Komvux
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Swedish firms 'clueless' about foreign graduates
National: 24 May 13
As white-collar union Saco slammed Sweden for not helping well-educated foreigners into the labour market, The Local spoke to researcher Josefin Edström about the disconnect between foreign professionals and Swedish employers.
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'Tailor Swedish classes to newcomers' needs'
Education: 31 Jan 13
With one in four Swedish language students dropping out of the state-run classes, three Liberal Party ministers argued on Thursday that the system is not helping newcomers integrate and needs a work-focused overhaul.
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Student loans agency warns of non-payment
Education: 21 Jan 13
Close to 90,000 Swedes with student loans are endangering their future credit score by late or outstanding payments, prompting the student loans body CSN to place warning calls to those risking a record of non-payment.
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Green Party hopes to lure Swedish youth back to school
Education: 3 Jul 11
One in four Swedes leave their teenage years behind without completing high school, costing society six billion kronor ($957 million) per annum, according to the Green Party, who want to facilitate a return to the school desk.
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Tempers flare in final party leader debate
Politics: 17 Sep 10
Mona Sahlin accused Fredrik Reinfeldt of spreading lies as the two traded jabs in a heated Thursday night debate pitting the leaders of Sweden’s seven Riksdag parties against each other just four days before election day.
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Moderates pledge billions for unemployed
Business & Money: 18 Aug 10
Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party wants to spend 3 billion kronor ($410 million) over the next three years on job coaching, work experience and training, creating over 31,000 new opportunities in 2011 and 2012, according to party estimates.
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Blogger profile: Patrick Reilly
Analysis & Opinion: 8 Mar 10
New arrival and active blogger Patrick Reilly speaks to Peter Vinthagen Simpson about his nascent attempts to become a fully-fledged Swedetalker.
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Kabul to Kiruna: a new life in the Arctic Circle
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 10
Adjusting to life in the far north of Sweden can be tough at the best of times, but coming as a refugee presents an extra set of challenges. Malin Nyberg speaks to two women who are more than happy to adapt.
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Education minister clamps down on high school repeats
National: 15 Jun 09
Swedish high school students will no longer be able to take courses at municipal adult education programmes in order to improve their grades, according to a new schools bill to be presented on Monday.
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Renewed focus on vocational education
Politics: 1 Sep 08
The government has announced plans to devote 1.8 billion kronor ($278 million) over the next three years toward improving vocational training in Sweden.
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Learning Swedish: accept no substitutes
Lifestyle: 10 Oct 07
Swedes might speak great English, but there's no substitute for getting your tongue around the Swedish language. Fiona Basile finds that learning the lingo needn't be a nightmare.
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Time to speak up for entrepreneurs
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jun 07
Sweden has many of the prerequisites for becoming a good country to be an entrepreneur. But negative attitudes to entrepreneurship need to change – something a new campaign hopes to achieve, says Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think-tank.
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Unemployed face a harsh reality under the Right
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jan 07
The new government's reforms of taxes and unemployment insurance may be good for the rich, but people who lose their jobs will face a harsh reality, argues Social Democratic member of parliament and former minister Lena Hallengren.
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Failed students 'milking adult education'
Society: 12 Jun 06
A sharp rise in the number of students failing in core subjects on Komvux adult education courses leads to accusations that many are just using the system to get study grants.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Teacher training
Analysis & Opinion: 21 Oct 05
There's shock for our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's Swedish class this week as their popular teacher announces that he is moving on.
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