Anders Fällström, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University, is being recommended as new Vice-Chancellor of Mid Sweden University, according to information provided by the Mid Sweden University Board.

On Friday 30 September, it is high time for the annual science festival Researchers' Night – Forskarfredag. Researchers from Umeå University and the research institute of defence, FOI, will participate to increase interest in research, not least in children.

Several assembly points on campus have been changed.

Ulrika Haake becomes dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences until 30 June 2017 when the regular term of office comes to an end.