Disciplinary matters

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Here you will find information on what constitutes a disciplinary offence and how disciplinary matters are processed. In the right column you will find links to different report forms you should use when writing the report.

Provisions on actions against students who, for example, cheat on an exam, violate codes of conduct, or harass others can be found in chapter 10 of the Higher Education Ordinance. You can reach this by clicking here on this link Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100) (opens in the same window) on the website for the Swedish Council for Higher Education.

Procedures for dealing with disciplinary matters:

More on penalties for disciplinary offences and on the administrative procedures

Learn more about disciplinary matters and penalties for disciplinary offences:

Procedures for dealing with disciplinary matters according to the Higher Education Ordinance – some matters in administrative law, by Hans-Heinrich Vogel (PDF, 48 kB, opens in a new window) (in Swedish)
Disciplinary responsibility for students found cheating or disrupting, by Nils Jareborg (PDF, 70 kB, opens in a new window) (in Swedish)

Students involved in disciplinary cases may seek support and advice from the Student Health Counselling, the Student Ombudsman at Lund University Student Union as well as the Doctoral Student's Ombudsman at Lund's Doctoral Student Union. Contact details for each of these functions you will find by clicking on the links below. Each page will open in the same window.

Should you file a report, feel free to inform the student in question about these opportunities for support. Contact information for the Student Health Service, the Doctoral Student Ombudsman and the Student Ombudsman can also be found under Contact to the right.

For any questions regarding disciplinary matters in general, or about your case specifically, please contact any of us colleagues at the Legal Division. See Contact for contact information for the Legal Division.

To make a report please click on the relevant link below to open up a report form:

Report on suspected cheating:
https://portalbas.adm.lu.se/anmalan-om-misstankt-vilseledande

Report on suspected disruption or obstruction of teaching:
https://portalbas.adm.lu.se/anmalan-om-misstankt-storande-av-verksamhet

Report on suspected harassment:
https://portalbas.adm.lu.se/anmalan-om-misstankta-trakasserier

Please note that you cannot download or save a report form to fill out at a later date and furthermore please note that some of the boxes are mandatory to fill out. Finally, please also note the registration number on the case, which you will find on the confirmation of your report. This registration number you will need when communicating regarding the report.

Contact

For questions about the process in disciplinary matters, please send these to:

disciplin [at] lu [dot] se (disciplin[at]lu[dot]se)

The staff working with disciplinary matters are:

Sofia Eilertsson Olsson
Legal counsel
sofia [dot] eilertsson_olsson [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (sofia[dot]eilertsson_olsson[at]legal[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 09 11

Johanna Alhem
Legal counsel
johanna [dot] alhem [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (johanna[dot]alhem[at]legal[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 09 85

Annelie Isaksson
Administrative Officer regarding disciplinary matters
annelie [dot] isaksson [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (annelie[dot]isaksson[at]legal[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 09 11

Malin Lavesson
Legal counsel
malin [dot] lavesson [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (malin[dot]lavesson[at]legal[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 08 90

Sofia Sjöstrand (on leave)
Legal counsel
sofia [dot] sjostrand [at] legal [dot] lu [dot] se (sofia[dot]sjostrand[at]legal[dot]lu[dot]se)

For support and advice for students, contact:

Student Health Center
+46 46 222 43 77

The Student Ombudsman
studentombudet [at] lus [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 70 456 66 13

The Doctoral Student Ombudsperson
domb [at] ldk [dot] lu [dot] se