What for SLU keeps Student Ombudsman?

Or Who pays the piper calls the tune

After my studentship was withdrawn, I tried all possible ways to start communication with the SLU authorities. I even appealed to so called Student Ombudsman. The first Ombudsman I contacted advised me to withdraw my complaint against the SLU from the Higher Education Authority and to start begging the top bureaucrats to pity me. The reason provided was very interesting: SLU is too powerful to fight against (like I didn't know it before!). I didn't follow the advice because I already spent six months trying to “get in touch” with the university.

Well, when another ombudsman contacted me after a while, I tried to dispel some suspicions that started to bother me: for whom ombudsman really works? Where lays his loyalty?

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From: Monika A

Sent: 30 January 2013 09:05

To: Elena K

Subject:

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Dear Elena,

My name is Monika A, and I very recently came back from my parental leave as PhD-student commissioner. I heard that you’ve been in contact with Nina and Anna who fill in for me during my leave of absence. If you want to see me, do get in touch.

Kind regards, Monika

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Monika A

Doktorandombudsman/PhD-student commissioner

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Doktorandombudsmannen

Box 7010, 750 07 UPPSALA

Besöksadress: Hampus von Posts väg 8

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Från: Elena K

Skickat: den 1 februari 2013 00:55

Till: Monika A

Ämne: RE:

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Dear Dr. A,

Thank you for contacting me. I would highly appreciate any help and advice. I have got a serious problems while doing my PhD projects at SLU. So, I got in touch with Dr. A when she was appointed as a PhD-student commissioner.

I would like to know your point of view on my case and, of course, would appreciate any advice about how to involve my University into a reasonable discussion. But before I provide more details on my case, I would be thankful if you can clarify for me one sensible question: are you an SLU's employee or the the state's one?

Thank you in advance for your answer!

Regards,

Elena

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From: Monika A

Sent: 04 February 2013 15:41

To: Elena K

Subject: SV:

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Dear Elena,

I am stationed at the Division of Student Affairs and Learning Development, but my position is independent in many aspects. I do, for example, have professional secrecy. In a few cases I have collaborated with the union (of course only with permission from the individual PhD-student). I have also worked together with the PhD-student councils in driving through improvements on a more general basis. When it comes to certain legal aspects I also have some contacts outside SLU.

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Kind regards, Monika

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Meaning: the Student Ombudsman is paid by SLU

Question: whose interests will Student Ombudsman defend? If you can't guess now, scroll down.

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Every time when I contacted SLU authorities regarding newly invented problems, I added our Student Ombudsman on a mailing list to keep her informed. However, no reaction ever came from her. Recently, my “supervisor group” decided to withdraw the rest of my study resources and for the thousandth time I sent my protest against the violation of the rules. I was expecting at least any reaction from our Ombudsman and when it didn't come, I wondered:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 12 April 2013 12:30

To: Monika A

Subject: your opinion

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Dear Dr. A,

On April 12, 2013 I sent you a copy of my letter addressed to SLU administration. There I again express my protest against illegal procedure of appointment of new supervisor group. Since October 2012 I have been asking SLU administration to change their decision, but my requests were ignored. Neither I was given any explanations about the reasons of such decision. Since you are the student ombudsmen at SLU, I would like to know your opinion about this situation.

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Elena KSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

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and I wondered again:Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural 

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From: Elena K

Sent: 15 April 2013 06:53

To: Monika ASwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Subject: FW: your opinion

Dear Dr. A,Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

On April 12, 2013 I sent you a copy of my letter addressed to SLU administration (the file enclosed). There I again express my protest against illegal procedure of appointment of new supervisor group. Since October 2012 I have been asking SLU administration to change their decision, but my requests were ignored. Neither I was given any explanations about the reasons of such decision. Since you are the student ombudsmen at SLU, I would like to know your opinion about this situation.

