[Drand] VB: About the situation

[Kajsa Blomdahl]

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Från: Jonas Eklund
Skickat: den 28 april 2020 17:20
Till: doktorandombud.sus
Ämne: About the situation


Dear Chair of a PhD student council,



This spring has been quite special with a lot of uncertainty, questions and worries. Unfortunately there are few answers at the moment, and no indication on when things will go back to normal.



As the PhD student ombudsman I am included in some central groups at the university where issues concerning corona and how to deal with it is discussed. So far most discussions have been focused on handling the acute situation with safety and maintaining teaching and a working university.



For the PhD students the mayor concern that has been raised has to do with the “cost” of the situation, related to not being able to work as usual, with closed offices, limited access to library, canceled seminars, increasing workload due to digitalizing teaching and so on. Stockholm University has decided (at least for now) not to give any general extension of employment and redirects the question to the departments where it should be negotiated.



This concern has also been discussed in CDR (Centrala Doktorandrådet) a discussion that will continue.



As for now I would like for you to send this email to all PhD students at your department or inform them on the content, and raise the discussion in your PhD student councils locally.



I would also like to recommend that you keep track of extra work, costs, or situations that make you inefficient (as having to take care of kids and so on), to prepare for eventual future negotiations.

It might also be a good time to consider joining the trade union, and the unemployment fund, as a precaution for the future.



If you have questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.



Best wishes,



Jonas Eklund

fil.dr./PhD

Doktorandombud/
PhD Student Ombudsman

08-674 62 57

doktorandombud at sus.su.se<mailto:doktorandombud at sus.su.se>



Stockholms universitets studentkår

/Stockholm University Student Union

Universitetsvägen 2A



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