This paper provides an analysis of the motives, goals and perceived result of Higher Education Teacher Training courses (HETT) at Swedish universities. A growing demand on improved quality of teaching and learning in Swedish higher education have led to an increased number of Educational Development Units at universities as well as to a higher turn-out of teachers taking part in HETT. In addition, this has come with substantial investments in launching and organizing university units for educational development. Despite the demand on improved quality of teaching and learning in Swedish higher education, there is only limited research on the result of HETT courses. Existing training courses seem to embed a diverse set of goals, different expectations from course instructors and participants and in terms of result more research on HETT is needed. 

This study sets out to focus on perceived result of former course participants in HETT courses. Four groups of stakeholders are in focus: 1) students, 2) university teachers, 3) the university management and 4) the government. The overall question to be explored is: What different expectations do these stakeholders have on HETT regarding course motives and goals and what perceived result do they see. While motives and goals are mainly analyzed in existing documents, perceived outcomes are collected through interviews.

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