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and again :Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

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Från: Elena KSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Skickat: den 18 april 2013 05:44

Till: Monika ASwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Ämne: FW: your opinion

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Dear Dr. A,Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

On April 12, 2013 I sent you a copy of my letter addressed to SLU administration (the file enclosed). There I again express my protest against illegal procedure of appointment of new supervisor group. Since October 2012 I have been asking SLU administration to change their decision, but my requests were ignored. Neither I was given any explanations about the reasons of such decision. Since you are the student ombudsmen at SLU, I would like to know your opinion about this situation.

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Elena KalleSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

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And the answer came at last:

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From: Monika ASwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Sent: 18 April 2013 09:05

To: Elena KSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Subject: SV: your opinion

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Dear Elena,Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

I've been away on official business, and the rest of this week is fully-booked. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

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I am going to send our Student Ombudsman a link to this post and asked her to comment on it. As soon as she replies her comments will be posted without any censorship.Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

And now I would like to share with you some quotes from the replay that SLU sent to the Uppsala District Court answering my complaint (the complete versions of all documents will be posted later):

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“Employment as a doctoral student is a temporal form of employment regulated by Chapter 5 of the Higher Education Ordinance (HF). In the case of employment that are temporary pursuant to the HF, unlike employments that have been limited in time according to the Employment Protection Act (LAS), no separate notice need to be made in connection with the termination of such an employment.”

“As its first ground, the plaintiff (probably they meant defendant) asserts that all of the plaintiff's requests for relief are time-barred. Elena K has thereby lost her right to her claim pursuant to the Security of Employment Act (LAS), Section 42. In the event that the District Court should find that one or more of Elena's request for relief is not time-barred, SLU assert that this part of the Complaint should be denied, as Elena K had a temporary employment, which expired legally, so that no voiding of the notice of termination, request for relief by a declaration that the employment agreement will continue in force until further notice, or any damages pursuant to the Employment Protection Act (LAS) will apply”Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

“ A party who intends to request a declaration to void a notice of termination, pursuant to LAS §40, must notify the employer about this no later then two weeks after the termination took place. .. A person who wishes to demand damages pursuant to LAS §41 is required to notify the opposite party of this within four months of the date of commencement of the action that caused the injury or loss. “

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Summarizing: PhD is a position with a temporal employment. The employment is renewed every year. If your supervisor decides not to renew it, he is in his full rights. No explanations to you must be provided. No notifications should be expected. You have only two weeks to complain!

And here comes again our Student Ombudsman. If you would follow “good advices” to contact the Student Ombudsman and go into discussions and meetings you would spend precious time and lose the tiny chance to get your case investigated! That is the main reason why SLU keeps Ombudsman. If Ombudsman would be installed to watch the students' rights he would be employed by the State in order to be unbiased. However, if Ombudsman is paid by SLU, would he do anything against his employer, knowing that “SLU is too powerful to fight against”?Swedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural scienceSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural scienceSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural scienceSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural scienceSwedish university of agricultural sciences Swedish university of agricultural science

Why SLU got such a high rank?_question to URank

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From: Elena K

Sent: 12 April 2013 13:58

To: ingemar@urank.se; stig@urank.se; thorsten@urank.se

Cc: Margareta.S@gov.se; conny.u@inpress.com

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Subject: why SLU got such a high rank?

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Dear Prof. L, Prof. F and Prof. N,

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Recently URANK nominated Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) the third best university in Sweden. It was very surprising news, taking in account that there is an open case against SLU at the Uppsala District Court (case nr T1260-13).

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Already more then one year I have been trying to get any explanations why my study resources have been withdrawn in violation with all prescribed rules. SLU refuses to explain who made the decision, what reasons did they have, why there was no discussion about the issue.

Three times I sent complaints to the Swedish Higher Educational Authorities. This authority delayed judgment for seven months and finally limited their decision to the minor issues and absolutely ignored the major points. Thus, the case was submitted for the investigation to the State Court. More details about this struggle you can find in my blog.

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Even if I am not right in my claims, the fact is that SLU is unable to start any discussion and is trying either to ignore student's requests or to use all administrative resources to psychologically broke the person who dare to ask them awkward questions.

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My question to you is: can the university which has the open case against it in the State Court be ranked so high?

