Postgraduate Studies Day 2013

The Work Environment at KILU

Olle SödermanHead of Chemistry Department

Starting point, inquiry carried out in 2012:

Lunds universitet / xx (n= )

Table 3. Discrimination and vicimisation xx % (n= 117 ) N-fak % (n=471) LU totalt % (n=3562)

 

Have noticed someone beingsubjected to victimisation at onesworkplace during the past six months?

15,4 12,8 13,6

 

Have you yourself been subjected to victimisation in your workplace during the past six months?

7 5,5 7,1

 

According to my experience, we treat each other with respect at Lund University

87,3 83,3 83,9

Victimization?http://www5.lu.se/o.o.i.s/754

Definition

With victimization is meant recurrent reprehensible or distinctly negative actions which are directed against individual employees and students in an offensive manner which may result in the employees being placed outside the workplace or study group community. Examples are:• control of the employee without his knowledge• withholding work-related information• deliberately sabotaging or hampering the execution of work• exclusion or negligent treatment, disregarded, and making the employees

invisible• slander and blacken the character of workers• insults directed against the person, hypercritical and negative reception • to unjustifiably remove or alter office or dutiesOffensive actions and behavior also includes harassment based on gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, age, religion or belief.

KILU has zero tolerance against victimization

What do you do if you experience or noticevictimization?

Talk to your supervisor/head of division/director of studies/head of department….

Don’t wait!

Document!

Have you had problems falling in sleep during the last three months?

All graduate students at LTH (160 of 480 answered).

I have days when I feel very pressed, reaching the limit of what I can cope with

How do we create an environment where we do not experience negative stress?

• Good leadership

• Participation

• Clear definition of goals and expectations

• An open environment

• Don’t overwork things!

The prevention of negative stress and “burnout” syndrom is important.

Communication is important: “medarbetarsamtal” .

Från Doktorandbarometern LU 2007:

“Doktorandbarometern” LU, 2007

Graduate students LTH within ... Experimental TheoreticalHow would you rate the information you received as newly admitted graduate student with respect to:-general objectives and content of graduate education 3.0 3.0-division/dept activities 3.5 3.5- division/dept expectations of you as a graduate student 3.0 3.0-institution duty: scope and content 3.5 3.5-where you can turn to with questions about your graduate student position 3.0 3.0-where you can turn to with conflicts and other socialproblems 2.5 2.5-what support you can get from the student union 2.5 2.5- Information about job market after graduation 2.5 2.5

1: very bad; 5: very good.

We are scientists:

• We must get away from the ideal of the devoted scientist who puts his/her research above everything else.

• An ordinary work-week is 40 hours (sometimes more, sometimes less).

• During those 40 hours we should focus on our academic tasks.

• But we should also have a life outside the Chemical Center.

• We must strike a good balance!

A lot of information on LU home page. But in Swedish….

http://www5.lu.se/pa-online/arbetsmiljoe/psykosocial-arbetsmiljoe

At Science faculty: Handbook for PhD studies:

http://www4.lu.se/o.o.i.s/3460

LTH has information in English:

http://www.lth.se/english/education/phd_studies/