Mikael on School Dialogue Two

On Tuesday, School Dialogue Two was held with President Sigbritt Karlsson. The initial feedback from Sigbritt is that a lot is going well at the CBH School, regarding education, research and collaboration. We started by going over the financial outcome for the CBH School, which is SEK +27 million for the period Jan-Sep 2021, which is much better than the budget for 2021, which was SEK -23 million. This is due to revenues that are higher than the budget entered. The costs are in line with the budget. The basic education outcome is SEK -6 million for the current period, which is better than the budget, which is SEK -14 million for 2021. Both revenues and costs are higher than the budget. Compared with the same period last year, both revenues and costs are higher. The fact that income is higher is due to the fact that performance has increased and that we have received extra funds for the foundation year education. On the cost side, it is personnel and common costs that increase the most, compared with the same period last year. The school's assessment is that the forecast for the full year of undergraduate education will be slightly better than the budget entered. Research and postgraduate education outcomes are SEK 33 million, which is significantly better than the budget of SEK -8.7 million for 2021. Both revenues and costs are higher than the budget entered for the current period. On the revenue side, it is the FoFu grants that have increased the most, as we have received extra grants regarding e.g. SciLife Pandemic Prepardness. And that the invoicing of user fees for SciLifeLab has increased this year and is already up to the budgeted value for the full year. This specifically applies to two departments: Genetic Technology and Protein Science. The school's assessment is that the forecast for the full year for research and postgraduate education will be significantly better than the budget entered.

We also discussed strategies for Campus Solna and Campus Flemingsberg. The assessment is that operations in Solna will increase by next to 100 percent within a four-year period. Today, one percent of the space is vacant - which is why it is likely that an expansion with premises will take place.

With regard to Flemingsberg, we have now, under Sebastiaan's leadership, concentrated our operations in three thematic areas: Biomedical imaging and simulation, Sustainable work life and Digitalisation of health and care. We believe that we can continue to grow organically. As Sebastiaan has expressed it "Love it or Leave it", the principal has now decided: Love it! We will continue the discussion about the premises to manage the rental cost. There also needs to be investments in faculty growth in the operational plan 2022. Happily, the President is also opening up for investments in start-up grants in the operational plan for 2022, so we will resume the discussion in the departments' management groups.

Mikael