Shaping the future of the FyFa faculty
The FyFa faculty gathered on 18 November for a workshop to start the journey towards “Establishing a FyFa faculty with a shared vision and framework for a sustainable and excellent teaching organisation that fosters collaboration, competence, and world-class education” – FyFa’s strategical goal for the teaching organisation.
Over 30 teachers and researchers at FyFa, representing the FyFa Faculty, as well as representatives from the management team, gathered at Brygghuset in central Stockholm for a half-day workshop this week. The aim of the workshop was inspiration and involvement in shaping the future of the FyFa Faculty.
Explore teaching clusters
One of the main topics covered was to explore teaching themes and envision future teaching clusters. The purpose of forming these clusters is to meet some key challenges, such as generational shifts, maintaining and enhancing a high teaching competence, and to clarify pedagogical approaches used across the programmes. By workshopping these topics together, the faculty took the first step towards identifying and shaping the future clusters. The work consisted of various workshop exercises and discussions during the day.
An agile way of working
“This is an agile way of working, where we let a new structure emerge together piece by piece. This method is quite new to us, but it is exciting. After this meeting, we will analyse the results in STUFF, in the management team and in Team GUA to define and decide on next steps”, said Kent Jardemark, GUA.
The workshop exercises and discussions were led by Peter Alterling, change leader at FyFa.
“We are in a change phase, and it is important to remember that the plan is not set, it is evolving as we go along”, said Peter.
Head of department, Sophie Erhardt, thanked everyone who participated as she closed the day and concluded: “We are doing this together. I am looking forward to kicking-off and start working!”
A few voices from the day
"Today was a productive step forward, energized discussions, and strong group synergy. It's clear that we need to define our objectives, identify what we must learn, and determine how best to organise ourselves for success."
"By engaging more with fellow teachers and fostering collaboration across groups, we can unlock new opportunities. Building connections within the organisation is essential – understanding who is responsible and who to contact helps us navigate effectively. "
.. and a few more voices
“Bring the FyFa spirit back to teaching”
“Let’s make a peer-review system for lectures
“Mentoring programs important”
“Involve new phd students and post-docs”
“Shadow other teachers to get inspiration “
Pictures from the workshop