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I promise to post your answer on my blog without any reduction.

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Sincerely,

Elena K

Dept. Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology,

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Sweden

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Sent: 15 April 2013 15:35

To: Elena K

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Subject: Ang: why SLU got such a high rank?

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Dear Elena K,

As far as we can understand from your letter you are primarily complaning about the administrative routines and forms of governance at SLU. These - by all means - very important dimensions of a university?s over-all quality are not part of our rankning.

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sincerely

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Remember the lies you told!

It does not matter how long one can lie, the truth will be revealed anyway. That is what happened with a team of SLU bureaucrats who got a task to justify by any means the illegal termination of my PhD project.

On March 25^th, the “supervisor” group informed me that all the resources were withdrawn from my PhD project, except the salaries that SLU is paying to three professors and one doctor for pretending to be my supervisors. Since by the law (Higher Educational Ordinance) the decision about withdrawing the resources from PhD studies can be done only by the rector, I wondered:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 26 March 2013 01:05

To: Gabriella P H

Cc: Anna R

Subject: FW: Protocol from last meeting, call for supervisor meeting and new study plan

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Dear Dr. P H,

In the document that I got yesterday it is stated that resources for my studies has been withdrawn (please see the attachment). I was not informed about it. Please, can you send me a copy of the decision?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Elena K

Dept. Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

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I got no answer, so I asked again, adding a higher bureaucrat to the mailing list:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 27 March 2013 05:24

To: Gabriella P H

Cc: Anna R; Lena A-E

Subject: FW: Protocol from last meeting, call for supervisor meeting and new study plan

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Dear Dr. P H,

In the document that I got (please see the attachment) it is stated that resources for my studies has been withdrawn . I was not informed about it. Please, can you send me a copy of the decision?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Elena Kalle

Dept. Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

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Again no answer, so I changed the addressee to the highest level (this usually helps):

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From: Elena K

Sent: 28 March 2013 06:30

To: Lena A-E

Cc: Rektor

Subject: FW: Protocol from last meeting, call for supervisor meeting and new study plan

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Dear Dr. A-E,

Recently I have got a document (please, see the attachment), which states that the resources from my PhD studies have been withdrawn.

I would appreciate it if you can confirm or refute this information.

Regards,

Elena K

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After this came the answer:

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From: Christer B

Sent: 28 March 2013 14:14

To: Elena K

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F

Subject: SV: Protocol from last meeting, call for supervisor meeting and new study plan

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Dear Elena K

The faculty agrees with the statements made by the supervisor group in the ISP concerning the direct financing of the project since the financial situation does not allow any additional direct costs. However, there has been no formal decision to withdraw resources and the supervisor group still provides guidance to you as a PhD student.

Sincerely

Christer B

/chairman of FUN at the NL-faculty/

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I really like communicating with this particular bureaucrat: his style is the essence of bureaucracy – lies in verbal flourishes. So, I kept the ball rolling:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 28 March 2013 16:13

To: Christer B

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: resources for PhD study

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Dear Mr B,

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Thank you for the reply. However, it is difficult to understand what do you mean. Since it is an important question, I would appreciate it if you provide me with more details:

1. What does resources for PhD education usually include?

2. Which part of this resources has been withdrawn from my studies? Please, provide me with a copy of the decision.

3. Which part of the resources is left?

Thank you in advance. 

Regards, Elena KSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swedish University of cultural Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural

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And look what surprise come now!

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From: Christer B

Sent: 28 March 2013 17:41

To: Elena K

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Elena K

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1. Salary or stipend plus some (highly variable) amount covering consumables.

2. None.

3. According to the new study plan there are no resources left beside the supervision provided by the supervisors.

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Sincerely

Christer B

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Wait a second! For more than a year this bureaucratic gang was talking that stipend or salary is not a study resource! That is why they could take my salary without any formal decision. It does not call “withdrawing” they said. And now Mr. B. just gave away the show! Well, these things became more interesting, so I asked:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 28 March 2013 17:59

To: Christer B

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: RE: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Mr B,

I apologize for bothering you, but you need to understand that this question is important for me. Please, can you write more clear, what do these points mean? In the first message you wrote "The faculty agrees with the statements made by the supervisor group in the ISP concerning the direct financing of the project since the financial situation does not allow any additional direct costs." where do these resource belong to? When they were withdrawn?

