Staff week March 10-14 2014
Luleå University of Technology
Monday, March 10
13.00 Lunch at Wibergsgården, hosted by LTU
14.00 Welcome to Luleå University of Technology
Professor Johan Sterte, Vice- Chancellor
14.20 Presentation of the university, Lisette Edin, Deputy Head of University
Administration
14.45 Presentation of participants
15.15 Campus tour
16.00 Confucius Institute
Tuesday, March 11
08.30-12.00 Presentation of Communications Office, Human Resources, Luleå
University Library/ Learning Resource Center and Student Service.
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Gammelstad Church Town - Guided tour
Wednesday, March 12
09.00-12.00 Workshop according to profession or interest.
Workshops
• Admission Office
• Communications Office
• Human Resources
• LTU Career
• Luleå University Library / Learning Resource Center
• Office of Diplomas
• Service for students with special needs
• Student Guidance Office
• Student Exchange
• Student Reception Desk
12.00 Lunch
14.30 A walk on the ice road
15.30 Free time to explore Luleå city centre
Staff week March 10-14 2014
Luleå University of Technology
Thursday, March 13
09.00-12.00 Workshop, continuation from Wednesday.
Workshops
• Admission Office
• Communications Office
• Human Resources
• LTU Career
• Luleå University Library / Learning Resource Center
• Office of Diplomas
• Service for students with special needs
• Student Guidance Office
• Student Exchange
• Student Reception Desk
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Gender equality in working life. Can gender equality function as a
tool for efficient and creative work organisations?
Professor Lena Abrahamsson, LTU
14.00 Challenges in the urban transforming of Kiruna
Professor Kristina Nilsson, LTU
19.00 Dinner at Kulturens Hus, hosted by LTU
Friday, March 14
09.00 Teknikens Hus - House of Technology
11.00 Discussions, evaluation and feedback
12.00 Lunch, hosted by LTU
Welcome to Luleå University of Technology!
Staff week March 10-14 2014
Luleå University of Technology
Workshops
You choose one workshop for two days (Wednesday and Thursday).
Admission Office
Presentation of the admission process at each university participating in the
workshop.
Information on databases used at LTU:
EPOK- education database, where all courses are registered
Universityadmissions.se – common database used by all universities in
Sweden, one application for all universities in Sweden
NyA- Swedish National Admission Database
Communications Office
The Communication Office is responsible for information and marketing activities for the university as
a whole, branding, PR; profile media contacts and the university web site.
Branding below zero – How LTU has succeed in branding and marketing the university
Communications Office invites you to a workshop where all participants share their good practices
within marketing and communication.
Human Resources
The Human Resources Department at LTU is responsible for personnel issues in a broad perspective appointment procedures, recruitment, introduction, law and collective agreement interpretation and
support to managers etc.
Focus areas to discuss:
How will HR add value to the university?
How do we achieve an appropriate salary structure?
To recruit and introduce - how to meet the challenges?
Best practice in different HR areas, please suggest some area you are interested in.
Staff week March 10-14 2014
Luleå University of Technology
Workshops
LTU Career
The responsibilities for the team at LTU Career Services include teaching career
planning to students, arranging career events and ceremonies such as the “Alumni of the
Year” Award, graduation festivities, conducting alumni career surveys, administering
the
alumni database, running mentorship programs, etc. Synergy effects for the university as
a whole will be presented, for example the results from the 2012 career survey with
graduates can be used in student recruitment campaigns as well as in branding the
university and attracting staff and partners and not only by the career center when
teaching career and job search preparation.
Currently, the Career Service is looking closer at LinkedIn and how it can be used to
keep better track of alumni. LTU Career Services and Alumni Association invite you to
a workshop where all participants share their good practices within careers and alumni
services.
Luleå University Library / Learning Resource Center
The University library is also a Learning Resource Center. Our most important mission
is to be a central resource for information retrieval and to provide learning support for
students and faculty.
Focus areas to discuss:
Services for students, researchers and staff in LTU
Changes in library development for the last 5 years.
Information literacy: what are we teaching? Bologna process?
Discussing: the future of research libraries?
Learning Resource Center (LRC): what’s in it? (Teaching in Higher ed, ICT-tools)
Office of Diplomas
The degree evaluation office handles and issue diplomas for first-, second- and doctoral
level.
Focus areas to discuss:
Presentation of each university and especially how the degree evaluation is organized.
How is the degree certificate presented?,
Which regulations do you have to follow?
Service for students with special needs
Universities and higher education institution in Sweden offers educational support to
students with special needs. Presentation of how it is organized at LTU.
What type of accommodations/support can students receive?
What type of disabilities are the most common ones and what are the main challenges
that the students are facing during their education?
Staff week March 10-14 2014
Luleå University of Technology
Workshops
Student Guidance Office
At Student Guidance Office we can offer support and guidance to
our students throughout their education, assist students with
specific structural questions connecting to the education
programmes. We can offer guidance to prospective students if they
have problem choosing which programme they want to study.
Focus areas to discuss:
How study guidance is organized at Your university?
What can we do for those students who fall behind?
Which difficulties can You see are most common around your students when it comes to their
studies?
Student Exchange
The International Office at LTU handle agreements, incoming- and
outgoing students, marketing, admission, exchange programmes administration etc.
Focus areas to discuss:
How can the mobility in Europe be increased?
Credit transfer
Language requirements
Centralized or decentralized organizations – advantages and disadvantages
Student Reception Desk
The purpose of the Student Reception Desk is to increase and to optimize the quality of service
to our students, teachers and other guests at the university.
The services offered at the Student Reception Desk includes the handling of exams, transcripts,
car rentals, help with course registrations, LTU-cards etc.. The Student Reception Desk
also includes a university shop where profile products. are sold.
Student Reception Desk invites you to a workshop where all participants share their good
practices, and experiences from such service to students, teachers and staff.