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Summer greetings from the university director

Jane Kraglund looks back on her first six months as university director and forward to the opportunities and challenges facing the university’s administration.

2015.06.29 | Jane Kraglund

[Translate to English:] Foto: Lars Kruse, AU.

Dear administrative staff members

I’d like to take this opportunity to send my regards to all of you before we leave for our summer holidays. 

I’ve been university director for six months now, and looking back, it’s been a good spring during which I’ve gotten to know a lot of competent people in the administration. Running a university takes a skilled, flexible administration, and it’s been - and remains - a pleasure to head this university’s administration. 

In the spring, we landed the last details of the reorganisation of the administration in response to the decisions taken last autumn. All change is demanding, and it’s entirely to your credit that the positive effects of these changes are now beginning to be felt.

We have established a number of working groups to analyse our long-term needs going forward. One of our goals is to live up to the annual cost reductions required of the administrations of all government institutions and agencies. But just as importantly, running a university demands a professional, flexible administration that can provide the necessary support for research, teaching and other core activities.  This is why I’ve adopted a long-term perspective: we’re planning with a horizon of three to five years, which means that we should be able to manage with only minor adjustments from now on.  

We will have a chance to discuss this when I visit all of our administrative divisions and administration centres in August and September. I’m looking forward to it.

Our administrative staff members are clearly proud to work for the university, and they perform their work with dedication and commitment. For that I would like to thank you, and I wish you an excellent - and well-deserved - summer holiday. 

Yours sincerely

Jane Kraglund

University Director

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