Acting Managing Director of La Source
Véronique de Goumoëns
The Director-General is appointed by the Board of La Source Foundation, following consultation with the Department of Education and Vocational Training (DEF) and the HES-SO.
The powers of the Director-General and the Management Team are set out in Article 26 of the LHEV(Vaud Act on Universities of Appli Sciences).
Photo of the management team, from left to right:
Véronique de Goumoëns, Patrick Lauper and Bruno Robalo.
Strategic entities
The Management Team
Comprising a Chief Executive and two Heads of Department, the Management Team oversees the school’s educational, academic, administrative and financial affairs. It determines the structure and operation of the institution.
The Management Team is supported by an extended Management Board and a senior management team responsible for the following areas in particular:
Quality and risk management
Communication
International affairs
Innovation
The Representative Council
As a deliberative body, it gives its preliminary opinion on proposals submitted by the Management to the Department with a view to preparing the cantonal plan and draft budget. It considers the annual report, adopts its rules of procedure and may issue recommendations on any matter relating to the school.
It comprises 10 representatives:
5 members of the teaching and research staff with a three-year term, renewable once
2 members of the administrative and technical staff with a three-year term, renewable once
3 students with a one-year term, renewable twice
Our three departments
Véronique de Goumoëns
Head of the Missions Department
Co-ordinating the three core missions of higher education institutions – teaching, research and the knowledge transfer – this department is organised around several key areas: Foundation Year in Health, Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Postgraduate continuing education, Research and innovation, and Services.
Bruno Robalo
Head of the Faculty Department
This department actively contributes to generating new knowledge in the field of health and to its application in clinical practice and training programmes, thereby addressing current and future public health challenges.
Patrick Lauper
Head of the Administrative Department
Comprising the Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Information Systems, Infrastructure and General Services departments, the library (CEDOC) and the Archives, this department manages, organises and coordinates most cross-functional services.
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About
La Source, a university of applied sciences specialising in nursing, is a member of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO).
About La SourceHistory
The world’s first secular nursing school, the School opened its doors in 1859 on the initiative of Countess Valérie de Gasparin.
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