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Are you curious about how you can find out more about what is happening in your teaching, with your students' learning? In this brand new book (2025), which is freely available online, you will get…

The Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) invites all teachers and teaching staff at Lund University to our annual inspiration day. The day will be packed with exciting presentations,…

The European Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (EuroSoTL) will take place in London, United Kingdom, on 8–11 June 2027. The conference gathers educators, researchers, and…

Professor Katarina Mårtensson has been awarded the honorable Spirit of ICED Award and will be presented with the award in person at ICED’s conference in Salamanca, Spain next year

Teaching Today and Tomorrow: Exploring Connections, Methods, and Possibilities

On Friday 21 February Colin Loughlin defended his thesis 'The Unintentional lecture - The place of large-class teaching in contemporary higher education'.

Professor Katarina Mårtensson from the Department of Educational Sciences has been elected as a member of SUHF’s (the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions) Expert Group on Higher…

On October 18, 2024, the university’s annual professorial installation ceremony was held in the auditorium of the University main building. During this prestigious event, 28 new professors were…

Previous research shows that the relationship between teachers and students is crucial for student engagement and motivation to learn. But what actually characterizes a good teacher-student…

This spring the Division for Higher Education will run a brand-new professional development course for teaching staff: "Rethinking Assessment." This course, running from March 17 to May 26, 2025, is…

Are you a university lecturer, teacher, student teacher, or researcher in educational science? Or just generally interested in school issues and higher education? You are warmly welcome to this fall’s…

Which groups of students are favored or disadvantaged by the current school system? And how has the student's role in school changed over time? Professor Mona Holmqvist explores these questions in a…

This spring, Jonathan Nästesjö defended his dissertation titled "Uncertainty, Worth, Identity: How Early Career Academics Navigate Evaluative Landscapes" at the Department of Education Sciences. He is…

From March 6th to 8th, 2024, the Nordic Educational Research Conference, NERA, took place in Malmö. This year's theme was "Adventures of Education: Desires, Encounters and Differences," and many of…

Welcome to apply for AHU’s higher education teaching and learning courses in autumn 2024! The courses are aimed at all teaching staff at Lund University and are suitable for teachers at all levels.…

How does one progress as a new researcher in today's academia, where evaluations are constant and competition is fierce? This is explored by Jonatan Nästesjö in his new dissertation, "Uncertainty,…

This year’s conference on teaching and learning in higher education, LUTL, will take place at Forum Medicum on 14 November 2024. The theme is Connecting Teachers – Changing LU from within. The idea is…

On March 1 at 1:15 p.m. Jonatan Nästesjö does his dissertation in educational science. The defense takes place in LUX C126, Lund university.

The well-established scientific foundation in the educational subjects at Lund University is evident, but how can we get better at using the same scientific foundation in our teaching? Welcome to…

We now welcome two new professors in education sciences: Mona Holmqvist, specializing in research on schools and the teaching profession, and Katarina Mårtensson, who becomes Lund University's very…