A lot has been done and more is on its way the next three years. Photo: Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash och Charlotte Carlberg Bärg It is halftime for Vice-chancellor Erik Renström and his team. Three years of his term of office have passed, and three remain. Here in LUM, he sums up the first-half performance, looks ahead and explains how he approaches a job in which everyone wants a bit of his time. Word

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/halftime-vice-chancellor-erik-renstrom - 2025-09-10

Would you like to contribute to making Lund University more sustainable? Now is your chance to bring your idea to life through the Sustainability Fund’s testbed grant. Lund University is deeply committed to its sustainability strategy and sustainability plan, aiming for remarkable achievements in this area. We know that change requires new ideas. That's why the Lund University is now opening the o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-workplace-idea-reality - 2025-09-10

Early career researchers at Lund University are invited to apply for “Get Started Funding” to expand their networks and advance their research in collaboration with fellow researchers at Edinburgh University, Imperial College London, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford (UK-based LERU universities). “Get Started Funding” of up to SEK 25 000 per award is availabl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/early-career-researchers-can-apply-get-started-funding - 2025-09-10

Dear staff members, In times like these marked by so much uncertainty in the world, the upcoming festive season is a welcome break, allowing time for reflection and relaxation. It is an impossible task to sum up everything that has happened at a university during a year, but the international context has been a focal point for work at the management level. This year, we have worked to equip oursel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-time-review-2023-and-look-ahead-next-year - 2025-09-10

The Lund Students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching is awarded for outstanding contributions to education. This year, the prize has been awarded to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology, and Patrik Lindskoug, Department of Law. The Vice-Chancellor appoints the winners after a proposal by the student unions. The prize-winnersreceive a diploma and a salary rise in accordance with the loc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2024 - 2025-09-10

The 2024 flexi time form for TA staff is now published on the Staff Page. The form is in Swedish. Download the advanced flexi time form 2024 on Staff pages:Staff forms and templates | Staff Pages (lu.se)Read more about flexitime for technical and administrative staff (TA staff)Flexitime for technical and administrative staff | Staff Pages (lu.se)

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/download-next-years-flexi-time-form-technical-and-administrative-staff-ta-staff - 2025-09-10

When we are summing up 2023, we can confirm that Lund University consolidates its position as Sweden’s leading university in the Horizon Europe, and climbs to the top ten in Europe. In September, LU-nytt reported on Lund University’s successful outcome in this spring’s calls within the EU framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. Contracts have now been signed for the collab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-ten-horizon-europe - 2025-09-10

Employees at Lund University can now use the generative AI tool Copilot through Office 365. Bing Chat can be used, for example, to search for information, analyze data, create images, or improve text. Copilot uses Chat GPT-4 and has internet access. To use Copilot , you need to have the Microsoft Edge browser installed. Open the browser and find the Copilot  icon or type "Copilot" in the search fi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-employees-can-now-use-ai-assistant-copilot-former-bing-chat-free - 2025-09-10

Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. Otherwise, it’s unlikely to be published, and if published, unlikely to be read, and if read, unlikely to be fully understood. To help you develop your academic English, the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature can again offer the popular course in “Written English for Scholarly Publication” (WESP).The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/course-written-english-scholarly-publication-1 - 2025-09-10

In order to strengthen academic leadership, we have adopted a new policy that will make clear what expertise and expectations ought to characterise academic leadership, taking the complex environment of academia into account. Early in 2022, I gave Maria Flores the task of investigating and making suggestions on the theme of the leadership development of the future. Her investigation identified wha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-policy-academic-leadership-support-managers-and-employees - 2025-09-10

The University has adopted a policy for academic leadership at Lund University. The aim of the policy is to set out what expertise characterises a successful and well-developed academic leadership at the University. The policy is to be used as support in developing, inspiring and recruiting new leaders. With the concept of academic leadership, Lund University wants to reinforce and protect what is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/policy-academic-leadership-lund-university - 2025-09-10

During the ceremony, Lund University’s first honorary fellow, Ingvar Carlsson, will be appointed. The University’s gold medal will be awarded to Anne L’Huillier and Ambassador Jonas Hafström. In addition, the winners of the University’s administrative prize and the students’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching will also be honoured. The University’s annual academic ceremony is a formal ceremony. It i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-annual-academic-ceremony-will-take-place-26-january - 2025-09-10

In order to increase clarity and to take account of the names of other divisions within the central administration, LDC is now changing its name to the Division of IT. In the recently completed review of the central administration, it was established that the name LDC was felt to be unclear. Even if the name is familiar within the area of IT, it has emerged that it was less well-known among large

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ldc-renamed-division-it - 2025-09-10

All teaching staff must submit a report concerning secondary employment by 31 March at the latest. Teaching staff who do not hold secondary employment are also to report this. Reporting and assessment is done in Primula. Be careful to choose the current year (2024) in the report. Heads of department are to have assessed and explained decisions on secondary employment by 30 April at the latest. Tea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-teaching-staff-report-secondary-employment - 2025-09-10

Annual staff appraisals between manager and employee are mandatory at Lund University. In order to follow the salary-setting process, staff appraisals are to be undertaken during the first quarter, i.e. in January, February or March. Managers are responsible for ensuring that staff appraisals take place. The employee is responsible for preparing themselves ahead of the meeting, and should follow u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-support-staff-appraisals - 2025-09-10

Last autumn, the Swedish Agency for Government Employers negotiated on changes to our general agreements on pay and benefits (Villkorsavtal) agreements with all three employee organisations Saco-S, OFR/S and Seko at national level. The changes apply from 1 January 2024. Broadly, these changes mean:Holiday pay guarantee is increased to SEK 1600 per day.A new form of paid leave is introduced, for at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-our-central-collective-agreements-1-january - 2025-09-10

Have you spent the Christmas break skiing or jogging? Perhaps you have tried a new health-promoting activity that you would like to continue? Did you keep last year’s New Year’s resolution about devoting time to your health? Or are you going to give it another try this year? Whatever your situation, the New Year means that you are entitled to a new health promotion benefit.Here is a reminder about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/take-care-yourself-utilise-health-promotion-benefit-0 - 2025-09-10

Sofie Mohlin, associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund won the national Forskar Grand Prix competition in 2023 Do you want to be better at summing up what is important about your research and receive help and support to present your results? If so, perhaps you would like to take part in this year’s Researchers’ Grand Prix. It is a competition in which you present your resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improve-your-research-presentation-skills-and-participate-years-researchers-grand-prix - 2025-09-10

Just over a week ago, TietoEvry, a subcontractor of the National Government Service Centre, was subjected to an extensive IT attack. At Lund University, this has impacted Primula, which has been inaccessible since the morning of 20 January. The shutdown did not affect payment of the January salary. The University has now received indications that payment of the February salary will be possible. Ho

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/primula-shutdown-after-it-attack-against-subcontractor-tietoevry - 2025-09-10

The need for learning support is growing. To make support more effective, the Unit for Educational Services has started a two-year project that will focus on professional development initiatives, common guidelines and a new advisory entity to ensure a unified strategy for accessible and inclusive teaching. We know that the need for learning support is increasing. At Lund University, the number of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strong-focus-accessible-and-inclusive-teaching - 2025-09-10