UNIVERSITY-WIDE DECISION. On Friday August 26, the vice-chancellor announced a policy decision for how the University will conduct its operations during the ongoing pandemic. To live up to the applicable recommendations, the University will largely continue with working from home and remote studies during the autumn semester. “We are still unsure of when we can allow a return to a normal working situation. We must continue to persevere and do…
New vision decided by the University Board
The University Board has now decided on Gothenburg University’s new vision, which applies from January 2021 and extends until 2030. The vision, A University of the World, contains the University’s core values and a number of overall positions that indicate the direction of the University’s development. Now there is work to develop strategies and to clarify the planning and follow-up process in line with the vision. Due to the corona…
See photos from Friday’s Conferment of Doctoral Degrees
FORMAL. The theme for this year’s Conferment of Doctoral Degrees was knowledge and enlightenment, and the ceremony last Friday was, as should be, both stately and festive. Akademiliv presents some pictures from the event, taken by University Photographer Johan Wingborg. During the university’s major academic celebration on Friday, 111 new doctors of philosophy, medicine and odontology at Sahlgrenska Academy were conferred. During the ceremony our three new honorary doctors were…
Changes in the appointments procedure clarify career paths
UNIVERSITY-WIDE. The University of Gothenburg’s appointments procedure has now been revised following a decision by the University Board. The revision entails changes in professional titles for postdoctoral research fellow, associate lecturer and senior professor. The changes become effective on April 1. At its first meeting in 2018, the University Board decided on a revised appointments procedure. The background is mainly the change in the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance that will…
Three professors from the Sahlgrenska Academy have been nominated for the Pro Vice-Chancellor position
LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENT. A total of nine people have been nominated and have accepted the nomination to be Eva Wiberg’s immediate deputy. All are internal, except one. Three of the nine nominees are from the Sahlgrenska Academy: Agneta Holmäng, Anna Karlsson and Jon Karlsson. Agneta Holmäng and Mette Sandoff, who is Associate Professor of Business Administration and currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for education issues, received the most nominations. Agneta Holmäng,…