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Nordiskt samarbete - Tuition fees for international students
This three-part study looks at tuition fees for international students in the Nordic Region. Part one maps the current status in the different countries. Part two looks at the impact of fees, e.g. by comparing international student numbers before and after the introduction of fees. The final part looks at potential future scenarios for tuition fees in a Nordic context.
University World News - Universities prepare to change PhD students’ status
Several Swedish universities are preparing to employ all doctoral students from 2015, changing from the current system in which PhD students receive financial support that varies according to the funding source.
GUPEA - Factors influencing international students’ study destination decision abroad
Higher education (HE) has become an increasingly competitive sector. The number of countries that are actively involved in international student recruitment has grown considerably. Given the growing international competition between countries for international students, it has become increasingly important to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence international students’ decision on study destination
The Local - 'Extend school year to improve reading'
The Christian Democrats want to extend the school year by a week in an effort to improve literacy, but the Swedish Teachers' Union (Lärarförbundet) disagrees.
Daily Mail - Sweden offers scholarships to African countries
Sweden is offering 650 scholarships in various disciplines for nine African countries including Zambia, that country’s mission here has announced.
Epoch Times - Chinese Gaining Ground as Foreign Language in Scandinavian Schools
More Scandinavians will likely speak Chinese in the future. Sweden recently decided to radically upgrade the status of Chinese as a foreign language in schools, putting it on par with French, German, and Spanish. Norway and Denmark also offer Chinese in some schools, but have yet to take this bold step.
University World News - New Nordic agreement on compensation for students
The Nordic Council of Ministers for Education signed a new agreement on compensation for hosting each other’s students, at a meeting in Helsinki this week, with an increase in the per capita payment for countries that receive more students than they send.
University World News - Rectors, students discuss higher education’s future
The Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF) asked 31 university rectors and 16 student representatives about the future of higher education in the country. Many believed that transformation in universities would be faster in the future than it was in the past.
HEIK - Integration and/or Diversification: The role of structure in meeting expectations on higher education -
In this paper, it is argued that structural measures undertaken around the world in the 1970s in order to meet the expansion might be more or less congruent with recent claims for specialization and competition. By using Sweden as a case, the relationship between objectives and structural models is brought to the forefront.
University World News - Stockholm funding boost for internationalisation
Stockholm University Rector Kåre Bremer last week announced that he would allocate SEK100 million (US$13 million) in extraordinary funds to enhance internationalisation.
University World News - Row over ministry meddling and quality assurance blow
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, or ENQA, has given the Swedish Agency for Higher Education two years to sort out anomalies in the country’s quality assurance system.
University World News - More grants for students from outside Europe
In its budget for 2013 the Swedish government has proposed doubling the grant for students from outside Europe. The move should help attract foreign students to Sweden, which saw a dramatic drop in numbers following the introduction of fees for non-Europeans in 2011.
The PIE News - English-medium education flourishes, Europe
The number of English-taught Masters courses available in Europe has risen dramatically in the last five years, according to research from the Institute of International Education (IIE), USA. The Netherlands and Germany top the list of countries offering the most English-medium programmes for postgrads.
The Local - Sweden 'at risk' of losing global battle for talent
More than three fourths of Swedish university graduates are ready to seek jobs abroad, according to a new study, raising concerns as to whether Sweden does enough to keep talented graduates in the country.
San Francisco Chronicle - Academy of Art University and Berghs Launch First of Its Kind International Summer Program
Today, the Academy of Art University, the largest private school of art and design in the United States, and Berghs School of Communication, based in Stockholm, announced the launch of an international collaboration that provides students from both Universities with a unique opportunity to work on real-world creative projects with industry professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. The
University World News - Students' challenge to fees raises questions over Erasmus Mundus
Two Swedish students are challenging Uppsala University’s decision to charge domestic students tuition fees for a masters offered with seven European universities under the European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme.
The Independent - The magnetic pull of Scandinavia
Apart from its solid academic credentials, Scandinavia offers countless attractions to students, including zero tuition fees
The Local - Non-EU students drop Swedish unis as fees bite
Enrollment of non-European students in Swedish universities decline drastically following the introduction of tuition fees last year, with engineering students from Asia being among those most affected by the change, a new analysis has found.
University World News - Scandinavian countries top the world in research, study finds
The world’s smaller developed nations, particularly in Scandinavia, have high levels of R&D support and this goes hand-in-hand with international collaboration and results in high-impact research results, according to a new study.
University World News - Quality assurance regime fails to meet European standards
More than one in five of 189 study programmes evaluated by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (HSV) have been graded 'unsatisfactory'. And to the embarrassment of the Swedish government, the system of quality assurance itself has been rated unsatisfactory by a panel of European experts.
Montreal Gazette - Tuition updates from around the world
Tuition updates from around the world.
Science|Business - Karolinska: Life sciences cluster Stockholm-Uppsala launches new global opportunities website
Stockholm-Uppsala Life Sciences have announced the launch of a new website – www.suls.se – for what is widely recognized as one of the leading clusters in not just European, but also global terms.
Studentliv - Högskolestudier har blivit en handelsvara
Frågan om hur högre utbildning ska finansieras är aktuell överallt. Och svaret är oftast att studenterna får stå för en allt större del
Times Higher Education - Think global or stay local? Finnish sector weighs its options
Unease with internationalisation echoes growing concerns in other Nordic nations.
New York Times - Foreigners flock to Sweden despite increase in tuition
Significantly more foreign students applied for entry into master’s and international bachelor’s programs in Sweden this year than last, despite a major increase in international tuition fees, according to figures issued by a government agency this month.
The Local - Stockholm ranked among world's top student cities
Stockholm beat out Helsinki and Copenhagen, as well as several other university towns in northern Europe in a ranking of the “Best Student Cities in the World” published this week
EUA - University Autonomy in Europe
In order to be successful, universities need to be able to take their own decisions. The University Autonomy Tool lets you compare university autonomy in 28 European countries/systems.
University World News - International masters applications rise despite high fees
Applicants for international masters programmes in Sweden for 2012-13 are up 24% over last year, at 31,223. But this is significantly lower than before Sweden introduced tuition fees for students from outside the European Economic Area.
The Local - Fees bring flurry of 'fake' colleges to Sweden
After the introduction of tuition fees to Swedish universities, the country has been experiencing an influx of fictitious colleges requesting to establish themselves in Sweden.
The Local - Foreign applications to Swedish unis rebound
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants.