The course, entitled “Arts and Creative Health and Wellbeing”, focuses on how the arts can be used in healthcare and how the arts affect our health.
“When I saw that it was possible to apply for seed money for idea development concerning courses, I saw an opportunity,” says Max Liljefors.
The course idea had been used previously. Max Liljefors already had a commissioned education course on the topic via Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE), which he conducts in cooperation with Region Skåne. This spring he began to develop a proposal for a course syllabus and course content. The eight other EUGLOH universities were then sounded out to explore options for collaborations.
The choice fell on Arctic University of Norway in Tromsö, which had an interesting profile with researchers who have similar specialisations. The application was then made together with colleagues from Tromsö, where a visiting professor from London, Tony Ghaye, became involved.
“The application procedure was a lot smoother than expected, which was largely due to LU’s EUGLOH office. They have been very helpful throughout the process,” says Max Liljefors.
Max Liljefors and his colleagues received SEK 100,000 to develop the course plus SEK 25,000 for travel. He recommends other teaching staff members at Lund University to apply for this seed money and has some tips:
“The most important thing is that you really want to do it. Then it can be a good idea to check what EUGLOH-funded courses already exist. Don’t hesitate to contact the University’s EUGLOH office, even early in the idea stage, to ask questions,” says Max Liljefors.
The application must be approved by both the faculty and EUGLOH. One challenge was that EUGLOH’s plan and LU’s syllabus are not synchronised, but there was good will and a lot of understanding, so a preliminary approval of the course syllabus enabled good progress.
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