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Professor Olle Lark, Dean of the Sahlgrenska Academy, during the facultys Management Day.
Educational issues
Focusing on
Projects in 2010
She explains that the students came up with several ideas that the Council for education in first and second cycle programmes and the education department at the faculty office have endeavoured to implement. These included a new student counselling organisation during the year as a result of an inquiry the previous year, and an Academy-wide course evaluation process. I feel that communication has increased between the educational programmes at the Academy, says Nilsson. This has enabled us to learn more from each other. After several years of investigation and analysis prompted by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Educations review in 2007, the Programme Committee for Medicine has begun to develop the medicine programme.
Vice Dean Kerstin Nilsson
However, the Vice Dean is concerned about the reduction in state funding for Swedens academic institutions that was announced in conjunction with the introduction of student fees for non-European students. This might make it harder to develop study programmes, especially at masters level, and to increase the number of places on existing programmes. Theres nothing to suggest that were training more staff than the healthcare and dental sectors need quite the opposite in some cases.
PERFORMANCE, 2008-2010
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in line with the study programme in medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. NUMBER OF FIRST-CHOICE APPLICANTS PER PLACE Programme AUT10 AUT09 AUT08
Physiotherapy Nursing Occupational therapy Medicine Dentistry 18,54 9,74 4,70 11,67 6,37 17,41 8,78 4,92 10,64 8,60 11,81 7,90 3,70 9,25 7,20
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F ULL TIME EQUIVALENTS A NNUAL PERF ORMANCE EQ UIVAL ENTS The performance indicator relates to performance for the year as a whole for FTEs, and stood at 96% in 2010. This means that the Sahlgrenska Academy has reached the funding cap.
It was the large universities and the specialist universities that claimed the Swedish top spots in the latest ranking from Urank, an independent group of academics. This time the organisation had also divided the 2009 results into three groupings by subject: care and medicine, technology and science, and the humanities. The University of Gothenburg came second to Lund University in care and medicine, with Karolinska Institutet taking third place.
integration of theoretical and laboratory work is valuable and contributes to a deeper understanding at both the theoretical and practical level. Visualisation can also promote more clinic-like teaching, which increases students opportunities to develop professional expertise. The aim is to use this project to generate models that can be generalised to other courses in the faculty and also make a significant contribution at the theoretical level.
Placements
Studentcorner is a meeting place for all students and has services that can make their everyday life easier.
Studentcorner
Studentcorner was officially opened in January 2010 and is a forum for students to meet up with supervisors, international coordinators and student counsellors. They can also book time with a study counsellor, pick up information or borrow a computer. A drop-in service with language supervisors was offered once a week during the spring term, followed by a drop-in service with IT supervisors during the autumn.
Since 2008 we have been running a research project to design a quality assurance evaluation instrument for placements in the nursing programme. This instrument is based on quantitative data, students own experience and what they consider to be necessary for optimal learning. The idea is that the final evaluation instrument could be used for all vocational courses involving placements in the healthcare sector.
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In the autumn of 2010 nine doctors and 19 nurses who had qualified abroad were accepted onto supplementary training courses for doctors and nurses. The corresponding course for dentists attracted 12 students and started at the same time.
Academic integrity
The Council for education in first and second cycle programmes has produced a new brochure for students and lecturers on academic integrity, the rules on citing sources and how to demonstrate own knowledge using permitted methods. It also covers the rights and obligations of teaching staff and students in the event of cheating and plagiarism.
Supplementary training
In 2009 the University of Gothenburg, Karolinska Institutet, Linkping University and Lund University were asked to arrange supplementary training for doctors, nurses and dentists who had qualified in countries outside the EU/ EEA and Switzerland. These courses aim to help students to acquire the knowledge they need to be authorised to practise their respective professions in Sweden.
Nishma Hindocha spent three months at Cardiff University in the spring of 2010. She thought it was very interesting to get another perspective on her odontology studies.
