February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Studentkår":
Education: 22 Aug 11
Only four campus housing agencies in the whole of Sweden will be able to achieve their goal of finding students a place to live within 30 days for the 2011 autumn term, a new report has found.
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Education: 9 May 11
The number of newly-built student apartments completed in 2010 fell sharply compared to the year before, amounting to only about one tenth of the number of units completed in 2009.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Dec 10
Despite good intentions, the decision to introduce tuition fees for non-European students who enroll at Swedish universities may end up doing more harm than good, contributor Adam Mullett discovers.
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Education: 27 Sep 10
Student unions at Sweden's universities have been hit hard financially since compulsory membership was abolished on July 1st despite more than a billion kronor of support from universities.
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Education: 23 Jul 10
The student housing shortage appears to be worse than ever for the upcoming autumn session, Sweden's National Union of Students (Sveriges förenade studentkårer, SFS) reported on Friday.
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Education: 19 Feb 10
Student groups have roundly criticised the Swedish government's move to charge fees to non-EU/EEA college and universty students from the autumn term 2011.
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Education: 14 Dec 09
Sweden isn’t doing enough to ensure equal working conditions for foreign researchers pursuing doctoral studies at Swedish universities, students and teachers rights groups claim.
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Education: 15 May 09
Swedish universities have begun cutting off internet access for students suspected of illegal file sharing, prompting criticism from both student groups and file sharing advocates.
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Education: 12 May 09
The Swedish government’s proposal to charge university tuition fees to non-European students has been postponed by one year, officials say.
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Education: 25 Feb 09
A new government proposal calls for compulsory membership in student unions to be made voluntary for students enrolled in Swedish colleges and universities starting in July 2010.
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Education: 24 Jun 08
Sweden's higher education agency has slammed a recommendation by the
Association of Swedish Higher Education that schools reject applications from non-European students without review.
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Education: 23 Jun 08
Sweden is to start charging tuition to non-European university students, according to higher education minister Lars Leijonborg.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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