Published 17 December 2018 There are plans to build a new animal testing facility at Brunnshög in north-east Lund. It is a strategic decision by the Faculty of Medicine based on the need to replace the present animal facility, which is no longer optimal for breeding, and the desire aim to offer international researchers a safer research environment. LUM spoke to three of LU’s experts on animal tes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safer-research-new-animal-testing-facility - 2025-07-25

Published 21 December 2018 Sara Virkelyst, project manager at the Planning office of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, and Johan Lind, finance officer at the Department Office of Clinical Sciences, are awarded the Lund University’s Administrative Prize 2019. Sara Virkelyst och Johan Lind will each receive SEK 15 000 for their own professional development. From the nominations:Johan Lind’s functio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-administrative-prize-2019 - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 11 February 2019 The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) has decided on measures against 22 of the 23 examinees found guilty of cheating. How do this apply to them that are studying at Lund University. Cheating in the Scholastic Aptitude testOn 17 January, Norrköping District Court passed a verdict in an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scholastic-aptitude-test-results-annulled-what-applies-lund-university - 2025-07-25

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 18 February 2019 Here the student group, who has developed a solution for how to more easily find vacant parking places in the city, presents their work. Photo:Maria Lindh Collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship!  These concepts are now being taken seriously in first, second and third cycle programmes. LUM s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/entrepreneurship-timetable - 2025-07-25

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 18 February 2019 "There is a difference between teaching with or to. I want to talk with the students, not to or about them. Learning takes place when they are engaged with the material. Quite simply, we do it together", says Nadja Sörgärde. Photo:Kennet Ruona Senior lecturer, Nadja Sörgärde, has received the students'

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-are-co-producers - 2025-07-25

Published 18 February 2019 Variety, belonging and a feeling of manageability are factors that contribute to recovery at work. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – heal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2025-07-25

By jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 18 February 2019 Tobias Uller and Emma Kritzberg hope the decision inspires catering companies to focus more on vegetarian alternatives. The hope is also that other parts of the University will follow suit. Photo:Inger Ekström Vegetarian to become the standard, meat a special dietary request. That is the result of the Departm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/departments-choose-sustainable-food-meat-become-special-dietary-reques - 2025-07-25

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 18 February 2019 Marine archaeologist Brendan Foley has excavated both a warplane from World War II and a 2000-year-old Roman merchant ship. Photo: Brett Seymour It was 17 December 1944. The American B-24 bomber aircraft, better known as the Tulsamerican, was circling the island of Vis off the coast of Croatia.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deep-diving-history - 2025-07-25

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 18 February 2019 Every chair is taken and the leaders of the workshop have had to turn participants away. Among doctoral students, there is clearly great interest in the topic – to finish your thesis on time and feel good along the way.   “I think the workshop is great, it opens your mind and the techniques see

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-survive-your-thesis - 2025-07-25

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 18 February 2019 Photo:Jenny Loftrup Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 22 February 2019 Open inspirational seminar 5th of March with Simon Bates, University of British Columbia, Canada. “Learning science and educational research has contributed to a huge body of knowledge into how we can make teaching (and therefore learning) more effective for our students. However, for faculty m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-learning-research-can-tell-us-about-effective-blended-learning-course-design - 2025-07-25

Published 26 February 2019 Åsa Thormählen A new university-wide investment in career development for research team leaders, postdocs and doctoral students has been launched. The first initiative was a workshop for doctoral students on academic productivity and stress management. There are already activities aimed at supporting junior researchers in their careers, both within and outside the Univer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-investing-career-support-junior-researchers - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 8 March 2019 Be climat smart when travelling Lund University shall work on reducing its climate impact. New regulations have been produced for all travel paid for by Lund University (for staff and external guests as well as students). The new regulations are part of Lund University’s responsibility to reduce it

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-sustainable-travel-lund-university - 2025-07-25

Published 18 March 2019 HR-director Ann Silbersky Isaksson. Photo:Maria Lindh The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2025-07-25

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 18 March 2019 The University building. Photo: Kennet Ruona The main University building is to become a hub for the organisation! That is the vision proposed by project manager Louise Pierce, who is responsible for repurposing the now almost empty building in Lundagård park. In only three years, it is to be buzzing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-university-building-materializes - 2025-07-25

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] design [dot] lth [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 18 March 2019 Claus-Christian Eckhardt, the Director of the School of Industrial Design is relieved. Photo: Erik Andersson A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2025-07-25

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 18 March 2019 Growth or degrowth is the theme for "Debatt i Lund" during the Sustainability Week. Illustration Catrin Jakobsson. During Sustainability Week, you can hear psychologists’ tips on how you can get rid of your climate change anxiety by taking action. You can also experience an earthquake via a virtua

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transformation-theme-years-sustainability-week - 2025-07-25

Published 28 March 2019 As of 1 April 2019, it is a legal requirement for all purchases in the public sector to be invoiced electronically. The requirement is part of efforts to streamline public administration throughout the EU. In procurement processes, always inform your supplier of the new legal requirement. Refer them to lu.se/leverantör (in Swedish) or lunduniversity.lu.se/supplier (in Engli

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-e-invoicing-legislation-1-april - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 8 April 2019 A logical start of an academic career: Getting that external funding - where, when, how? Getting external funding is an important part of the academic career. But how do you find the relevant funding opportunities and how should you approach the research funding that is out there? This seminar (in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/getting-external-funding-where-when-how - 2025-07-25

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 9 April 2019 All research projects that involve personal data processing are therefore to be registered in Personal Data Lund University (PULU). This also applies if you have registered your research project previously. Student projects involving personal data processing are also to be registered. The EU Genera

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/register-personal-data-research-project-pulu - 2025-07-25