International partnerships
In 2010 a total of 156 students from the Sahlgrenska Academy studied at foreign universities, which was slightly fewer on 2009. The percentage of students following entire courses abroad is increasing, though the majority of foreign
visits are for degree projects and placements. 67 foreign students studied at the Sahlgrenska Academy in 2010. More study programmes than ever before were actively involved in student exchanges, with the number of teaching staff taking part in international exchanges also up on the previous year. A total of 29 Sahlgrenska Academy teaching staff taught at foreign academic institutions during the year. These exchanges were funded through government grants for lecturers, Erasmus and Linnaeus-Palme.
Bachelors programmes
Audiology Biomedical Laboratory Science Dental Hygiene Dental Technology Dental Surgery Diagnostic Radiography Nursing Dietetics Medical Physics Medicine Midwifery Nursing Occupational Therapy Pharmacy Physiotherapy Prescribing Public Health Science Specialist Nursing Speech and Language Pathology
Masters programmes
Business Creation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine Public Health Science with Health Economics
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subscribed, with demand outstripping supply. In 2010 the number of places on these courses was increased temporarily. The courses are run by the University of Gothenburgs PIL Unit (Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning).
Supervisor training
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African collaboration
Since 2009 the Sahlgrenska Academy has been involved in a doctoral student collaboration with Rwanda funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. In 2010 the Academy went on to set up a similar collaboration with CARTA, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa. Under the agreement, the Academys doctoral students can be part of a network of nine African universities and five research institutes. The faculty has also been given two doctoral places at CARTA, which offers a structured education at doctoral level, with intensive teaching.
Material Initiative
The Material Initiative is a new joint project at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Chalmers University of Technology and means that doctoral students at Chalmers work in parallel with doctoral students at the University of Gothenburg and the Sahlgrenska Academy on common and overlapping projects, known as twinning doctoral studentships.
ORPHEUS
2010 saw the Sahlgrenska Academy becoming a member of ORPHEUS, the Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System. Founded in 2004 in Zagreb, the organisation aims to bring more consistency to the range of medical courses offered at doctoral level in Europe.
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PhD students defended their theses in 2010. The following are just some of the theses that were picked up by the media:
become biological parents. However, the path to achieving this can be laborious and, for some, the treatment is unsuccessful. Those couples living without children, both men and women, had a significantly poorer quality of life than those for whom IVF treatment had been successful and also in comparison with the couples in the control group. When interviewed after two years they perceived their infertility as central to their lives and above all that quality of life amongst men without children was more negatively affected than had been previously reported in studies of involuntary infertility, says Marianne Johansson.
Those who exercise when young have stronger bones when they grow old
The bones respond best when youre young, and exercising and loading them with your own bodyweight during these years has a stimulating effect on their development. This may be important for bone strength much later in life too, so reducing the risk of brittle bones, says Martin Nilsson who wrote the thesis, which is based on an examination
A treatment programme designed by a physiotherapist and occupational therapist together reduces the patients pain, increases the function of the elbow and hand, and reduces the duration of sick leave. This programme heals tennis elbow better than cortisone injections. The method can benefit the patient, the employer and society in general.
A second tissue sample was taken from the same area of the mouth in 20 of the patients who took part in the programme and were tobacco-free after six months. We could see that the mucous membranes were still not normal six months after giving up, neither in a clinical examination nor under the microscope, says Wallstrm. He believes that this group of people should also be monitored after giving up snuff, as there is a suspicion that the risk of cancer is higher in former tobacco users, and previous research indicates that nicotine can affect the development of cancer.
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The prize-winners for the best theses. Standing, left to right: Erik Portelius, Ann De-Wahl Granelli, Nina Khosravani and Pia Alsn. Seated, left to right: Christer Fransson, Malin Johansson and Anna-Karin Sjgren
A special ceremony in May saw prizes being awarded to seven Sahlgrenska Academy researchers for the best theses of 2009. The seven prizes are awarded each year to doctoral students who have completed their research and written theses of a particularly high standard. In addition to a prize-winner from each institute, a prize was given for the best thesis for the entire Academy in 2009. Best thesis of the Academy received SEK 60,000 the others received SEK 15,000 from Dr Arnt Vestby Research Foundation and a special diploma. The prize for best thesis went to Christer Fransson, who showed that bone loss around dental implants is far more common than previously realised. I felt very grateful, proud and honoured to be given this magnificent prize. Itll encourage me to continue to combine teaching with clinical research.
