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Newsletter from LUM | May 14 2019 |www.staff.lu.se/lum
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Donation flourishes in the Botanical garden
The presence of the glorious tulips, which have captivated so many of the visitors to the garden and spread to the Instagram accounts of the residents of Lund, is in no way guaranteed. Neither are the coming summer flowers currently being planted in
the flower beds, which last year were left bare and brown.
“We depend on grants”, says the garden director Bente Eriksen. “However, this year we received money for both staff and plants! Läs mer

Visa processing should speed up in for international students and researchers
The Swedish Migration Agency should speed up visa processing for international students and researchers – a move that Lund University has eagerly awaited. And more Swedish students should study abroad. These are two of the proposals in the report of the Swedish Government’s commission of inquiry on increased internationalisation at higher education institutions (HEIs). Läs mer

Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives jubilee honorary doctorate
During a brief visit to Sweden, the renowned US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a jubilee honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Law in a formal ceremony in Stockholm. Läs mer

How case method teaching spreads from one lecturer to another
From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real situations which students must solve in collaboration.

April was high season for case method teaching at the School of Economics and Management and Lund University. Läs mer

The future starts in October
The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Historian Marie Cronqvist, from the University’s future think tank, LU Futura, is a member of the editorial team. Läs mer

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