But when the magazine was published in March, a copy was placed in the post box
of one of the course directors and Lisa was promptly called to a meeting.
"He threw the magazine down in front of me and shouted: 'did you pose for
this?' The atmosphere was incredibly threatening," Lisa told GT.
The second head lecturer called for Lisa to give a public explanation in front
of her classmates and to see a counsellor.
"They must have studied every picture in the magazine just to recognize me. I
had coloured lenses and there was just a tiny picture of me on the front cover.
"What's more, it's a specialist magazine that you can't by in the shops," said
Lisa.
A few days after the meeting, Lisa was requested to appear in front of the
deputy head of department. There she was told her that she would not be sent on
work experience with the rest of the class later in the year.
Since she was not considered suitable for contact with the general public, some
tasks would instead be found for her at the university.
"He gave me a lecture on morals," said Lisa.
Speaking to GT, the head of department stands by both his own actions and those
of his colleagues.
"Our profession is all about conversations. The lecturers wanted to hear her
reasoning on the matter.
"I don't feel that I have discredited her, but I have certainly questioned the
action itself," said Erland Hjelmquist.
As a budding psychologist, he thinks that she should have displayed more
maturity.
"Posing like this raises questions about her way of reflecting on the course
content as well as her way of viewing her own self-image," said Hjelmquist.
But Christian Sjöstrand, a legal expert at the Swedish National Agency for
Higher Education, takes a very different view.
"The university's job is to judge how the students perform on the course, not
what they do in their free time. Posing for this magazine should not affect her
chances of getting work experience," Sjöstrand told GT.
If the agency finds that the university acted inappropriately, the individuals
concerned will have to explain how they intending assisting Lisa in the future.
"I know that they have no right to get involved in my private life, the life of
an adult student. They are not following any laws or rules; they have their own
way of dealing with matters. They are guilty of misconduct," said Lisa.
