AktuelLTH in English, week 7 - 2016
AktuelLTH - newsletter for LTH staff
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AktuelLTH - the internal newsletter at the Faculty of Engineering LTH - comes out every second Thursday. If you have news, suggestions or ideas you would like to share with your colleagues, let us know by emailing AktuelLTH@kansli.lth.se. Content must be submitted by Tuesday to appear in the newsletter on Thursday.
Wherever possible, please submit content in both English and Swedish.
One week left of the photo competition
Our photo competition on Instagram runs until the end of February. Take a picture somewhere on the LTH campus, post it on Instagram and tag it #LTHnow for your chance to win some great prizes. The competition is open for anyone to enter - including staff members. Read more about the photo competition.
Hint! The easiest way to see all the entries is to download the app LTH Now. Search for "LTH Now" in the Apple Appstore or on Google Play. You can also access the app on our website www.lth.se/now
Who will be crowned Swedish Champion of Innovation
No other Swedish innovation award can compare to the SKAPA-prize when it comes to breadth and engagement. There are both regional and national winners, and the competition attracts a large number of participants every year.
Two years ago, LTH alumnus Mehrdad Mahdjoubi won win his space shower.
The aim of the SKAPA-prize is to support innovators, help them bring their inventions and ideas to market and to highlight the importance of innovation in the wider economy. The prize fund totals more than SEK1m.
Applications are due on 10 April 2016 via the foundation's website www.stiftelsenskapa.se
LUCRIS - new research information system
Lund University is soon launching a new research information system - LUCRIS.
LUCRIS will replace LUP (Lund University Publications) as the registration interface for scholarly publications. In addition, LUCRIS will contain other research information, such as information on researchers, research groups, projects or research-related activities within, for example, external engagement.
LUP will close for new entries in March in preparation for the launch of the new system. You'll find this and other important dates, as well as more information about LUCRIS on the university's central staff pages.
How to reach out using social media
Under våren erbjuds en tretimmarsutbildning för forskare som vill vässa sin närvaro i sociala medier eller som vill börja använda sociala medier för att få spridning på sin forskning. Kursen ger handfasta och konkreta tips på hur du jobbar med blogg, Twitter, LinkedIn och Facebook.
Learn how to boost your online presence using social media in this three-hour course for researchers. You will get practical advice about how to spread your research via blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
The course includes:
- This is how it works
- Dos and don’ts
- How to deal with followers
The three-hour course will be held in English on:
- Thursday 12 May, 9-12
Are you on Twitter?
Social media can be a good way of reaching colleagues, students and the wider public. The launch of the app LTH Now (which collates online content about LTH into one news feed) makes it easier to find out what's going on around our campus.
If you're on Twitter, send an email to anders-frick@kansli.lth.se and we will add you to the list of LTH-tweeters.
Got a story for LTH-news?
What's happening in your group or your department? If you have something exciting going on that you want to share with colleagues, students, alumni, politicians and research funders - let us write about it in the faculty magazine LTH-news. Contact the editor anders.frick@kansli.lth.se with your feature ideas!
Finding scholarships
A lot of people have written to AktuelLTH and asked us to include information about their scholarships. Instead of including each individual scholarship in the newsletter, we would like to draw your attention to the university's central information about scholarships as well as the scholarship search service Research Professional. You can also sign up to receive the university's newsletter Research Funding News.
Summer school tips
If you are a PhD student, take the opportunity to apply for this year's LERU summer school, focusing on the theme of "Data Stewardship for Scientific Discovery and Innovation". Deadline for applications is 18 March.
If you are a student, you can apply for the summer school in Climate Change and Entrepreneurship. Deadline for applications is 1 March.
Workshop on Gender-Equal Teaching
On April 6, 2016, WINGS is proud to present a workshop on gender-equal teaching practices, led by Alice Marshall from Equality Inc. This workshop is for all faculty members with any teaching responsibilities. In this creative and interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to create a classroom or lab environment that supports the success of both female and male students. Learn how to become aware of the unconscious biases that can affect grading and classroom culture, and what you can do to proactively create a welcoming environment for all your students, regardless of gender.
A warm welcome to a fun and interactive workshop in April!
When: 6th of April from 13-16 (fika will be provided)
Where: Belfragesalen, Floor 15, Klinikgatan 32, BMC, Lund
Registration: Latest March 20th
Annual Conference of the EU-SPRI Forum
Welcome to participate in the 2016 Annual Conference of the EU-SPRI Forum: Exploring New Avenues for Innovation and Research Policies organized by CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden on June 7-10, 2016.
EU-SPRI is the European organization for research collaboration in the fields of innovation policy and research policy. The key objectives of the conference are to provide a forum for scholars interested and active in the areas of research and innovation policy analysis to exchange ideas and present findings across disciplinary boundaries as well as interaction between researchers and policy-makers/politicians.
Participants from all countries and from any relevant disciplines are welcome! More information here.
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