Plans are all well and good, but nothing beats getting started on the real work. Every time, it’s just as nice to get started on implementation. Now that policy decisions have been taken and budgets set, we are preparing to co-organise the HR, finance and communication functions for 2024.
I hope that the development of the entire support in these areas will engage both employees in the UA and recipients of the support.
I am looking forward to many meetings in all possible contexts where we can discuss how we can best develop our operations, and not just the areas that are now being co-organised. Change certainly involves uncertainty and anxiety, but it is also a chance to let ideas emerge, open up for development and suggestions and set new goals for our operations and work environment. It may be a tired expression, but I like to remind you that we are each other’s work environment. How the people and the parts work together is crucial for the results and ability, and we must have a working and study environment that is attractive, inclusive and equal, to quote KTH’s vision and overall goals.
Since I now got the last word for the year on the UA blog, I take the opportunity to thank you for this eventful year and at the same time look forward and thank you in advance for the activity that starts immediately in the new year. The Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching, and I’m looking forward to an active and energetic spring term, but first a good holiday. I can only hope that you get some much-needed rest.
Best wishes for the Christmas and New Year holidays
Kerstin Jacobsson, University Director