The amended Alien’s Act, which came into effect in the summer, proved to have a considerable impact on possibilities for international doctoral students and researchers to obtain a permanent residence permit in Sweden. This is a group that in general, and especially in the early career stage, has different fixed-term positions in and outside academia and there is a risk that the self-support requi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clearly-amended-aliens-act-has-considerable-impact-researchers - 2025-08-27

Lund University consists of the people who work or study here. We have various roles, we are in different locations, carrying out different duties but together, we form a successful university with great breadth. We are to be a world-class university that works to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. This is a vision that presupposes academic freedom but also a good w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-universitys-work-equal-opportunities - 2025-08-27

Get to know your counterpart at one of the EUGLOH Alliance's universities – participate in a webinar and online workshops & make a staff exchange funded with an Erasmus+ grant in the spring of 2022! On 15-16 February, a webinar will be held on the theme "The Future of Higher Education in Europe", as well as 5 workshops with the following content: Career Services Communication & Public Engagement E

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professional-development-opportunity-together-our-eugloh-partners-spring-2022 - 2025-08-27

Lund University has a tradition of awarding its gold medal to express appreciation for commitment shown to the institution. The medal was awarded for the first time in 1967. The vice-chancellor has now decided to award Lund University’s gold medal to former vice-chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz for great contributions in his role. ‟He tirelessly stood up for the core values of academia in a period

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/torbjorn-von-schantz-awarded-lund-universitys-gold-medal - 2025-08-27

The Lund students’ prize for excellence in teaching is awarded for outstanding contributions to education. The vice-chancellor appoints the winners after a proposal by the students’ unions. In addition, a grant of SEK 25 000 each is awarded to the departments to enable study trips for the prize-winners. This year, the prize goes to senior lecturer Amanda Sonnerfeldt, Department of Business Adminis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2022 - 2025-08-27

Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström addresses the questions international students and staff may have regarding the Swedish strategy to handle the pandemic in comparison with other countries’ strategies. Based on legal as well as cultural conditions the Swedish strategy relies on willingness and mutual trust between people. As well as a high level of trust between authorities and individuals. Sweden has

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/message-international-students-and-staff-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2025-08-27

It is time to summarise 2021, a year in which nothing was the same as before, if a year can ever be like another. For me personally, it has been transformative to take over as vice-chancellor of Lund University together with a new management team: deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson and the five pro vice-chancellors Per Mickwitz, Kristina Eneroth, Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Jimmie Kristensson and V

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-ring-out-old-year-and-ring-new - 2025-08-27

In early December, the University’s new plan for gender equality and equal opportunities was approved. It extends over a six-year period and is based on the University’s strategic plan. Its aim is to meet the government’s gender mainstreaming requirements as well as the EU Commission’s requirements for a gender equality plan. Above all, the plan reflects the goals towards which Lund University int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-gender-equality-and-equal-opportunities-approved - 2025-08-27

On Monday, January 10, 240 new international students arrived to Lund University. This was slightly fewer than expected, but still more than in January 2021. Lund University expects around 600 international students this spring. Just like the previous number of semesters during the ongoing pandemic, it is anticipated that we will receive fewer students this semester compared to pre-covid years, du

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-day-spring-2022 - 2025-08-27

LU intends to extend and broaden its commitment to the European university initiative EUGLOH. Work on writing an application for continued European university collaboration beyond 2022 started just before Christmas. The EUGLOH initiative is now in its third and final year within the framework of the EU’s first pilot round. The continued collaboration will build on our existing EUGLOH European univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/opportunities-and-challenges-european-collaboration-education - 2025-08-27

I guess you can say that it goes up and down, but I would say that IT security is a question that worries me. We must act fast and start by analysing the current situation. We hear almost daily about threats from the surrounding world of intrusion, ransomware attacks* and spying. Lund University is of course no exception regarding these threats and we need to equip ourselves better to withstand th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-state-it-security-lund-university - 2025-08-27

There are now two new units in place within the central administration. Since 1 January, the University has two new organisational units: one for e-infrastructure and one for teaching support. The e-infrastructure unit is to provide support on issues concerning e-infrastructure and research data. It will also provide training in working methods and use of support. The unit is the result of the nee

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-units-e-infrastructure-and-teaching-support-are-now-place - 2025-08-27

During the spring, the University will continue to roll out a series of activities aimed at inspiring and providing concrete advice on career development for academic staff, both within and outside academia. All activities are free of charge and conducted in English. You will find the spring programme of activities on the Staff Pages. Career development for academic staff | Staff Pages

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/career-development-academic-staff-0 - 2025-08-27

MoRe-Lab (Movement & Reality Lab) was inaugurated on 8 December as a new test environment for experimental health sciences at Lund University. All three guided tours on the day were fully booked and there were many questions. The event gave rise to concrete ideas for future collaborations as well as new contacts. The range of participants was wide, to the particular satisfaction of MoRe-Lab’s dire

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/taste-more-lab-lus-new-movement-and-reality-lab - 2025-08-27

In the first week of May, it's time for the annual theme week on current sustainability issues. Employees and students at Lund University are welcome to contribute with popular science events during the week. Send questions, ideas or proposals for events at the Sustainability Week 2022 to jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se. Sustainability Week in Lund | Sustainability Forum Sustainabil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-2-7-may-2022-0 - 2025-08-27

As a part of ACCESS effort to have a deeper approach on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on the goals 3, 11, 14 and 15, we are happy to announce that three courses for PhD-students on different aspects related to the mentioned SDGs will be open to PhD-students from all ACCESS-universities. The courses are open to PhD-students from all disciplines and from a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-access-courses-phd-students - 2025-08-27

On January 18th the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) organized an information and discussion meeting about the profile areas. The general sentiment was that the new task provided surprisingly little direction for how the financing of the profile areas should be developed. On January 13th the Swedish government (U2022/00168) gave the Swedish Research Council and the other

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-level-funding-profile-areas-has-moved-forward - 2025-08-27

The palm house in the Botanical Garden is to be renovated and the environment improved for both staff and visitors. Production is planned for 2024 and expected to take just over a year. The project was initiated by the University and the Botanical Garden because the cycads and other plants in the palm house require more space while the glass and technical systems in the building need reviewing and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/palm-house-botanical-garden-be-remodelled - 2025-08-27

Updated website helps students to manage technology and learning in the new normal. The updated website campusonline.lu.se gathers information for students about the digital tools they are expected to use at Lund University – such as Canvas, Zoom and Inspera – but also concrete tips on study technique for more or less digital studies. The website now has clearer navigation and accessible texts.  

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/give-students-tips-digital-study-technique - 2025-08-27

The University offers managers and leaders support in their management role, in the form of training courses, programmes and workshops. Taking part in these initiatives also offers you a unique opportunity to meet and network with other managers within the University. The training courses offered include ‟New to management”, ‟In and out of leadership” and ‟A short day on leadership”. Go to Kompete

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/managers-are-offered-support-their-management-and-leadership-role - 2025-08-27