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Ulf Smith was Vice Dean of Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy from 2008 until May 2010. Among other things, he worked on increasing the Academys ability to attract strategic funding. We can get better at this, says Smith. One important success factor is bringing together groups of researchers to create broader expertise and competence in ongoing research projects. We must therefore have a clear strategy for how we ensure nationally and internationally competitive research. His ideas have won support on the Academy Board, which agrees that there is a need for a more radical vision for the Academys future development. Its an exciting and challenging job. One important aspect is to continue the work begun by Ulf on further integrating basic research into more patientoriented clinical research, says Enerbck, who believes that his most important tasks for the future are to protect research and help create a research environment which is creative, open and welcoming. In this way, he can make it easier for new researchers to establish themselves and develop their research at the Academy.
Vice Dean Sven Enerbck
What is needed?
Weve initiated and planned closer collaboration between basic and clinical research, which will benefit the Academy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Vstra Gtaland and, ultimately, patients, says Smith. The next step is to create translational centres to serve as creative meeting places for basic researchers and clinical personnel where they can resolve the big healthcare issues. Our work on such centres is progressing, and I look forward to seeing the results.
Im also looking forward to finding new ways of supporting established research at the Academy. And its important that we get better at landing external research funding.
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Research developments
New centres
Strategic investment in Sahlgrenska Cancer Centre Together with Lund University, the University of Gothenburg has been awarded government funding to develop a strategic research field in cancer, 2010-2014. Professor Gran Stenman heads the centre at the Sahlgrenska Academy, which brings together researchers from a wide variety of fields pathology, molecular medicine, urology, surgery, virology and oncology. The research ranges from basic research into cancer genetics and tumour biology to more clinically applied, patient-based research. The idea is to develop a leading research field in cancer nationally and internationally and significantly increase levels of external research funding and the recruitment of leading researchers and clinicians to the field, says Stenman. Gillberg Centre to contribute new knowledge The creation of the Gillberg Centre is a tribute to neuropsychiatric R&D work at the University of Gothenburg, says the centres director, professor Christopher Gillberg. It spells a sharper focus on patient groups needs for better understanding, better treatment and clearer strategic investment in clinical and basic research in the field. The Gillberg Centre at the Sahlgrenska Academy is to serve as a platform for research and the development and establishment of new examination, investigation and treatment methods for conditions such as autism, ADHD and anorexia nervosa. The centre is being financed largely with funding from the Birgit and Sten A Olsson Foundation for research into mental handicaps. University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC) opens The GPCC was opened in February by health minister Gran Hgglund. The new centre is part of the governments strategic focus on particularly eminent research environments. The government has awarded funding of SEK 90 million over a five-year period for this multidisciplinary research programme looking into personcentred care for long-term illnesses. Person-centred care focuses on the individual, not the illness, and starts with the patients experience of his or her situation, explains the centres director, professor Inger Health minister Gran Hgglund opens the GPCC. Ekman. By starting from the patients story rather than restricting our efforts to samples and tests, we can create more personal care and understand behaviours and symptoms from the individual patients perspective..
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New grants
Other activities during the year
Medical conferences hosted 2010 was a record year for Gothenburg in terms of conference numbers, with the autumn especially busy. A variety of medical congresses were hosted by representatives of the Sahlgrenska Academy together with medical organisations. One example is the EADV dermatology conference, which brought around 6,000 clinicians and researchers from around the world to Gothenburg to learn about the latest advances in Swedish and international research in the field. The SICOT/ SIROT conference for orthopaedic surgeons was also wellattended, with around 3,000 participants from various parts of the world, making it the largest orthopaedic meeting ever held in Sweden. Permanent exhibition on Per-Ingvar Brnemark The spring saw the opening of an exhibition on Per-Ingvar Brnemark and the discovery of osseointegration. Professor emeritus Per-Ingvar Brnemark was behind one of the Sahlgrenska Academys most successful and commercially exploitable research breakthroughs. He developed a method of anchoring implants directly into the bone, which he termed osseointegration. A permanent exhibition has been put together in the Academicum building telling the story of the discovery and what it has led to.
Professor emeritus Per-Ingvar Brnemark attended the opening of the exhibition.
