Vice-Chancellor's blog
- The Erasmus programme 2012-05-15 The European Commission has today held a seminar at Stockholm University about the Erasmus programme. The programme is funded by the EU and contributes through scholarships to increased student mobility. Over 250 students from Stockholm University study at other universities during the current academic year via the Erasmus programme. Most are from the business, law and political science departments The EU Commission now intends to extend the programme to include vocational training and also the EU's neighboring countries. Present at the Aula Magna was none other than the EU Commissioner for Education, Androulla Vassiliou. After the seminar we took lunch in the mezzanine along with student representatives.
- Criminology Prize 2012-05-15 A few years ago a temporary international Stockholm Prize in Criminology was established with the help of contributions from an American donor. The government also contributed to an annual Criminology Symposium. Jerzy Sarnecki from Stockholm University is part of the jury and we have of course a special interest in this because criminology is a academic subject with a separate department at Stockholm University. Now the Stockholm Prize in Criminology is to become permanent. The Prize will be funded by a new foundation, established by the state and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse, with a capital of 30 million dollars and the purpose of annually awarding the prize. The administration of the prize will be handled by Stockholm University and the Vice-Chancellor will sit on the Foundation Board. The symposium is to be organized by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). The Foundation was constituted at a ceremony at Rosenbad. This year's prize will be awarded in June.
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University of Illinois
2012-04-30
The last stop on this week's U.S. trip is the University of Illinois, which has invited delegations from KTH, Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet. We are here with more than 20 people, including the heads from the three Stockholm universities, to discuss collaboration between the four universities. Representatives from the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Embassy in Washington and Stockholm County Administrative Board are also here. The Americans have organized an extensive two-day programme, and we have noted that there are many interesting connections in addition to the partnerships that already exist. Among other things, there is an Institute for Genomic Biology, which is very similar to our Science for Life Laboratory. This is the first time the Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University appear together in an international collaboration. I anticipate that this cooperation will help make the brands of the Stockholm universities even stronger and increase the opportunities for student exchange in both directions.
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Seminar in Washington
2012-04-26
The Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. has Education and Innovation as its theme this year and has organised a seminar entitled The Future Challenges of Universities - New Innovative Partners. Specially invited initiators of the seminar were Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University. The heads of the three institutions, together with a delegation, are here this week in order to plan the development of cooperation with the University of Illinois. During the seminar at the Embassy, we had occasion to speak of the combined strengths of the universities in Stockholm for a specially invited audience of alumni and representatives of several American universities. I note that the latter are becoming increasingly interested in closer contacts with foreign universities - internationalisation is—as it is for us—high on the agenda.
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Cornell University
2012-04-26
This spring, the official Vice-Chancellor's trip goes to the USA. The first stop was the prestigious Cornell University. We have quite extensive cooperation in several areas: environmental studies, biology and sociology are some examples, and our delegation met on Tuesday with several of Cornell's researchers in these areas. These contacts form an excellent basis for enhanced cooperation and I expect that our visit will soon result in a university-wide exchange agreement for both students and researchers.
Recent posts
- The Erasmus programme 2012-05-15
- Criminology Prize 2012-05-15
- University of Illinois 2012-04-30
- Seminar in Washington 2012-04-26
- Cornell University 2012-04-26
- Tarfala 2012-04-19
- SciLifeLab 2012-04-11
- Student housing 2012-03-07
- Vice-Chancellor's Council 2012-02-06
- International students 2012-02-06
- Seychelles 2012-02-06
- Tuition fees 2011-12-15
