Published 11 June 2024 Over the past six months, many managers and staff have contributed to the efforts to balance the books in the Central Administration. As in the rest of the University, we need to lower our costs. The cost-cutting package includes many different measures, for example not recruiting to certain roles after retirements or resignations, consolidation of premises, reduced resource

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-subject-increasing-pressure-change - 2025-02-06

By jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 16 June 2024 The 'Sustainable Idea Exploration' call is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to explore the innovative potential of their research and finance activities outside the scope of existing research projects. Its aim is to support the development of early innovative ideas from research projects tha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-related-research - 2025-02-06

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 17 June 2024 The University has revised the rules for partial pension. The new rules apply from 1 September 2024 and mean that you can apply for partial pension of up to 20 per cent from the age of 63 onwards. Under the University’s current rules, which apply until 31 August 2024, it is possible to apply for up to 2

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-rules-partial-pension - 2025-02-06

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 16 June 2024 The University has revised the guidelines concerning remote working for technical and administrative staff. The revision applies from 1 July 2024 and there are now two sets of circumstances in which the collective bargaining agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and the central

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/revised-guidelines-remote-working-technical-and-administrative-staff - 2025-02-06

Published 19 June 2024 The proposal for a renewed Campus Plan will soon be subject to a consultation round. It is an update of the current Campus Plan which will soon expire. For two years, the Campus Development Office has been drawing up the Campus Plan in collaboration with consultants and on behalf the Campus Development Council. The Campus Plan covers a lot of space – Lund University has arou

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-be-decided-autumn - 2025-02-06

By nina [dot] nordh [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Nordh) - published 18 June 2024 A sustainability report for Lund University providing a summary of last year’s sustainability work has now been published. It builds on texts and results from the annual report and the environmental report to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as well as a follow-up on the University’s Sustainability Pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-report-2023 - 2025-02-06

By jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 17 June 2024 Car travel accounts for half of all emissions in Lund. In order to reach the climate targets set out, it will be necessary for more people to choose sustainable commuting. Now all the members of CoAction Lund have committed to promote sustainable travel together, for commuting, business travel and the transp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/climate-collaboration-coaction-lund-gathers-speed - 2025-02-06

By Eva [dot] Johannesson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Eva Johannesson) - published 24 June 2024 Several measures aimed at restoring balance to the Central Administration’s finances are now being implemented. One of them is a reduction in university-wide support for contract education, in accordance with a recently taken Vice-Chancellor’s decision. Examples of other measures include not re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/savings-package-central-administration - 2025-02-06

By petra [dot] moser-norgaard [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Moser-Norgaard) - published 26 August 2024 Lund University is hosting a Horizon Europe workshop 27-28 November together with Imperial College London and KU Leuven. The workshop is part of the work on Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE) that aims to stimulate collaborations that strengthen the University’s international impact in research a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-horizon-europe-workshop-27-28-november - 2025-02-06

Published 22 August 2024 Rachel Forsyth of the Unit for Educational Services has been selected to be one of the EU's experts in the Digital Education Content (DEC) Expert Group, which is a sub-group of the EEA, the European Education Area. What issues does DEC work with, specifically? “The Digital Education Content (DEC) expert group has been set up by the European Commission. The group works with

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rachel-forsyth-elected-eu-digital-education-content-expert-group - 2025-02-06

By Sara [dot] Liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 26 August 2024 Do you want to take your research further? Innovation developer Cecilia Jädert at LU Innovation encourages researchers to come and present their idea. Register for a workshop no later than 9 September. Also, read about the Faculty researchers who got help to start a business. So, what is an innovation?"Tha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-workshop-researchers-how-think-entrepreneur - 2025-02-06

By Maria [dot] Blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 26 August 2024 You are welcome to visit the Main University Building on the following dates in August and September. Visitors can look in at the atrium, Main Auditorium, Pillared Hall and Consistory Room. The Main University Building will open its doors at the start of the semesterThe Main University Building was com

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visit-main-university-building - 2025-02-06

By roman [dot] balandiuk [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Roman Balandiuk) - published 26 August 2024 Scholars at Risk Europe has announced a call for funding for incoming researchers on doctoral and postdoctoral levels from Ukraine. The forthcoming Call for Applications to MSCA4Ukraine is part of the European Commission’s allocation of additional EUR 10 million for fellowships for researchers displaced

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-incoming-researchers-ukraine - 2025-02-06

By caroline [dot] cabot [at] uvet [dot] lu [dot] se (Caroline Cabot) - published 26 August 2024 Are you a university lecturer, teacher, student teacher, or researcher in educational science? Or just generally interested in school issues and higher education? You are warmly welcome to this fall’s Higher Seminars in Educational Science. At four different sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to delv

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/discover-falls-seminars-educational-science - 2025-02-06

Published 27 August 2024 Most researchers want to do things correctly and much of the time this is straightforward: you do not need instructions in order to understand that you are to write your own text and not plagiarise others. But not all rules and processes are as obvious and some change over time. In interviews with researchers connected to the HR Excellence in Research project, it emerged t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-guide-makes-it-easier-researchers-do-things-correctly - 2025-02-06

By stefan [dot] danielson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Stefan Danielsson) - published 28 August 2024 Who approves your research agreement? What are the rules on secondary employment? What actually needs to be registered in the registration system? There are many rules that researchers employed by a public authority such as Lund University need to take into account. In order to help you ge

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/now-easier-researchers-do-things-correctly - 2025-02-06

By sylvia [dot] lysko [at] iac [dot] lu [dot] se (Sylvia Lysko) - published 23 August 2024 Odeum’s autumn programme includes lots of exciting concerts and conversations about music. The autumn’s events begin with a European guest performance as our own ensembles welcome the German national youth choir, Bundesjugendchor, (14 September). A little later in the autumn, yet another first-class performa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/experience-odeums-series-concerts-and-events-autumn - 2025-02-06

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 20 August 2024 Welcome to the first university-wide forum for managers! On 10 October the University’s first university-wide digital managers’ forum will get underway. The forum is in Swedish and is aimed at all managers with staffing or organisational responsibilities. The registration deadline is 2 October For fur

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-you-manager-register-lus-new-university-wide-forum-managers - 2025-02-06

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 27 August 2024 The article, "The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes," achieved 1.4 million reads. Over the summer, three articles from Lund University garnered record numbers of readers. An article by Inês Bramão and Mikael Johansson from the Faculty of Social Sciences achieved 1.4

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-breaking-summer-lund-university-conversation - 2025-02-06

By ida [dot] thelander [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Ida Thelander) - published 25 August 2024 Slow Traveling: Simply Wonderful, says Ludovic. Photo Ida Thelander Ludovic Prick made his way to Lund for Arrival Day by cycling all the way from Belgium. Together with a friend, he embarked on a 13-day journey, pedalling from Amsterdam through Bremen, Hamburg, Rødby, and Copenhagen. Covering 1,100 kilomet

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ludovic-was-cycling-all-way-belgium-study-lund - 2025-02-06