The largest source of external grants in 2010 was the Swedish Research Council. Other major sources included the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the EU, the Swedish Research Council Formas and the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation. The Sahlgrenska Academy received a total of SEK 106 million from the Swedish Research Councils Scientific Council for Medicine and Health for medical research, four research assistant posts and a collaborative project. In addition, the single largest grant from the Swedish Research Councils Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences went to professor Lena Hartelius, who was awarded SEK 11.8 million, more than any other researcher at the Academy during the year. Hartelius and her team are looking into various forms of speech disorder in adults and children. Another large grant was won by professor Jan Born, who landed SEK 10.5 million from the Swedish Research Councils Scientific Council for Medicine and Health. He heads a research group looking at blood fats and atherosclerosis. The Swedish Research Councils C o l l a b o r a t i o n Gr a n t f o r Translational and Multidisciplinary Research was awarded to researcher Professor Jan Born tops the list of the researchers Marie Lagerqvist, who received a at the University of Gothenburg who won the most grant of SEK 3.9 million for research research funding in the period 2002-2010. into oestrogens protective effects on the bones. RESEARCH 21
The following is a selection of the larger grants won from other sources:
Academy and Nils-Gran Larsson from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne were awarded a joint ERC Advanced Investigator Grant to look into the regulation of the expression of mitochondrial DNA over the next five years. A more in-depth understanding of this process will increase the chances of finding treatments for mitochondrial disorders in the future.
programme in regenerative medicine. Professor Milos Pekny won SEK 5 million to create new strategies for rehabilitation and recovery from brain injuries
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women. Barregrd received SEK 2 million for his R&D project on cadmium and diabetes, while Larsson was awarded SEK 5 million for his project looking at how exceptionally high emissions impact on the development of antibiotics and the spread of antibiotic resistance.
EU countries. The project has been awarded EUR 100,000 per year for four years, making a total of around SEK 3.6 million. Senior Lecturers Marie Berg and Ingela Lundgren have been appointed to the management committee and are conducting research within the projects focus areas.
SEK 2 million from the Inga-Britt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation
The Inga-Britt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation awarded a grant of SEK 2 million to docent Jenny Nystrm, who is researching rare kidney disorders in a collaborative project combining clinical and laboratory work locally, regionally and together with researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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speak about her research into the changes in cardiovascular diseases prevalence and prognosis, as well as how these can be explained.
K Fernstrm Prize, which is awarded to young, promising and successful researchers. He received it for his research into how bacteria in the gut affect obesity and diabetes.
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risk factor for the ability of fish to reproduce. If we know how our medicines affect the environment, we will be in a better position to choose environmentally friendly alternatives, though we must always put the health of patients first, says Joakim Larsson, one of the researchers behind the study.
and dementia. The research, published in the scientific journal Brain, is based on a major population study of women from Gothenburg. This study could result in a better understanding of the risk factors for dementia, but our results need to be confirmed by other studies, and further research is needed in the area..
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were present in all atherosclerotic plaques and that several bacteria were found in the plaques and, primarily, the mouth but also the gut, of the same patient. These results would suggest that the bacteria can enter the body from the mouth and may ultimately contribute to inflammation of the plaque, says researcher Fredrik Bckhed.
that copy number variants (CNVs) sub-microscopic abnormalities in the chromosomes are heavily over-represented in autistic people. The study also provides evidence that other genes that are important for synapse development and communication between the nerve cells play a role in the origin of autism in some cases.
The improvement can partly be explained by better nutrition, better treatment of high blood pressure and other vascular diseases, and not least the greater intellectual requirements of todays society, where access to advanced technology, television and the Internet has become part of everyday life, says one of the authors, medical doctor Simona Sacuiu.
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Concrete results
The Academy is involved in various initiatives to facilitate the application and commercialisation of medical, technical and care-related research results in Gothenburg. Inger Ekman, director of the University of Gothenburg Centre for PersonCentred Care (GPCC) and Vice Dean of the Sahlgrenska Academy, offers a concrete example of the application of research from the GPCC at Sahlgrenska University Hospital with good results: Our research has led to better care for the individual patient and financial savings for the healthcare system in the form of shorter care periods and faster rehabilitation from longterm diseases.
