By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 7 June 2022 During fall, more career activities for academic staff is on offer. All activities are in English, and free of charge, some examples follows:   Academic writing – from perfectionism and procrastination to flow; workshop. August 18th. Finish on time workshop for PhDs. August 19th. Finish on time workshop fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/career-development-academic-staff-1 - 2025-02-02

Published 5 June 2022 Why are there always these incomprehensible abbreviations? LU stands for Lund University, which the most of us know by now. EOSC stands for the European Open Science Cloud and the EOSC Association has been created to develop and manage the EOSC. Lund University applied for membership in the association and was approved at the General Assembly on 24 May in Brussels. From Swede

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-has-now-joined-eosc-what - 2025-02-02

Published 8 June 2022 Applications for funding for new thematic collaboration initiatives are now open. The purpose of the thematic collaboration initiatives is to support work on solutions in areas where Lund University has established research that can contribute to future breakthroughs. New for this year’s call, in addition to focusing on the intersection between research and collaboration, is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-opportunities-apply-collaboration-funding - 2025-02-02

By lisa [dot] hagsten [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lisa Hagsten) - published 8 June 2022 The Workplace of the Future project has now presented its first report to the Vice-Chancellor. It concluded with concrete suggestions for LU to continue working on in order to become an attractive and sustainable workplace for the long-term. The report describes what emerged from a total of eleven wor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/workplace-future-project-has-finished-its-first-report - 2025-02-02

By Jenny [dot] Hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 6 June 2022 A new fund will finance projects that promote sustainable development and reduce the University’s impact on the climate. By supporting ideas at an early stage, research can contribute to a positive societal transition. SEK 12 million has been allocated to the fund and applications can be made by researchers a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-support-sustainable-innovations - 2025-02-02

By Anna [dot] v [dot] johnsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna V Johnsson) - published 5 June 2022 If you need help with layouts, video production, web development, illustrations or other communication services, you are to use the agencies with which the University has an agreement. The new contracts are now ready and replace the previous ones. The procurement of communication services

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-agreement-communication-agencies-place - 2025-02-02

Published 8 June 2022 Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the recommendations below so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off. Some weeks before your vacations Enter your annual leave into Primula (don't applies for teachers) Submit outstanding travel expense reports Primula Take the opportunity to register your documents before the summer holidays so that your col

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-bear-mind-your-summer-vacation - 2025-02-02

By Petra [dot] Francke [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Francke) - published 5 June 2022 A new exhibition, Lund University – History and Stories have opened at the Historical Museum. More than 350 years of LU’s history will be painted with broad brush strokes, and some of the University’s finest treasures will be on show. The exhibition will be on the ground floor in the museum’s areas

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/exhibition-about-lund-university-historical-museum - 2025-02-02

By elin [dot] engman [at] ldc [dot] lu [dot] se (Elin Engman) - published 21 June 2022 The Vice-Chancellor has decided that the first part of the ‘Coordinated examination service’ project will start with a budget of SEK 13.8 million. The project is tasked with initiating coordinated administration and scheduling, organising a pool of exam invigilators and starting work on the construction of a ded

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-efficient-exam-management-coordinated-examination-service-project - 2025-02-02

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 21 June 2022 The Act on Special Protection for Workers against Reprisals for Whistleblowing concerning Serious Irregularities (2021:890), referred to as the Whistleblowing Act, entered into force on 17 December 2021. The Act enables people to report irregularities in a work-related context of such gravity that their c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reporting-irregularities - 2025-02-02

By johanna [dot] mellgren [at] fs [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Mellgren) - published 22 June 2022 The global database for research funding opportunities that Lund University has subscribed to for some time – Research Professional – is now replaced by Pivot-RP. All key features found in Research Professional are also available in Pivot-RP, such as the potential to save your frequent searches and rece

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-funding-database-research-professional-replaced-pivot-rp - 2025-02-02

Published 23 June 2022 With each day that passes, I become more impressed by this organisation. In the early spring, we came out of the pandemic (well, not completely, but there was at least a loosening of restrictions that were paralysing society) to be met by a new uncertainty, which since then has unsettled us and caused anxiety – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Just as when the pandemic struck,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/summer-greeting - 2025-02-02

Published 23 June 2022 Now, we are here at last, after intense involvement and many exciting ideas from many parts of the University, the Vice-Chancellor has today (23 June) decided on five profile areas for Lund University for 2022-2030. The selected profile areas are: Human Rights in a Polarised World Light and Materials – from fundamental understanding to industrial and societal needs Natural a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-profile-areas-have-been-selected-process-highlighted-strong-knowledge-environments - 2025-02-02

By maria [dot] esaiasson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Esaiasson) - published 15 August 2022 Help your students by referring them to campusonline.se. On the site they can find tips on involvement, reading and planning in the light of more or less digital teaching. There are now also two much requested texts, one on multitasking – or rather uni-tasking – and one on ergonomics. Do your

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tips-study-technique-your-students - 2025-02-02

Published 22 June 2022 The number of reports of cheating at LU has increased considerably and now a project is starting that aims to prevent the students from cheating by providing support to teaching staff. Elin Bommenel will lead the project, which is to run from 1 September 2022 to 31 December 2023. There has been a marked increase in the number of reports of cheating in recent years. In 2019,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-reduce-cheating-lund-university - 2025-02-02

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 23 June 2022 On June 8, the Swedish parliament adopted the Government’s bill Flexibility, adaptability and security in the labour market. The bill addresses the modernisation of labour law with changes to, among other things, the Employment Protection Act (LAS). The LAS amendments enter into force on 30 June and apply

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-employment-protection-act-las-provide-better-protection-staff - 2025-02-02

Published 23 June 2022 Lund University has been ranked 95th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has ranked almost 1,500 universities, placing the top 100 within the top 7%. The universities are assessed using six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, internati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-global-ranking - 2025-02-02

Published 22 August 2022 Illustration by Catrin Jacobsson. The news last week that Lund University has five profile areas has generated a lot of interest. Since the information at this stage has been rather limited, I will answer the three most common questions here. More information will be published about the profile areas after the summer holidays. Question 1: What will the profile areas do? Al

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-information-about-lund-universitys-five-profile-areas - 2025-02-02

Published 19 August 2022 During a few hot summer days in June, representatives from all the EUGLOH universities gathered at Paris-Saclay for the big Annual Summit. EUGLOH, the European University Alliance for Global Health, is part of the EU-funded European Universities programme in which Lund University participates together with Université Paris-Saclay (France), University of Szeged (Hungary), U

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-funding-eugloh-programme-and-new-partner-universities - 2025-02-02

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 17 augusti 2023 Forskare har studerat ämnesomsättningen hos personer med övervikt före och efter att de genomgått en gastric bypass-operation. Studien visar att de största förändringarna skedde strax efter operationen. Foto: iStock/herjua En ny studie av forskare vid Lunds universitet väcker frågor om hur effektivt det är

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/vad-hander-med-amnesomsattningen-efter-en-fetmaoperation - 2025-02-02