Studies show that PhD students risk falling into a spiral of poor mental...
Problems with supervisors, stress, performance anxiety and uncertainty about residence permits. There are...
A government inquiry has proposed rule changes to make it easier for doctoral...
The Swedish Higher Education Authority, UKÄ, estimates that Swedish HE institutions have admitted...
Doctoral candidate and author Lisa Ridzén has always been a writer. Just like...
The government has appointed a committee of inquiry to investigate the removal of...
Voices are being raised in support of international doctoral candidates being given the...
According to surveys at Gothenburg University, an increasing proportion of doctoral candidates have...
After assessing 153 doctoral programmes over a five-year period, the Swedish Higher Education Authority called into question the entitlement to award degree qualifications of 39...
The residence permit expired one week before thesis defence due to the Migration Agency's slow processing of her application. “My case shows that the system...
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 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...
A doctoral candidate with a two-year employment contract was denied a permanent residence permit, even though the financial support requirement is for 18 months. As...
A month's work in the industry gave doctoral candidate Shengxin Liu new perspectives on her knowledge and competence. The internship programme at Karolinska Institutet, KI,...
Grinding your teeth in your sleep. Palpitations and feelings of panic. Time pressure and stress can be part of doctoral candidate life from programme start...
