyMay 12, 2010 | 10:19by Michèle Laird

Swiss teenage prostitution in international limelight
The recent scandal in France involving football stars who had sex with an under-aged prostitute is bringing to light a legal loophole in Switzerland, the only country in Europe where prostitution is not...

Full storyApril 27, 2010 | 12:05by Michèle Laird