Last September, [three] vice-rectors [at Uppsala University in Sweden] sent a short letter to the Ministry of Education and Research, which had appointed [Eva] Akesson as the first female rector of Uppsala, calling for her removal “due to being unfit for the position”.
They provided no argument in support of the claim, which was subsequently signed by eight of the university’s deans.
… Things did not become clearer when one of the deans, Professor Jan Lindegren of the faculty of the humanities, published a four-page letter in which he tried to explain the conflict and why the 11 vice-rectors and deans had acted against the rector.
He claimed that the collaborative climate in the university had been eroded during her tenure. But he overstated his mission of clarification when, in rather non-academic wording, he reportedly said Akesson was managing the university by “scaring the shit out of many of her employees”.
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:11AM
Shield-maiden!
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:40AM
Lagertha, Wife Of Ragnar!
March 22nd, 2014 at 9:46PM
This season, former wife, but still ally. Now, if Akesdottir calls for the ritual sacrifice of nine deans …