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Ove Lundberg, Dr
Head of department of Economic history
Former Director of Distance Education
UMEÅ UNIVERSITY
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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
5
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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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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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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