February 2011

Last Thursday we received a visit from I-Graduate, who presented the results of the autumn’s International Student Barometer, in which Lund University and over 200 other universities in the world participated. Lund University generally did very well compared to other institutions, especially on ‘academic excellence’, teaching methods, English skills (8th of 203 in the world) and student reception. At the … Continue reading →

We received Högskoleverket’s decision on degree awarding powers for the teacher training programme with mixed feelings. Of the 46 degrees which Kristianstad and Lund universities applied to award, 25 have been granted. In summary, we can say that we were given the green light for music, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, English, other modern languages and the social sciences … Continue reading →

Today a delegation from Lund visited Aarhus University. Besides Per and Eva, Marianne Granfelt, Thomas Achen (J), Ole Elgström (S) and Henrik Jonsson (LUS) went on the visit. As well as the usual presentations of the universities by their respective vice-chancellors, the change processes that are underway were discussed. Aarhus University has condensed its faculties down to four from nine … Continue reading →

Gunnar Gouras is to be Lund University’s first directly appointed professor. The possibility to ‘headhunt’ a professor became available from the new year. Professor Gouras currently works at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and will complement Lund University’s already strong neuroscience research. It is pleasing that Lund is the first university in Sweden to directly appoint a professor. … Continue reading →

Per will be travelling to Japan this week to attend the International Advisory Committee for JST, the Japan Science and Technology Agency. There is a lot to learn from the way the Japanese work very systematically with their research and the interaction between the universities and the business sector.

The Foundation for Strategic Research has decided to award three major grants to the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University; within electrical and information engineering and computer science. The investment is to the sum of SEK 15 million a year for five years and also has a clear link to the ELLIIT strategic programme, in which we cooperate with Linköping … Continue reading →

The University Board is holding a meeting today, at which the end of year accounts are one of the items on the agenda. We are pleased that we now have a turnover of SEK 6.4 billion, making us Sweden’s strongest university. Our increasing income is due to the fact that Lund University has been very successful in competition for grants and … Continue reading →

In conjunction with today’s strategy meeting on tuition fees, the University Management put on a tapas lunch. Marianne and Eva thanked all those at Lund University who have worked hard and with much success on the issue of fees over the past year. On the agenda at the meeting were status reports on applications and the scholarship process. A total of … Continue reading →

Yesterday we attended the Partnership Conference 2011 at the School of Economics and Management, organised by the Partnership Foundation. Three people spoke from different perspectives on “What happens when reality forces us to stop and choose a new path?” Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt opened with a description of how Sweden exited the recession, then Sven Hagströmer spoke about when HQ … Continue reading →

Recently, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Sweden and Canada on cooperation within science and technology. Today Senior Trade Commissioner Carl Pilon from the Canadian Embassy visited us to discuss how we can help to put this agreement into practice. Anne Messeter from International Relations gave a presentation of the areas of cooperation that currently exist between Lund University … Continue reading →