Teaching staff have expanded opportunities to take on R&D secondary employment
In order for the knowledge and expertise present at the University to benefit society, teaching staff at the University have a greater opportunity to take on certain forms of secondary employment than other employees. These secondary employment roles are to be concerned with research or development work within the teaching staff member’s subject area, and are referred to as Research and Development secondary employment. This opportunity is open only to teaching staff, and not the University’s other research staff.
Any secondary employment must never risk harming confidence in Lund University or become confused with activities conducted at the University. As well as leading to disciplinary measures, prohibited secondary employment may also result in research funders not reimbursing costs for work that has been carried out in contravention of the rules on secondary employment. There have been cases in which project funding has had to be repaid due to prohibited secondary employment.
New course about secondary employment in Kompetensportalen (Professional Development Portal)
The course is aimed at employees and explains what to bear in mind when reporting secondary employment as well as what types of secondary employment are permitted or prohibited.
The course takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The course will be available in English soon.
Link to course: Reporting secondary employment – what to bear in mind (in Swedish)
Read more about secondary employment on the Staff Pages: Secondary employment | Staff Pages (lu.se)