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The new law on accessibility to digital public services (EU Web Accessibility Directive) comes into effect as of 23 September. The aim is to increase digital accessibility for all users, including those who are disabled. For Lund University,  the new law means that the content of all LU’s websites – webpages, documents, video etc. – are to be accessible according to the international web standard

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forward-planning-important-accessibility-management - 2025-11-03

The vice-chancellor has approved a new university-wide strategy for Lund University’s Strategic Research Areas (17 September). The strategy includes a vision and strategic goals for Lund University’s Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) for the period 2020 to 2030. The allocation of roles and responsibilities is stated for future work. The strategy is based on the University’s collective knowledge and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-strategy-strategic-research-areas-2020-2030 - 2025-11-03

The budget bill for 2021 was presented on 21 September. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis was evident in the bill. The investments in the budget are historically large and consist of both increased investments and tax relief. Most of the investments focus on jobs and welfare, which also includes increased and new investments in our sector. In the autumn, the Government

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/governments-budget-bill-2021 - 2025-11-03

In order to be reimbursed for health promoting activities that have been purchased and paid for during 2020, employees must have registered their applications/cases in Primula no later than 15 January 2021. After this date, it will not be possible to apply for reimbursement for activities in 2020. For purchases made in November and December 2019, employees can apply for reimbursement up to and inc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reminder-procedures-health-promotion-reimbursement - 2025-11-03

On 22 September, the University received the very good news that our application to the EU-Commission has been accepted. We are now certified with the HR Excellence in Research Award. HR Excellence in Research certification means that a higher education institution fulfils many of the stringent EU requirements for a professional employer, and that it has a commitment to continuous quality manageme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-now-certified-hr-excellence-research - 2025-11-03

During the pandemic, employees should avoid putting pressure on their managers for clear answers for which there is no basis. “As a manager, you have to stand firm in the uncertainty and not take hasty decisions”, says Johan Bertlett, who is in charge of the popular new summer course on Leadership and Followership in Organisational Change Processes. The course is part of the study opportunities in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dont-pressure-your-manager-clear-messages-during-covid-19-pandemic - 2025-11-03

Selma Maric is a woman who is not afraid of departures and she has not followed the classic path into the research world. “I have never shied away from ending things if something else shows up. I only have one life and I have to do what is most interesting and exciting.” Her worldview may have been affected by her flight from former Yugoslavia, says the synchrotron and neutron researcher, who chan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/refugee-experience-coloured-researchers-worldview - 2025-11-03

Somewhere in an abandoned chalk quarry in northeastern Skåne lurks the skeleton of an 84 million-year-old dinosaur. A group of geologists is convinced of it. Now that a number of teeth have been found, the treasure hunt has intensified. The September sun blazes over the extensive chalk quarry outside the Skåne village of Vinslöv. On a little ledge near a bright blue pond stand two geology research

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunt-missing-dinosaur - 2025-11-03

LU managed the transition to digital teaching. But the spring Coronavirus crisis had a negative impact on students in Lund. They found the digital exams to be stressful and sometimes unfair. This is what emerges from the student unions’ surveys whose results have now been compiled. In late spring, seven students’ unions sent out seven somewhat different surveys. 1900 students responded. The questi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transition-worked-now-we-need-more-even-quality-teaching - 2025-11-03

Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2025-11-03

The Tellus results have now been finalised and have been presented at a webinar the 28 September. Now you can download the full rapport. Among other things, the results reveal that one in four female staff/doctoral students at Lund University and seven per cent of the male staff have been subjected to sexual harassment. More than one quarter of the female students state that they have been subject

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/result-tellus-project-about-sexual-harassment-lund-university-now-out - 2025-11-03

Getting important information out fast to the right target group has been a challenge for the crisis management group, which has now entered a calmer phase after an intensive spring. “Now it is mostly a question of coordination and we are also considering opening the group up to representatives of education and research”, says Susanne Kristensson, who manages the group. When the University directo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-successful-quick-digital-restart - 2025-11-03

Six doctoral students from Lund University participated in the first meeting of the WASP-HS graduate school when 35 doctoral students from a number of Swedish universities gathered to discuss and dive deeper in artificial intelligence and the humanities and social sciences. “A very good start,” school director Christian Balkenius says.The meeting was a two-day virtual event with the purpose to int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/graduate-school-future-groundbreaking-research - 2025-11-03

Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund University and Equality stimulus funding - financing of visiting chair of the underrepresented gender. Funding for initiatives in support of equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund UniversityLund University works in va

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/equality-stimulus-funding - 2025-11-03

Protective security refers to protecting information and activities of importance to Sweden’s security against espionage, sabotage, terrorist offences and certain other threats. Pursuant to the Protective Security Act, those who conduct security-sensitive activities are to investigate and document the need for protective security, i.e. carry out a so-called protective security analysis – for infor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/investigating-protective-security - 2025-11-03

On 1 October, updated regulations came into effect for public authorities’ information security that affect the University. The new requirements are considerably stricter and more detailed than the previous version and are in line with the Government’s remit to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). MSB’s regulations cover, among other things, requirements for security measures to:Ensure th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-regulations-information-security - 2025-11-03

LU is a member of Scholars at Risk and SAR Sweden, which has received support from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation worth an additional SEK 5 million. The funding can be applied for to co-fund the hosting of SAR researchers in the humanities and social sciences. For LU, this means we gain access to further co-funding in order to host more threatened researchers. At present, LU is the hos

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scholars-risk-sar-receives-extra-sek-5-million - 2025-11-03

Over 30 people were nominated or applied for the post of deputy vice-chancellor of Lund University, starting on 1 January 2021. Of these, the Recruitment Committee selected nine people for the first round of interviews. The candidates called to a first interview are:Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, professor Lund UniversityKristina Eneroth, senior lecturer Lund UniversityLena Eskilsson, senior lecturer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-interest-deputy-vice-chancellor-post-nine-go-next-stage - 2025-11-03

The new law on accessibility to digital public service requires Lund University’s digital documents to be adapted for accessibility. After extensive work, the university-wide document templates are now adapted according to the new requirements and can be downloaded from the University’s Image and Media Bank. A general LU template for Word documents has been produced along with instructions for its

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-document-templates-must-meet-accessibility-requirements - 2025-11-03

The Recruitment Committee has now selected five people who will go on to the next stage of the recruitment process for the deputy vice-chancellor of Lund University, whose term of office begins on 1 January 2021. After the first round of interviews the result is that the following people go on to in-depth interviews and tests with an external recruitment consultant as well as a second interview wi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-go-forward-deputy-vice-chancellor-recruitment-process - 2025-11-03