October 2010

A delegation of 13 people from Lund University will be spending the next couple of days in Jerusalem. Eva Wiberg (Humanities/Theology), Håkan Pihl (EHL), Carina Jensen (International Relations), Henry Diab (Humanities/Theology), Joakim Nilsson (Music), Petter Pilesjö (CMES), Torsten Jansson (CMES), Mina O’Down (Social Sciences), Ulrika Oredsson (Corporate Communications), Maria Lindh (Corporate Communications), Ulrik Mårtensson (CMES), Lars-Erik Olofsson (CMES) and Eva … Continue reading →

The AstraZeneca project could provide a major boost for the Faculty of Medicine. It could also have major importance for the region and the individuals and skills that are made redundant when the company moves its operations to Mölndal. There are a lot of things that must fall into place before the plans can be realised, but we are hopeful … Continue reading →

Jan Björklund is now our minister following the government reshuffle and the removal of the post of minister for higher education and research. We extend our thanks to Tobias Krantz, who has now left both the government and the Riksdag. It could be a cause for concern that one minister should have responsibility for such a broad portfolio, which now … Continue reading →

It now has 25 484 members, which represents a membership rate of 88% after the abolition of mandatory students’ union membership. We would like to congratulate our students on this and say that student life in Lund, with the students’ unions, nations and AF, is still highly attractive and a strength for Lund University as well.

The Faculty of Law is receiving visitors from the China University of Political Science and Law today. The delegation came to see us briefly this morning and I (Eva) had the opportunity to give a presentation of Lund University and discuss their cooperation with us. There are good ties between our institutions and the Faculty of Law is involved in … Continue reading →

This morning, Eino Hörnfeldt from the Ministry of Education and Research came to the University to present the Budget. A lot of its content was already known and builds on a number of previous government bills. One positive piece of news is that humanities, theology, social sciences and law are given more funding (for us this will mean SEK 23.4 … Continue reading →

Today we are visiting Gothenburg to discuss autonomy, tuition fees, scholarships and other questions with the management of the University of Gothenburg. They are currently carrying out their research evaluation RED10 and will be doing their equivalent of EQ11, which is called BLUE 11, next year. Exchanging experiences with other institutions is constructive and there are many issues on which … Continue reading →

At today’s Council of Deans, the FRONESIS project (autonomy’s forms, governance, organisation and future) was discussed. Tomas Achen and Hans Modig presented a memorandum with proposals and questions for discussion concerning new rules of procedure for Lund University with reference to the new Higher Education Act and Higher Education Ordinance that come into force on 1 January 2011. The draft … Continue reading →

Today and tomorrow a group of journalists from India, Turkey, Russia, China and Brazil are visiting Lund University. At lunchtime today we welcomed them to Lund University and gave a short presentation of our work on internationalisation. Over the two days they have a jam-packed programme with presentations of our most popular Master’s programmes and ESS and MAX IV, as … Continue reading →

Have a look at the new international website! http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/