Articles & Interviews

Hans Ambühl has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective October 25, 2013. An attorney and currently Secretary General of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK), Ambühl brings with him a wealth of experience with Switzerland’s educational system. He is succeeding Ernst Buschor, who is retiring from the board.

The 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize goes to Professor Greg J. Duncan of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Receiving the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize is Germany’s ELTERN-AG organization.

The Jacobs Foundation has just announced the recipients of this year’s Klaus J. Jacobs Awards. The awards are being presented for the fifth time.

One hundred years after it was built, Jacobs Haus at Seefeldquai is reopening on September 7, 2013 as the headquarters of the Jacobs Foundation, the Jacobs Holding company and the Johann Jacobs Museum – and as a very special place of learning.

Switzerland’s workers of tomorrow express a high level of satisfaction, and money is by no means their primary concern in choosing a career. This is one of the findings of the Jacobs Foundation’s second representative study of young people in Switzerland. The study looks at young people’s decisions about their training, and focuses particularly on those who opt for vocational training.

Switzerland’s workers of tomorrow express a high level of satisfaction, and money is by no means their primary concern in choosing a career. This is one of the findings of the Jacobs Foundation’s second representative study of young people in Switzerland. The study looks at young people’s decisions about their training, and focuses particularly on […]

Juvenir is a representative series of studies by the Jacobs Foundation that address current topics affecting young people in Switzerland. What sets these studies apart: Rather than talking about young people, Juvenir talks with them – and they are the ones who identify the topics that are important for them. In terms of methodology, the study is based on the use of social media.

Dr. Olaf von Maydell has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective May 1, 2013. A tax consultant who holds a PhD in agricultural economics, Dr. von Maydell is a partner in the Schomerus & Partner tax consulting firm in Berlin. He served as General Manager of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin from 2006 to 2011, and from 2001 to 2006 he was Head of Finance for Doctors Without Borders in Berlin.

Dr. Olaf von Maydell has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective May 1, 2013. A tax consultant who holds a PhD in agricultural economics, Dr. von Maydell is a partner in the Schomerus & Partner tax consulting firm in Berlin.