October 2010

Marianne and Eva today attended the Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF) General Assembly. The meeting opened with three discussions on current topics: Tuition fees – “competition in cooperation – cooperation in competition” Autonomy – “academically competent bodies” Autonomy – Research studies following the changes to the Higher Education Ordinance, rules on examining committees, higher education teacher training and supervisor … Continue reading →

I (Eva) and Marianne Granfelt are at the SUHF conference ‘Innovative education for an innovation future’. Minister for Education Jan Björklund held the opening address. A few highlights: Jan Björklund spoke about globalisation in China and India, and how Sweden is to hold its own with knowledge, science and creativity. Quality of education came up a number of times in … Continue reading →

Today we participated in Region Skåne and the City of Malmö’s event in the Swedish Pavilion at the World Expo under the heading ‘Two countries – One region’. Today it was easy to get in without any long queues. There are around 1 000 000 visitors a day to the World Expo, which is now in its final week. Lars Samuelson and … Continue reading →

This evening we have had a Lund University networking event at Fudan University in Shanghai. There were many happy reunions among our alumni, who had braved the weather to make it there. As well as alumni, business representatives were also invited. Jan-Olof Nilsson took the role of moderator and Eva opened by welcoming everyone and sharing news from Lund. Per … Continue reading →

We (Marianne and Eva) have been to the Education Expo in Shanghai and got to see in the flesh how Lund University markets itself at fairs. Prospective students come well prepared with printouts from studera.nu and their sights set on a specific Master’s programme at Lund University. They have their CVs in their hands and are disappointed to find that … Continue reading →

In the morning we met exchange students Jakob, Kristin and Peter who are studying at the University of Jordan, as well as students and staff who have been to Lund University. Everyone was thoroughly positive, however much we tried to force out whether there were any areas that could be improved! Then it was time for a summing up with … Continue reading →

It has been a day full of meetings at the University of Jordan, with much enthusiasm and many ideas for cooperation. The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), headed by Director Leif Stenberg, has had a number of meetings with different groups on new cooperation. Eva Wiberg has made good progress in her discussions on Italian. Both the School of … Continue reading →

In the morning we had chance for a look around the old town in Jerusalem and visited the Wailing Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After lunch we got a bus to the border. After waiting at the King Hussein Bridge and going through a lengthy passport control, and with a new bus, we made it to the … Continue reading →

Today we travelled to Birzeit University in the Palestinian territories. It is unusual to hear a presentation in which the stress is on how long and how often the University has been closed and the key figures stated are of the proportion of students that have been imprisoned. Eva Wiberg (Humanities/Theology) made good headway in her discussions on a future … Continue reading →

Today we had a constructive visit to the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. First we met Vice-Chancellor Zvi Hacohen, who gave a presentation of the Ben-Gurion University. It is a young university, established in 1969 with the aim of developing the Negev, a desert area. Now there are around 17 400 students on 3 campuses. The … Continue reading →