Lark reports that the Academy recently recruited professor Maria Anvret to strengthen and develop its work in this area. She is used to dealing with these kinds of issues and has the right background for the role.
Our partners
Cooperating with the outside world and providing information about our activities are part of the Universitys mandate. The Sahlgrenska Academy naturally works closely with Region Vstra Gtaland and the Swedish Dental Service as well as industry in the region. Cooperation is a natural part of the daily work of research and teaching staff, but there is also a more formalised relationship regulated by a regional agreement between the University of Gothenburg and Region Vstra Gtaland.
and healthcare in the field of imaging and visualisation, as well as researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Bors and the regions medical technology industry. The seminar was intended as a means of finding new ways of working together and building links that can result in good solutions for the BoIC. The conclusion from the seminar is that a working party should be set up to organise the academic contribution to the development of the centre.
Hlso-SAM
Medi-SAM Odont-SAM Vrd-SAM
Gothia Forum for Clinical Research is a meeting place and resource centre for research collaboration in the Vstra Gtaland region. Medtech West is a centre for research, development and innovation in the eld of medical technology. The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) at the School of Business, Economics and Law is the University of Gothenburgs platform for knowledge-based business development. Sahlgrenska Science Park has been tasked with promoting innovation by giving researchers advice and support when embarking on business start-ups. GteborgBIO aims to create a solid base for long-term growth in the biomedical eld in the region by translating cutting-edge academic research into innovations in industry and applications in healthcare. Gothenburg International Bioscience Business School (GIBBS) is a unique masters programme in medically-oriented business development. The aim is to train students in innovation and entrepreneurship in preparation for roles as managers and entrepreneurs at biomedical companies.
during the year. The website presented around 160 news items from our activities, around 80 of which were distributed as press releases to the media in Sweden and abroad. Some news about clinical research was presented in collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospitals information department. In June, for example, the media were invited to a press seminar in connection with the 5,000th kidney transplant at the hospital. Our information department arranged 250 separate contacts between the media and researchers or other staff at the Academy during the year.
The interior of the joint Sahlgrenska Academy/Sahlgrenska University Hospital stand at the Swedish Society of Medicines 2010 annual meeting in Gothenburg..
Researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy participated in numerous popular science events. A radio programme on the national station P4 had researchers from the Academy on hand to answer listeners medical questions. As part of the International Science Festival in Gothenburg, a Public Health Day was arranged for adults and an Ask the Doctor session for children of school age COOPERATION AND INNOVATION 31
The Public Health Day spanned everything from the key role of nature and gardens in the rehabilitation of stressrelated illnesses to the latest research findings on how to maintain wellbeing as we grow older. The Ask the Doctor panel welcomed almost 120 children with questions about how the human body works. The Academys participation in the festival was a joint effort with Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV).
Region Vstra Gtaland and the Sahlgrenska Academy are behind a new simulator centre opened at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in 2010 which enables staff and students to learn and practise new methods effectively, both individually and in groups.
Popular science lectures are much appreciated and well attended events. The Sahlgrenska Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research organised a series of seminars for the general public during the spring, and heart disease was the theme for five different lectures in the Researchers Speak programme during the autumn which attracted a combined audience of 1,800 people.
The facultys management attended many meetings and events during the year.These included the huge Expo 2010 international fair in Shanghai in which more than 200 countries and international organisations took part.
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The Sahlgrenska Academy began collaborating with Prices research group in San Francisco and groups from Australia and Italy in 2000. The collaboration has been successful and has generated both funding and scientific articles. Richard W Price was also a visiting researcher at the Institute of Biomedicine in spring 2009, during which time he was a source of inspiration for infection specialists and virologists at the Academy engaged in HIV-related research.
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Has the abolition of compulsory student union membership had any effects?
Definitely. All 5,000 students at the Sahlgrenska Academy were union members until compulsory membership was abolished. Around 60% of them are still members. This is a smaller decrease than we feared, but we still have a lot of work to do to attract more members. We also need a larger number of active representatives who can influence decisionmakers at the Academy and the University to further improve students situation..
SAKS chairman Erik Strandmark and Doctoral Student Council chairwoman Karolina Roughton.
