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Higher education landscape

Switzerland’s higher education sector is made up of federal institutes of technology and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education. It follows the tiered study model of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The cantonal universities and institutes of technology also award PhDs.

The main task of the universities - the ten cantonal institutions and the two federal institutes in Zurich and Lausanne - is to carry out basic research and teaching. In 2013/2014, over 140,000 people were studying at these twelve institutions, with around 40% foreign nationals.

The universities of applied sciences, of which there are 7 public and 1 private, place a greater emphasis on practically oriented studies and on applied research and development. In 2013/2014 around 70,000 students were enrolled: with just underStory highlights Deborah Sendek: Video of father viciously beating daughter upset and outraged many people

Physical punishment can easily escalate and cross into abuse and injury, she says

Corporal punishment teaches violence; it's not guidance or effective discipline, she writes

Sendek: Proactive strategies work: clear expectations, redirection, lost privileges

Millions of people watched a video of a Texas judge hitting his teenage daughter repeatedly with a belt. This father justified his actions as "discipline." I beg to differ.

That video wasn't a father disciplining his daughter. It showed him engaging in an act of punishment intent on hurting, humiliating and controlling her.

The video, taped by the daughter seven years ago, went viral on the Internet, accompanied by a huge public outcry. The violence, the inhumanity of the beating and the total disregard of