Universities play an important role in the development of society. However, it is not always clear what the objectives of collaboration between a Higher Education Institution (HEI) and external stakeholders from the surrounding society are. In this study, value-focused thinking was applied to construct structures of strategic, fundamental and…

In Swedish preschools teachers seem to struggle with the concept of "teaching" in their day-to-day practices. A three-year collaborative research project involving preschool teachers, managers and researchers therefore aimed to describe and further develop knowledge about what could characterize teaching and co-assessment based on…

Swedish faculty, researchers, and administrators were surveyed on their feelings about recent organizational changes in the university system. Attitudes varied among the target populations on these objectives: integration of disciplines and functions, spreading of resources, equality, emphasis on teaching, and reorientation of research, including…