Bern University
of Applied Sciences

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Sustainability Day of the Bernese Universities 2025 Save the date

The motto of this year's Sustainability Day of the four Bernese universities is ‘Rethinking the future: universities, politics and society working together for change’.

31.10.2025, 8.45am–5pm – Hochschulzentrum vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6/8, Bern

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Hack4SocialGood 2025 collaborating for a digital future in the social sector

Hack4SocialGood brings together people from the social and technology sectors. During a two-day event, they will help social organisations to find solutions for issues in the field of digitalisation.

04.04.2025 until 05.04.2025 – Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Von Roll-Strasse 10 4600 Olten

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AI-supported home care for heart failure patients

11.03.2025 A project of the Swiss Center for Care@home is investigating whether patients with heart failure can be cared for in their homes. AI-supported remote monitoring devices should make this possible.

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Social assistance: a “change in direction” to overcome feelings of resignation

10.03.2025 People who have been receiving social benefits for an extended period of time develop feelings of resignation as they see no prospect of improvement. BFH conducted a trial on a counselling approach called...

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Care@home: “Guests in their patients’ homes”

06.03.2025 Care could change radically in the next few years. Experts Friederike J.S. Thilo, Kerstin Denecke and Manuela Grieser discuss the role that further education can play in this change.

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PIONEER: Door opener for cities and business successfully launched

03.03.2025 Together with 9 other European universities, BFH is committed to the city of the future. The cooperation, which also benefits the Canton of Bern, is now taking shape.

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Remote Care Emmental promises relief for GPs

03.03.2025 A BFH project is investigating how telemedicine and digital networking can relieve the burden on GPs in rural areas. Sang-Il Kim, co-director of the Swiss Center for Care@home, outlines the project.

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Closing the gap in care for mothers experiencing mental health issues after childbirth

26.02.2025 For women who suffer from mental health issues after giving birth, finding a therapy facility that allows them to bring their child with them is not always easy. One potential solution is a model for...

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How to measure stress without stress

24.02.2025 A team of researchers at BFH are using a new analytical approach to measure stress without causing additional stress, thereby helping to combat staff shortages in the healthcare sector.