Rushed and a threat to academic freedom. The task of producing the citizenship test continues to meet opposition at higher education institutions. “It’s like asking someone to bake sourdough bread in 30 seconds,” says Vendela Blomström, head of Swedish as a Foreign Language at Stockholm University.
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