The research school SHIFT CARE – Swedish research school in Integrated CARE for Future Teachers focuses on knowledge development that, through learning and research, supports the transition to Close Care for people of different ages with complex care needs. The graduate school is jointly run by four universities: University of Gothenburg, University of Borås, University of Skövde and University of West.
The graduate school was inaugurated on September 27 in the Arvid Carlsson auditorium at Medicinareberget. The opening is held in Swedish. Register by September 19 at the latest.

The Unit for Academic Language (ASK) offers language and writing development resources in Swedish and English. For staff who teach and supervise students, we offer seminars on various elements of academic writing, and professional development in English or Swedish as Language of Instruction. We also invite you to collaborate with us in various ways to support students’ academic writing, reading, and language. Contact us for collaborations.

All staff who would like to further develop their skills in academic writing, reading and speaking are invited to participate in the activities.

The Writing Room opens again on 25 August and is open online every Friday 8.30-12.00. Please join us via Zoom!

Find out more in the Staff Portal

On Wednesday September 6th and Thursday September 7th between 08:00-16:00, the company Mobil Cykelteknik sets up its ambulatory bicycle workshop in Academicum’s courtyard, as an opportunity for both students and staff to get easily accessible service for their bicycles. For students, the service is free, while staff pay SEK 750. Book service via: info@mobilcykel.se

The service includes:
• Review
• Wiping
• The chain is lubricated and tensioned
• Tire pressure is checked and adjusted
• Adjustment of brakes
• Adjustment of gears
• Checking wheels
• Lubrication of moving parts
• Tightening of screws
• Control of crank bearings, guide bearings and hubs
• Checking wear, tires and brake pads
• Inspection control security

The initiative is part of Sahlgrenska Academy’s sustainability work and is arranged by the the faculty’s Environmental Council.

 

From August 21, 2023, students at the University of Gothenburg have access to Microsoft Teams. For employees, this enables collaborations where students, such as student representatives, need to be included in a collaboration space, a team.

• Employees search for students in Teams using the students’ names, email addresses or student accounts to invite them to teams, chats and meetings.
• Students’ access to Microsoft Teams also enables collaboration and communication between students. Students cannot create their own teams but can start and participate in chats and video meetings.
• Read more in the Productivity Platform manual: Collaboration with students in Teams

A summer school for doctoral students was organized for the first time in connection with EUTOPIA Week in Lisbon in June. Sofia Birgersson, lecturer in pharmacokinetics at GU, was there and acted as a mentor to the participants. An interview with Sofia about the summer school is available at the Staff Portal.

The opportunity to apply for extra funds for student health for the fall semester closes on September 28, 2023. The funds must be used for initiatives that are expected to have a positive effect on student health.

• You can find more information about the working group and how to apply (in Swedish) on the page Apply for extra funds for student health (in the fall, the Regulatory Agency for Student Health and Work Environment will take over this task).
• Please register for the information meeting about the application process: Information meeting application extra funds for student health (held in Swedish)
• Feel free to contact Johan Häggman, coordinator at the Education Unit, for further support regarding applying for extra funds: Contact and advice for students’ work environment and health

 

Since Dean Agneta Holmäng has announced that she is not available for re-election, there are now two candidates remaining: Jan Borén and Jenny Nyström. When the Drafting Committee has completed all the interviews, the candidate or candidates who are finally put forward for election will be presented in mid-September. On October 6, all employees may attend a hearing including opportunity to ask questions. The election will take place digitally on October 9-18. The results are advisory to the Vice-Chancellor, who makes the formal decision.
Agneta Holmäng comments her decision to no longer run for office in her column.

How do we know if an image or tweet is real? What information do we see in our feeds and what do we miss? Right now the exhibition The Glass Room: Misinformation Edit is on a temporary visit to the Biomedical Library. The exhibition explores how social media and the internet have changed the way we read and react to information. As a visitor you can learn why spotting ’fake news’ can be harder than you think, and how the concept of ’fake news’ is as big a problem as the news it describes.

• The exhibition runs until October 27 at the Biomedical Library, Medicinaregatan 4.
• Read more about the exhibition: https://www.theglassroom.org/sv/misinformation/

Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, professor of clinical hepatology and senior physician, has died after a period of illness at the age of 69. He was a researcher and principal investigator at the Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, and a consultant in hepatology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

On Friday August 25, the day of the funeral, Campus Medicinareberget will fly the flag at half-mast – at the main building Academicum, at Medicinaregatan 16, and at Hälsovetarbacken.

A memorial gathering will be held on Friday September 1 at 3:15 pm in Birgit Thilander, Academicum, Medicinaregatan 3. All colleagues who wish to come together and remember Hanns-Ulrich are welcome.

Akademiliv will return later with an obituary for Hanns-Ulrich.

 

 

 

Akademiliv’s newsletter is published every Wednesday morning during the semesters, but takes a break in connection with school holidays and public holidays. In the academic year 2023-2024, the weekly newsletter will not be published on Wednesday November 1st (autumn holiday), Wednesday February 14th (sports holiday), and Wednesday April 3rd (Easter holiday). The newsletter will also not be published on Wednesday May 1st (red day).
Christmas means a longer break: the last newsletter before Christmas comes on Wednesday December 20th, and it returns again on Wednesday January 10th, 2024. The newsletter takes a summer break June 20th – August 20th, 2024.