DEAN ELECTION. Jenny Nyström received just over 85 percent of the votes in the dean election, where voter turnout reached almost 50 percent. At the same time, Sahlgrenska Academy’s drafting committee is also presenting its candidate for pro dean: Magnus Simrén, professor of medical gastroenterology at the Institute of Medicine. In January 2023, the faculty-wide drafting committee was tasked by the faculty board to, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, initiate…
The Drafting Committee proposes that Jenny Nyström be elected Dean
DEAN ELECTION. The faculty-wide Drafting Committee has reached consensus on proposing Jenny Nyström, currently Head of the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, as the next Dean of Sahlgrenska Academy. Employees will be provided the opportunity to attend an open hearing, and eligible voters will be able to cast their votes in the advisory dean election in mid-October. Below, the Drafting Committee describes the process behind its decision to recommend Jenny…
Dean election: Preparation work continues with three candidates
FACULTY ELECTION. Sahlgrenska Academy’s drafting committee summarizes this spring’s preparatory work for the advisory dean election. The preparatory work continues with three of the six candidates nominated for the assignment. One or more final candidates will be presented in September. In January, Sahlgrenska Academy’s drafting committee was tasked by the faculty board to carry out an advisory election of Dean Pro-Dean for the term 2024-2029. Six nominees The faculty’s employees…
Nominate members to the consultative assembly for election of a vice-chancellor
VICE-CHANCELLOR ELECTION. Sahlgrenska Academy will appoint 13 members to the consultative assembly, which is preparing the appointment of a vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor. The members will be appointed through faculty election in September. All employees may nominate members, which must be done by August 14. On June 30, 2023, Eva Wiberg’s current mandate period as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg will end. The University Board has initiated the process of…
Would you like to be Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies? Notify interest by Sept 17.
ASSIGNMENTS. You now have the opportunity to express your interest in the assignment of Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies. The Nomination Committee wants your expression of interest by September 17. The Vice Dean is subordinate to the Dean. The Vice Dean will continuously report to the Dean and to the Faculty Board on the activities within hers or his responsibilities. More information from the Nomination Committee (in Swedish only): https://gubox.box.com/s/1esaexngppwxuhbl92zmjazlg81o7774 Send your Expressions of…