Category Archives: Okategoriserat

Improving the gender imbalance has been a high priority issue at KTH. While there has been some progress in this area, it has been sluggish in certain respects. We need to continue working hard to achieve a greater gender balance … Continue reading →

At today’s management group meeting I will initiate a discussion about the distribution of research funding resources ahead of 2014. New faculty funding totalling SEK 36 million has been made available by the Swedish Research and Innovation Bill. This is … Continue reading →

On Friday I took part in the annual meeting of the Council of Principals of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). The Council of Principals is made up of the presidents of Sweden’s largest universities and we have an … Continue reading →

KTH’s major dependence on external research grants makes it difficult for us to offer teachers and researchers good long-term terms. This is an area where we need to improve. In simple terms, KTH’s income can be divided into four equal-sized … Continue reading →

On Thursday, KTH will receive a visit from the three leading universities of technology in Netherlands: TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and University of Twente, who together make up the 3TU federation. In a full day of activities we will be holding … Continue reading →

I am happy to report that last Wednesday the Riksdag finally adopted the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented last autumn. As I have mentioned in previous weekly letters, KTH will benefit from the bill. SciLifeLab will receive SEK … Continue reading →

The University Board will be meeting on Thursday to take decisions about the annual report, the budget proposal, the internal audit’s annual report and plan for 2013 and adjustments to the procedural rules. I have previously commented on KTH’s annual … Continue reading →

The annual report for 2012, which is nearing completion, indicates that KTH continues to grow. While most of the figures indicate a healthy trend, some of the results need to be improved. Compared with the annual report of five years … Continue reading →

As you the reader the can see we have changed the platform for my weekly letters. This will have advantages both for the readers and for administration of KTH’s web management. For the reader it will be simpler to follow … Continue reading →

Last week I took part in the annual presidents’ conference, which by tradition is held at Steningevik conference centre at the end of January. The main point is that the Swedish Minister of Education and Research is there to talk … Continue reading →