Academic freedom Mats Persson, the Minister for Education, does not seem to understand that academic freedom also applies to the boards of higher institutions, says Erik Renström, vice chancellor of Lund University, following a meeting between vice-chancellors and the Minister for Education.
Careers The researcher Cansu Elmadagli may have to leave Sweden because she does not fulfil the Migration Agency's self-support requirements. According to Per Löwenberg, head of the migration law unit, unemployment benefits are not acceptable as a future means of support.
Conditions The union has reacted to the new policy at Lund University that means employees are no longer allowed to speak at staff disciplinary board hearings. However, the employers’ association’s advice is that employees should always be permitted to have their say.
Careers The Swedish Migration Agency's assessment of what is required in order to be granted status as a long-term resident has become tougher, says SULF's Robert Andersson. Researcher Cansu Elmadagli’s application was rejected despite her having both a job and unemployment insurance.
Gender equality Manipulation of gender distribution statistics and problems in accepting research findings – some of the things Anna Grzelec found in her ethnographic study of gender equality at a university of technology.
Research What effects does drinking PFAS-contaminated water have on people? And do people with tattoos have a higher risk of cancer? Christel Nielsen investigates how the chemicals in our environment affect our health. She got the dragon on her arm around the turn of the millennium.
Academic freedom The 2023 Academic Freedom Index, AFI, gives an overview of academic freedom in 179 countries around the world. In around a tenth of these countries, academic freedom is regarded as stable, and Sweden is in that decile. The difference between the countries within this top decile is within the margin of error. All have an […]
Law Employees at Lund University are no longer allowed to speak at staff disciplinary board hearings on dismissal or redundancy, nor may they respond in writing to accusations. Unions at other higher education institutions are now reacting. A compromise has been agreed in Borås.
Teaching As AI chatbots become better at Swedish, their texts are also becoming more difficult for plagiarism detection programs to hunt down.
Teaching AI chatbots are hardly the beginning of the end. They are instead the beginning of something that teachers can benefit from, believe representatives of the higher education sector.