Regards,

Elena

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Probably, at that moment he already has got cuffs and kicks from the chief of the gang, for not remembering the lie they all agreed to say, so he became very discreet:

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From: Christer B

Sent: 28 March 2013 18:10

To: Elena K

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Elena K

No financial resources have been withdrawn. Resources in the form of supervision is offered.

Sincerely

Christer B

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But I was not ready to stop the conversation when it came to such an interesting point! Not yet!

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From: Elena K

Sent: 28 March 2013 18:18

To: Christer B

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: RE: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Mr B,

I apologize for bothering you, but you need to understand that this question is important for me. Please, can you write more clear, what do the points, that you listed in your previous mail means (citation):

"1. Salary or stipend plus some (highly variable) amount covering consumables.

2. None.

3. According to the new study plan there are no resources left beside the supervision provided by the supervisors." (end of citation)

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In the first message you wrote "The faculty agrees with the statements made by the supervisor group in the ISP concerning the direct financing of the project since the financial situation does not allow any additional direct costs." to which group do these resource belong to? How much were they? What was a mechanism of their ending?

Regards,

Elena

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…..........

After this my mail box was shut down for few days (too late! I copied all mails already). So, when the access was restored we continued:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 02 April 2013 13:39

To: Christer B

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: RE: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Mr B,

I apologize for bothering you, but you need to understand that this question is important for me. Please, can you write more clear, what do the points, that you listed in your previous mail means (citation):

"1. Salary or stipend plus some (highly variable) amount covering consumables.

2. None.

3. According to the new study plan there are no resources left beside the supervision provided by the supervisors." (end of citation)

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In the first message you wrote "The faculty agrees with the statements made by the supervisor group in the ISP concerning the direct financing of the project since the financial situation does not allow any additional direct costs." to which group do these resource belong to? How much were they? May I see the documents about the origin and the amount of the resources that were allocated for my PhD studies? What was a mechanism of their ending?

Regards,

Elena

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From: Christer B

Sent: 02 April 2013 21:37

To: Elena K

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: RE: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Elena Kalle

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To get more detailed answers to your questions you need to meet with your supervisors.

I have tried to be as clear as I possibly can in my answers.

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Sincerely

Christer B

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Well, this was a moment for final comments:

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From: Elena K

Sent: 03 April 2013 06:24

To: Christer B

Cc: Jan S; Nils H; Johan M; Marianne C; Martin W; Lena A-E; Gabriella P H; Pär F; Rektor

Subject: RE: Ang.: resources for PhD study

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Dear Mr. B,

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1. You refuse to provide me with information regarding my own studies. You act against the Swedish law.

2. I still do not have a supervisor. The group of the people appointed as my supervisors is illegal, because the appointment was done in conflict with prescribed rules and, as a result, the biased persons were selected. Surely, people, who are participating in this performance understand that they are involved in the act of psychological violence against me.

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Sincerely,

Elena K

Dept Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Sweden

Summary. The salary is a study recourse. This study resource was withdrawn from my PhD against the law.

Higher Education Ordinance; Chapter 6, Section 30 : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

If a doctoral student substantially neglects his or her undertakings in the individual study plan, the vice-chancellor shall decide that the doctoral student is no longer entitled to supervision and other study resources. Before such a decision is made, the doctoral student and the supervisors shall be given an opportunity to make representations. The case shall be considered on the basis of their reports and any other records available. The assessment shall take into account whether the higher education institution has fulfilled its own undertakings in the individual study plan. A written record of the decision shall be made, which is to include reasons for the decision.

Resources may not be withdrawn for any period in which the third-cycle student has been appointed to a doctoral studentship or is receiving a doctoral grant. Ordinance (2010:1064).

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