SELECTION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR. At an extraordinary board meeting on Monday January 30, the University Board decided to withdraw the proposal to the government to nominate Ole Petter Ottersen as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg. The reason is that Ottersen is still participating in the recruitment for Vice-Chancellor at Karolinska Institutet, KI. Ole Petter Ottersen, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oslo, wrote to the University Board on Sunday that he is…
Ole Petter Ottersen recommended new Vice-Chancellor
SELECTION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR. The University Board decided unanimously, on Tuesday January 10, to recommend Ole Petter Ottersen as new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg. This could be the first time that a larger Swedish university gets a non-Swede as Vice-Chancellor. It is the Swedish government that makes the formal decision. The University Board also decided how the recruitment process to find a new Pro-Vice-Chancellor should proceed. – It will…
Agnes Wold, one of three new teacher representatives on the University Board
MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENTS. On December 18, the Elector Assembly appointed Agnes Wold from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Rikard Bergqvist from the School of Business, Economics and Law, and Staffan Lindberg from the Faculty of Social Sciences as new representative of the teachers on the University Board. The mandate period is January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018. Agnes Wold, Professor of Clinical Bacteriology at the Institue of Biomedicine, does research on the…
The Nomination Committee presents its proposal on electors
TEACHER REPRESENTATION. The Nomination Committee now presents its proposal on the eight electors to represent the Sahlgrenska Academy in the assembly that appoints teacher representatives to the University’s highest decision-making body – the University Board.The election will be conducted electronically November 16-22. The Nomination Committee proposes Per Lindahl, Kristina Eriksson, Karin Ahlberg, Kajsa H Abrahamsson, Eva Forssell-Aronsson, Per Elias, Susanna Cardell and Göran Kjeller as electors for the Sahlgrenska Academy. All…
Election of electors for the appointment of teacher representatives to the University Board
ACADEMIC ELECTION. On November 16-22, an election of electors at the Sahlgrenska Academy will be held. The electors will be included in the assembly that appoints teacher representatives to the University’s highest decision-making body – the University Board. The election of the electors is conducted electronically, and only academic staff will vote. Academy’s nominating committee is now working on drawing up proposals for eight electors to Elector Assembly. The electors choosen will be part…