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 as of 1 October. The changes entail that the basis for fixed-term work “general fixed-term em

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-employment-protection-act-las-provide-better-protection-staff - 2025-08-27

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, international student & faculty

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-global-ranking - 2025-08-27

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? All five profile areas are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-information-about-lund-universitys-five-profile-areas - 2025-08-27

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), University of Porto (Portu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-funding-eugloh-programme-and-new-partner-universities - 2025-08-27

Now that most people are back from their holidays, activities resume where they left off before the summer. Over the autumn, the Workplace of the Future project will focus on remote working among technical and administrative staff. The annual follow-up on secondary employment has come in and shows that we have become better at reporting, but there is still room for improvement. The Workplace of th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-semester-continued-development-and-improvements - 2025-08-27

Fenh-Hsiu Liu from Taiwan and Chifundo Cecilia Mphkuina from Malawi at Lund C. It is estimated that 3,000-3,500 new international students will arrive at Lund University this autumn to study. A total of 1,394 international students arrived during Arrival Days (15-16 August). The Arrival Days are followed by the Orientation Weeks and both of these events together engage 250 LU employees, student wo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-days-international-students - 2025-08-27

All students should learn about sustainability at some point during their education, the Swedish Council for Higher Education has decided. What should be highlighted? And how? These questions will be covered in Sustainable Teaching & Learning in Higher Education: Principles & Practices, a new seminar series on sustainability and learning held by the Division for Higher Education Development (AHU).

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-series-sustainable-teaching-learning-higher-education-principles-practices - 2025-08-27

As of 1 November, the University returns to being an organisation without limitations imposed by Covid-19 restrictions. This applies in accordance with the vice-chancellor’s decision on 17 June 2021 and means that, as a starting point, activities are to be conducted on campus. Regarding education for which special reasons apply, the return may be completed by 16 January 2022 at the latest. Covid-1

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-back-campus-1-november - 2025-08-27

In mid-October, the vice-chancellor took the decision to implement a project entitled “The Workplace of the Future– – Sustainable and Hybrid.” The project will run until September 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic, which forced major changes to working life, is the reason why Lund University chose this year to initiate work on the Workplace of the Future. Earlier in the autumn, vice-chancellor Erik Rens

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-focus-lund-university-sustainable-and-hybrid-workplace - 2025-08-27

We are now initiating an open and transparent process to develop profile areas in order to be well prepared when it is time to submit an application for national profile areas, and also to become even better at getting together to address common issues at the University. The Swedish government states in both the Research Bill and in the autumn’s budget proposal that it intends to allocate part of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-starting-identify-profile-areas - 2025-08-27

It will be a major challenge for the higher education institutions to satisfy the government’s request for new forms of lifelong learning. We must ascertain what the University can develop and which parts of lifelong learning we are going to focus on. Lifelong learning (3L) has become an increasingly prioritised issue for both companies and organisations. But why has this become such an important

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-role-can-higher-education-institutions-play-future-lifelong-learning - 2025-08-27

The international network Universitas21 (U21) has launched a new concept in which they offer students a chance to take part in Sustainable Micro-internships. The concept involves short internships in which the students spend a two-week digital placement with students from 27 universities in 18 different countries. The students are placed in groups to cooperate on solving a challenge linked to one

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-interest-among-lund-students-u21s-sustainable-micro-internships - 2025-08-27

Welcome to the three seminars about art and science at Lund University. Conversations on Art and Science #2: Nanocosmic Investigations 16 November, 15.30–17.00, Red Room, IAC Topic: The artist in residency programme, Nanocosmic Investigations Guests: Ashley Middleton and Swati Aggarwal No registration needed. The conversation will also be streamed. The conversation will focus on the ongoing collab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/conversations-art-and-science - 2025-08-27

The University management’s view of the government’s proposed model for the profile areas is that it has both advantages and disadvantages. However, it is important to be prepared and to use this opportunity to reinforce the University’s research regardless. The first information meeting about the profile areas at Lund University was held on 12 November. It was well-attended and many questions cam

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-meeting-about-profile-areas-raised-many-questions - 2025-08-27

What’s new in this operational plan is that the management is presenting its strategic map formulated as LU = 5 K + C. (The letters in this formula are the initials of the key words in Swedish). Lund University is to further develop its Quality, Creativity, Integrity, Communication, Character and Campus. The annual operational plan is based on the University’s overall strategic plan. The operation

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/operational-plan-and-resource-allocation-2022-now-ready - 2025-08-27

Four researchers at Lund University are on the 2021 list of the most cited researchers, which is compiled every year by Clarivate, the company behind Web of Science. In its entirety, the list contains just over 6 600 researchers from all over the world, who have shown significant influence in their research fields through publication of several extensively cited articles over the past decade. Base

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-among-most-cited-2021 - 2025-08-27

Lund University is to get better at reporting and taking measures against incidents that occur in information security. This is the goal of a recently approved sub-project within efforts to introduce a management system for information security. Anders Sjöö is in charge of the sub-project, which is to continue through to March 2023. He is to establish a systematic management system for incidents i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/management-information-security-incidents-be-coordinated - 2025-08-27

Ill-health resulting from sedentary, static or repetitive work causes major problems for employees. The University’s computer-based pause program, PausIt, offers over 100 exercises developed in consultation with physiotherapists, ergonomists and orthopaedic specialists that help us to prevent stiffness and pain in the back, shoulders, head and neck. Read more about PausIt on the Staff pages

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pause-programme-pausit-prevents-occupational-injuries - 2025-08-27

Foto: Mikael Risedal The application deadline for health promotion reimbursement for activities paid for in 2021 is 31 January 2022. Applications registered in Primula after this date will not be approved. On 1 January 2022, the A-Z list that provides examples of approved health promotion activities will be removed from the Swedish Tax Agency website. However, the removal of the list does not enta

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updates-regarding-health-promotion-reimbursement - 2025-08-27

A digital case management system for university-wide staff/HR matters has been launched. The aim is to develop HR support to the organisational units, and HR information on the Staff Pages and in newsletters. Most of the HR Division´s dedicated email addresses have been replaced by new information in the right-hand column on the Staff pages (under the Employment tab) about where to turn if you do

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/case-management-system-university-wide-hr-matters - 2025-08-27