Lund University's Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström says the government's decision to shorten the terms of office on university boards is tone-deaf. The decision means that the members elected for the coming term of office will only serve 17 months instead of the regular three years.
The Government justifies the change on the basis of the external situation and the desire to include security policy expertise on the boards. In an email to SVT Nyheter, Minister for Education Mats Persson writes: "I see the measures as necessary to ensure that universities and colleges conduct a strong security policy situation"