- Governance and regulations
- University-wide projects and development work
- Streamlining operational support
Create the conditions for streamlining the university's entire operational support
In the Vice-Chancellor's instructions for 2025 (dnr LNU-2024/179), University Director Therése Iveby Gardell has been tasked with creating the conditions for streamlining the university's entire operational support. The assignment in the instructions from the Vice-Chancellor is to review the costs, quality and development of operational support, with the starting point being that more resources should go to education and research. The review includes the joint university administration, the university library, the teacher education office and all faculty offices.
The background is that we need to relate to the increased costs in society in recent years, combined with the fact that the government has announced that there will be no increased funding for the higher education sector. This means that greater cost awareness is necessary. The latest budget bill means that Linnaeus University's education appropriations will be reduced by SEK 47 million over the next three years.
The aim is to balance the budget for operational support in the long term. More resources need to be freed up for education and research, at the same time as we also need to free up resources to develop the operational support.
In order to achieve a balanced budget for 2025, the costs of operational support need to be reduced by SEK 20 million. A further SEK 10 million needs to be saved based on the fact that appropriations will decrease in the coming years. Overall, the costs of operational support thus need to be reduced by around SEK 30 million, which, recalculated, corresponds to just over 30 jobs.
During the year, office managers, administrative directors and the library director, under the leadership of the university director, have worked together to identify efficiency improvements and savings in both the short and long term.
Based on this work, ten university-wide focus areas have been identified, where there are particular opportunities for efficiency improvements and development. The continued work on these areas is led by office managers and administrative directors. The university-wide focus areas with designated leaders are listed below.
The University Director decides on assignments for the managers in November. The assignments include providing proposals on how each area can be made more efficient, concrete targets for savings and developing a timetable. They must also produce impact assessments as a result of the proposals.
University-wide focus areas
Economy
Joakim Karlsson, chief financial officer, and Achim Lang, administrative director School of Business and Economics
Research support
Annett Wolf, acting office manager Office of External Relations, Lotta Gustafsson, library director, Karin Järplid, planning manager, and Achim Lang, administrative director School of Business and Economics
IT support
Peter Bergehamn, Head of IT, and Mari Gerdin, administrative director Faculty of Technology
Internationalisation support
Charlotte Kipowiski, office manager Office of Student Affairs, Annett Wolf, acting office manager Office of External Relations, and Emma Vestberg, administrative director Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
IT support
Peter Bergehamn, Head of IT, and Mari Gerdin, administrative director Faculty of Technology
Communication and marketing support
Katarina Ek, chief communications officer, Håkan Sandström, administrative director Faculty of Social Sciences, and Mari Gerdin, administrative director Faculty of Technology
Planning, monitoring and analysis
Karin Järplid, planning manager, and Ulrika Bengtsson-Verde, administrative director Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Study and career counselling
Charlotte Kipowiski, office manager Office of Student Affairs, and Johan Krantz, administrative director Board of Teacher Education
Security
Marie Brorsson, acting head of security, and Therése Iveby Gardell, university director
Training aid
Charlotte Kipowiski, office manager Office of Student Affairs, Ulrika Bengtsson-Verde, administrative director Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and David Svensson, office manager Office of Facilities Management and Services
More information
Related news on Staff
- Status of work on streamlining the University's operational support (241018)
- Reduced funding for Linnaeus University in the government’s budget (240920)
- Översynen av verksamhetsstödet fortsätter (in Swedish) (240625)
- The university administration to be streamlined (240117)
- Säkerhet, kostnadsmedvetenhet och AI – viktiga frågor för nästa år (in Swedish) (231207)
- Business analysis of operational support presented in a report (240927)
Do you have questions or concerns?
If you have any questions or concerns, you should contact your office manager or administrative director in the first instance.