Operational change for FUS

Tue 15 Feb 2022 15:42

Work on operational change is now underway at the Division of Research and Educational Support (FUS).

Exteriör Campus Sundsvall, vinterbild

The aim is to reach a budget in balance next year and adapt the operational support so it meets Mid Sweden University’s needs and helps to provide even better conditions for research and education of high quality. Decision on operational change is planned in April 2022.

The activities are funded by both research and education funds via overhead and by internal and external project funds. The needs of Mid Sweden University have changed since FUS was formed and also the conditions. Among other things, it sees that certain tasks will change and will be removed, but also that skills are needed in areas such as internationalisation, external research funding, lifelong learning and mission training.

— We, as operational support, need to constantly adapt to help provide as good conditions as the opportunity for high-quality research and education. I see, among other things, that we have space to streamline our internal management of student mobility and reduce the number of job preparation activities that are not anchored in the educational programmes, says Ludde Edgren, Head of Division, FUS.

Operational support needs to be developed around work with more complex international collaborations and support for changed internationalisation work.

— Lifelong learning is also an area where we need to develop our support activities. To support all the way from the children’s university, high school cooperation to offer flexible and adapted courses for professionals. This work also involves further developing cooperation with the public sector and industry, which must of course be well anchored with the priorities of the core business, Ludde explains and continues:

— I have very good employees and we have come a long way in our work, but there are still changes that need to be implemented. FUS operations should be a good investment in research and education funding, and we need to constantly review and adapt our support activities, says Ludde.


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