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Ove Lundberg, Dr

Head of department of Economic history

Former Director of Distance Education

UMEÅ UNIVERSITY

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Polar circle

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Umeå in Sweden

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This is Umeå University

26,690 students

4,246employees

Inaugurated 1965

272professorships

faculties

52female

professors

1,390postgraduate

students

58departments

(equivalent)24

centres

2,900 millions SEKin annual turnover 2004

28football fields

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University - Visions

Respected and committed

Desire for development

Success together

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Revenues 2004University total

Total 2,816 mSEKFigures in krona (millions) (rounded amounts)

Other (non-budgeted)

contributions 507

Interest and other financial revenues 20

Budgeted government grants 1,905

Fees and compensation payments 384

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Campus area

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University hospital area

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Northern Sweden's largest city

109,000 inhabitants

A cultural centre with opera, theatre groups and festivals

180 kilometres of cycle paths

160 kilometres of exercising tracks

One of the world's foremost cities for Internet use and broadband development

Expansive industrial base, with for instance Biomedicine

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Umeå Institute of Design

Umeå School of Business and Economics

Umeå University School of Physical Education and Sports

Umeå School of Fine Arts

Umeå School of Environmental Studies (in co-operation with SLU)

Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts

Umeå Institute of Technology

Other research institutes in Umeå

National Institute of Working Life

Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, NBC Defence

SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

Colleges within the University

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Number of students per year

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Range and choices

120 programmes

1 700 courses

Apart from ordinary form and rate of study:

Distance University

Web University

Summer University

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Research profile

Life sciences

Interactions between humans, artifacts and IT

Welfare, democracy and security

The northern dimension

Ecological sustainability

Gender perspective

Teacher education and teaching profession

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Teacher education and teaching professionFocus on practice, related to schools and professional issues,characterized of a multi- and disciplinary approach

• Equity and ethics: democracy, gender and antiracism

• Development of practice: implementation, action research and reflective practitioners

• Roles of school and university students and teachers

• Basic skills: reading, writing and mathematics

• Subject didactics and learning difficulties

• Aesthetics: arts education, sloyd and handicraft

• Formal, informal and entrepreneurial learning

• ICT in education, youth culture and distance education

• Guidance, counselling and special needs

Research profileFaculty of Teacher Education

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Umeå University – not just in Umeå

Kiruna – just under 200 students, 4 programmes

Lycksele – approx. 100 students, 3 programmes

Skellefteå – approx. 700 students, 11 programmes

Örnsköldsvik – approx. 400 students, 8 programmes

Sollefteå – just under 200 students, 2 programmes

In addition to these, Umeå University provides courses at 19 other places

Student numbers = full time students both programmes and courses

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Historical perspective

Hermodsmodel

Teaching versus learning

World experiencesOpen University (Great Brittain)

Fernuniversität (Germany)

Distance Education

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Enthusiasts

Technical infrastructure

(Heavy) Support from head of department

Distance education as a portal for regular education

Responsibility to be in the edge. New teaching methods

A clear STRATEGY

Early experiences from a faculty point of view