SAKS participated in a consultation during the year on the new Rules and Regulations for studies at the University of
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Gothenburg presented by the Vice-Chancellor at the beginning of the year. These are designed to assist students and teaching staff, so it felt important for us to be active in their development and ensure better conditions for students. Strandmark anticipates further tasks in 2011, including quality assurance of the placement period for the study programmes, as students are increasingly having to do their placements right across the Vstra Gtaland region due to a shortage of places locally, so having to commute to work or live somewhere else during their placement period. But the most important thing of all in the longer term is to establish the Sahlgrenska Academy Student Union brand at every level and market the benefits that the union offers members.
During the year, the council fought to make doctoral students teaching duties more evenly and fairly distributed. As things stand, Roughton says, some students feel that they have so much teaching that they cannot cope with their workload, while others have no teaching at all. Some have also said that theyre not being paid for the work theyre putting into their teaching. We want to see the same rules and opportunities for all doctoral students at the Academy.
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Institute of Biomedicine
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Anders Oldfors
Revenue
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Ian Milsom
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Ingela Lundgren
Deputy Head
Karin Ahlberg
Employees
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Institute of Medicine
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Hans Carlsten
Deputy Head
Henrik Sjvall
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Agneta Holmng
Deputy Head
Jane Carlsson
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Annika Ekestubbe
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Human resources
Focus on employeeship
Ten staff training programmes have been carried out since the start in 2007, and 270 people have now completed the training. Evaluations show that participants are satisfied, with 87% finding the training useful and 67% finding it inspiring. The aim is to develop employeeship in the faculty to increase participation and influence, promote acceptance of responsibility and create opportunities for personal and professional development. The feedback from managers has also been positive awareness and acceptance of responsibility in the workplace have improved, says Christin Wackerberg, Director of Human Resources.
Recruitment
The recruitment process for teaching staff has been reviewed and made more efficient during the year with the aim of improving and developing recruitment work. A website with relevant information about all recruitment cases, past and present, has been created to facilitate contact with applicants and streamline internal work. One way of retaining skills and ensuring renewal among the teaching staff is to get students to participate in teaching assistant programmes with the aim of stimulating interest in medical research and teaching. By offering students an opportunity to dedicate a period to research and teaching
Discussions at the facultys Management Day.
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Finances
Revenue
The Sahlgrenska Academys revenue has grown healthily in recent years and continued to do so in 2010. Revenue totalled almost SEK 2.1 billion, which is more than budgeted. The facultys income statement suggests a decrease in grant revenue from 2009 to 2010, but this is not entirely correct, as some direct funding under the governments research policy bill was paid out through the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency as grants in 2009 for technical reasons. In actual fact, the Academys grant revenue increased from 2009 to 2010. Grant revenue is now much higher than a few years ago. The Academy received around SEK 558 million in external funding in 2010, compared with SEK 343 million four years ago. By far the largest source is the Swedish Research Council, while other major contributors include the EU, the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, Region Vstra Gtaland, the Jubilee Cancer Clinic Research Fund and the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation. Contract revenue continued to decrease, falling to SEK 62 million in 2010.
Costs
Total costs were higher than budgeted at almost SEK 2 billion, roughly SEK 100 million more than in 2009. Of the SEK 67 million overshoot, payroll costs accounted for the largest share at SEK 42 million.
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Capital
The Academy had total administrative capital of almost SEK 240 million on 31 December 2010. Administrative capital is a measure of the wealth of public sector bodies and corresponds to the concept of equity capital in the private sector. This is a substantial increase since the end of 2009, when administrative capital totalled SEK 149 million. Retained surpluses increased by SEK 91 million due to the years surplus.
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Unspent funds
The Academys balance sheet shows unspent grant and contract funding of SEK 635 million at the end of the year, down SEK 4 million on a year earlier. The reduction is due to a large number of externally funded activities being closed in the 2010 accounts in line with the Universitys new guidelines. However, the large inflow of new revenue during the year meant that unspent funds did not decrease to any major extent. The combination of sharply rising revenue and lagged cost growth is one reason for the increase in unspent funds in recent years. The Institute of Medicine has the most unspent grant and contract funding at SEK 223 million.
Transfers
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