Department meeting 16 December 2009 Welcome!

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias 2 Agenda Welcome by HD ASB Alumni by Corey Morris & Jacob Jensen LBC new Branding Strategy by Lotte Fisker Jørgensen News from employees (Hta +?) Presentation of new staff members at the department The course of the year by H(o)D Special event ? Christmas ”hygge” in L161/L163

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias : course of the year  New employees, besides those previously introduced: −Constance (associate prof.) −Anna Karina (PhD student) −Erik Sloth (PhD student) −Mette Birkemose (PhD student) −Carmen Heine (assistant prof.) −Christiane Hess (language assistant)

New employees to come  Leila Trapp (from AAU), January  Helle Aggerholm (assistant prof.), January  A new secretary, January  Two PhD students, February  And other members of faculty – result of our recruitment strategy Department meeting 18 December 2008Dias 4

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias Visiting scholars  6 Visiting Professors  3 Visiting PhD Students  1 Language Assistant

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias Conferences and PhD courses  2 major conferences run by LBC employees  March: ” CCC - 4th International Research Days on Marketing Communications”  August: ” XVII European Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes & Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication  3 PhD courses  And more to come in 2010 …

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias External Funding  30 Applications  DKK: 24,5 mio.  Grants: 0.5 mio. so far Compared to 2008:  14 Applications  DKK: 25 mio.  Grants: 2.8 mio.

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias Research production Increase in research output continues, but the increase in peer-reviewed articles is going down:  Publications (with peer review) (13) (19) (40) (57) (59)

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias Teaching – accreditations and new programme EMT accreditation (only one institution in DK)  ACE accreditation (MA in languages) – in progress −Two employer panels established  Master in Knowledge Communication, with O & T and Lex. – in progress

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias Strategy Last but not least…  Strategy has taken a lot of time in 2009  including LBC goals and action plan for  to be revised after input from deans

2009 Strategy/action plan Issues to be discussed: o Elective courses and sustainability o PREF and participation in conferences o Cooperation across groups – how do we (re-) create a ‘research culture’ of openness, curiosity, cooperation? o Other issues/questions/comments? Department meeting 18 December 2008Dias 11

Department meeting 16 December 2009Dias 12 All in all  We have come a long way towards achieving our goals:  More people, more quality and more internationalisation  Renewed focus on strategy and the future.  But still many challenges and a lot of work ahead of us, especially as regards:  External funding  Journal articles  A research culture: openness, curiosity, cooperation …

Special event  Martin – 2009 revisited Department meeting 18 December 2008Dias 13