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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Society
	WEF extends HQ to meet expansion requirements
	August 30, 2010 \| 11:41	by Michèle Laird

In order to meet the needs of its rapid expansion, the World Economic Forum inaugurates an extension that doubles the size of its premises in Geneva. The WEF, which organizes the annual Davos world summit,...Full story

Business
	Secretive Rolex remains Geneva’s largest employer
	June 8, 2010 \| 11:34	by Giles Broom

An employment study names Rolex as Geneva’s largest private sector employer but the luxury watchmaker remains hush-hush about the secrets of its success. After the watch sector experiences a revival...Full story

Housing
	Residential plan underscores Geneva housing crisis
	June 3, 2010 \| 09:17	by Malcolm Curtis

Officials announce plans for a new environmentally friendly residential project in the canton of Geneva to add 1,100 homes in the municipality of Meyrin, west of the airport. While the scheme will be welcomed...Full story

Education & Health
	Geneva international school breaks new ground
	June 1, 2010 \| 14:12	by Michèle Laird

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 story

Lifestyle
	‘Planet of the shapes’ makes design an experience
	May 27, 2010 \| 10:37	by Michèle Laird

A design shop for the cool, brave and young at heart brings Manhattan to Lausanne. In a loft environment reminiscent of SoHo, American John Mottier and his partners launch new lines of furnishings by hip...Full story

Education & Health
	Paul McCartney’s meat-free day spreads to Switzerland
	May 12, 2010 \| 10:19	by Michèle Laird

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 story

South African investment banker becomes Lift operator
South African Sarah Suter gives up high-flying investment banking for event management. She joins Lift, the producer of global meeting opportunities for techno-thinkers, to help organize the three-day...

Full storyApril 30, 2010 | 10:47by Michèle Laird

Investment boss charged in Geneva financial fraud case
An exclusive interview with a former employee of a Geneva-based investment group, Omnium, reveals accusations of a near 60 million-franc fraud. Geneva authorities say they are currently investigating an...

Full storyApril 16, 2010 | 02:00by Giles Broom

Canton Geneva adds Wednesday to school week
Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, children in the primary public school system in Geneva will attend classes on Wednesday mornings. Geneva is the only canton in Switzerland that for the last 20 years...

Full storyMarch 30, 2010 | 10:22by Michèle Laird

Fair in Geneva enlightens MBA aspirants
The QS World MBA Tour stopped in Geneva over the weekend to allow prospective MBA students to meet face-to-face with admissions officers from top international business schools. The first Geneva edition...

Full storyMarch 29, 2010 | 09:59by Michèle Laird

Geneva admits blame in release of Gaddafi photos
The cantonal government of Geneva admits its responsibility over the release to a newspaper of police photographs of Hannibal Gaddafi taken after his 2008 arrest in a hotel for alleged mistreatment of...

Full storyMarch 17, 2010 | 10:20by Malcolm Curtis

Webster University confab explores new media
Whether it’s smartphones or Twitter, new technologies and website programmes are mushrooming in a way that is changing the communications landscape, a subject that is the focus of a March 22-23 conference...

Full storyMarch 16, 2010 | 16:53by Malcolm Curtis

Geneva uni offers English-language 'security' degree
Applications are being accepted until the end of April for a master’s degree course in international and European security studies offered by the University of Geneva - entirely in English. The programme...

Full storyMarch 12, 2010 | 11:06by Malcolm Curtis

CERN to shut down accelerator within two years
The Geneva-based physics research centre CERN says its Large Hadron Collider project is back on track, even while acknowledging that it will be closed for up to a year for maintenance and design improvements...

Full storyMarch 10, 2010 | 17:30by Malcolm Curtis

Cointrin cracks down on unlicensed ski minibuses
Skiers flying into Geneva for a quick get-away to the mountains may encounter added delays during the weekend rush as chalet bus operators without a 400-franc permit are turned away from the airport. Officials...

Full storyMarch 8, 2010 | 12:05by Daniel Johnson

Geneva road rage incident sparks shooting spree
An enraged motorist embarks on a shooting spree in Geneva over an incident involving right of way, say local police. A series of shots are fired, damaging vehicles and buildings but, through sheer luck,...

Full storyFebruary 17, 2010 | 11:35by Marcus Berry

Geneva burglars net 150,000 francs per day, says official
Geneva police chief, Monica Bonfanti says the canton suffers an average of 30 burglary attempts every day, ten of which are successful. Cash and items stolen amount to an average of 150,000 francs, or...

Full storyFebruary 15, 2010 | 11:23by Marcus Berry

Pornography or art? Lulu opera divides Geneva
The Geneva opera was looking for trouble by asking the French director, Olivier Py, whose opera productions have sent Geneva audiences reeling with indignation in the past, to mount Lulu, the story of...

Full storyFebruary 10, 2010 | 12:24by Michèle Laird

Globegarden breaks new ground in bilingual childcare
Globegarden, a network of bilingual nursery/kindergartens that caters to the needs of working parents is the new concept in early childhood care that a group of young business women have started in Zurich....

Full storyFebruary 2, 2010 | 13:00by Michèle Laird