The Association was founded in 1995 as an organisation for institutional co-operation on a voluntary basis. All 42 universities and university colleges in Sweden are members (15 universities, 20 university colleges and 7 university colleges of art). The Association aims at safeguarding the external interests of the institutions and at strengthening their internal co-operation.
We work in the following fields:
- Undergraduate teaching and learning
- Graduate studies
- Research
- Higher education as an organisation
- Co-operation between higher education and the society at large
- Staff and premises
- Co-operation with foreign sister organisations
The Association is an arena for discussions and decisions in the field of higher education. We address principle issues as well as more concrete ones. Our working methods are conferences, working-groups, reports, seminars and direct contacts with Parliament, Government and government commissions.
Examples of current issues
- Funding of undergraduate teaching and learning
- Research policies, especially funding issues
- Relations to industry and commerce
- Institutional autonomy and the legal position of higher education institutions
- Gender problems in recruiting academic top leaders
- Long-term development of auditing within the higher education sector
- Nordic co-operation
- European co-operation, Bologna and ERA-processes