The recent World University Ranking from The Times Higher Education Supplement puts Harvard University as number 1, followed by University on Cambridge, University of Oxford and Yale University. The Nordic top list looks like this:1. Uppsala University (#71)2. University of Copenhagen (#93)3. University of Helsinki (#100)4. Lund University (#106)5. University of Aarhus (#114)6. Technical University of Denmark (#130)7. TKK – … Read More
Facebook – Competitor and/or Complement?
This was one of the big discussions on this year Swedish National Alumni Conference. During the last couple of month the amount of Swedish members on Facebook increased in huge amounts – and fast! That’s why many alumni co-ordinators in Sweden asks themselves the question “How do I best react to Facebook?”Ulf Asklin is the alumni co-ordinator of Chalmers University. … Read More
NHH populær blant CEMS-studenter
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH) kommer på en delt førsteplass når CEMS-studentene evaluerer utdanningsinstitusjonen de har studert ved. For studieåret 2006-2007 deler NHH førsteplassen med Universität St.Gallen i Sveits.Les mer Les mer om CEMS
London School of Economics and LSE Alumni Norway
Here is an interesting article about alumni relations in Norway (in Norwegian):http://forbruker.no/jobbogstudier/studier/article1983570.ece London School of Economics has started a local chapter in Norway with an official kick off event on August 30.Read more
Karolinska Institutets universitetsbibliotek har utsetts till Årets Bibliotek 2007
“Karolinska institutets universitetsbibliotek arbetar målinriktat för att stödja Karolinska institutets forskning, utbildning och information. Här finns serviceanda och engagemang som gör att användarna högt uppskattar sitt bibliotek. Som nationellt expertbibliotek för medicin anordnar biblioteket kursverksamhet och driver kompetensutveckling.” Läs mer på DIKs hemsida. Mira Network leverar utbildningsadministrativt system till Karolinska Institutets universitetsbibliotek som hjälper dem att hantera sin kursverksamhet på … Read More
New client: Kalmar University
Kalmar University (http://www.hik.se) is setting up an alumni program and have chosen Mira Network’s solution for alumni networks.
New client: Högskolan Dalarna
Högskolan Dalarna (http://www.du.se/) is setting up an alumni program and have chosen to use Mira Network’s solution for alumni networks. Högskolan Dalarna, with about 10,000 students, has its campuses in Falun and Borlänge.
Veckans Affärer skriver om fundraising
Dagens nummer av Veckans Affärer skriver om filantropi och kopplingen till fundraising vid Lunds universitet, Uppsala universitet, Karolinska Institutet, Chalmers och Linköpings universitet. Läs artiklarna här:http://www.ekonominyheterna.se/va/magasin/2007/25/de-nya-valgorarnahttp://www.ekonominyheterna.se/va/magasin/2007/25/en-helt-ny-yrkeskar
New client: Ersta Sköndal University College
Ersta Sköndal University College (http://www.esh.se/) has just launched their alumni network, using Mira Network’s solution. Ersta Sköndal University College is dedicated to studies in the fields of social work, nursing and health care, theology, church music with an explicit ethical and diaconal orientation. The University College was founded in 1998 through the merger of the undergraduate, post-graduate and research programmes … Read More
Rankings and alumni programs
We tend to get back to the importance of rankings, and how they relate to alumni relations. We would like to explain my opinions in this matter a bit more. Our reasoning goes as follows. 1. We believe that there will be more rankings of comparable programs at different universities. The Bologna accord will be one driving force for this, but there … Read More