NEWS The General Assembly of the Association for Swedish Higher Education (SUHF), its highest decision making body, has appointed Umeå University Vice-Chancellor to its Board for the period 2011-2012.
The members of the Board consist of seven vice-chancellors and one university director:
Pam Fredman, Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg (chair, reelected)Marita Hilliges, Vice-Chancellor, Dalarna University College(vice-chairman, newly elected)Marianne Granfelt, University Director, Lund University (newly elected)Peter Gudmundsson, Vice-Chancellor, Royal Institute of Technology (reelected)
Lena Gustafsson, Vice-Chancellor, Umeå University (newly elected)Johannes Johansson, Vice-Chancellor, Royal College of Music in Stockholm (reelected)Kerstin Norén, Vice-Chancellor , Karlstad University (reelected)
Lennart Olausson, Vice-Chancellor, Malmö University College (reelected)
Background on SUHF:
The Association for Swedish Higher Education was founded in 1995 as an organisation for institutional co-operation on a voluntary basis. All 42 universities and university colleges in Sweden are members (15 universities, 20 university colleges and 7 university colleges of art). The Association aims at safeguarding the external interests of the institutions and at strengthening their internal co-operation.
Photo of Lena Gustafsson: Andreas Nilsson
Editor: David Meyers