{"id":1343,"date":"2025-04-23T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:38:30","slug":"many-signs-of-spring-in-academic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/2025\/04\/many-signs-of-spring-in-academic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Many signs of spring in academic life"},"content":{"rendered":"

In English further down.<\/p>\n

M\u00e5nga v\u00e5rtecken i den akademiska v\u00e4rlden<\/h2>\n

Efter p\u00e5sken \u00e4r det dags f\u00f6r en veckas arbete innan n\u00e4sta helg dyker upp i kalendern. F\u00f6rutom de m\u00e5nga helgerna finns en hel del andra v\u00e5rtecken som ger gl\u00e4dje i vardagen. Ett av de mest p\u00e5tagliga av dessa \u00e4r att stora delar av campus \u00e4r t\u00e4ckt av k\u00f6rsb\u00e4rstr\u00e4d i fantastisk blomsterprakt, men andra tecken skvallrar om att vi g\u00e5r mot varmare tider.<\/p>\n

Som forskarutbildningsansvarig noterar jag exempelvis att det kommer in ett stort antal ans\u00f6kningar om disputation, vilket betyder att vi som vanligt kan se fram emot att ett betydande antal doktorander f\u00f6rsvarar sina avhandlingar under maj och juni.<\/p>\n

Visst har vi alla mycket att st\u00e5 i, men jag skulle vilja uppmuntra alla p\u00e5 skolan att prioritera att n\u00e4rvara vid n\u00e5got eller n\u00e5gra av de disputationer som \u00e4ger rum p\u00e5 skolan och gemensamt fira v\u00e5ra nybakade doktorer. Disputationerna \u00e4r frukterna av allt arbete som v\u00e5ra doktorander och handledare l\u00e4gger ned p\u00e5 forskarutbildningen. F\u00f6r doktorander \u00e4r det dessutom en v\u00e4ldigt god f\u00f6rberedelse att delta vid kollegornas disputationer innan det \u00e4r dags f\u00f6r den egna, det g\u00f6r en mycket b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6rberedd p\u00e5 hur denna procedur g\u00e5r till och vilka fr\u00e5gor som kan dyka upp. F\u00f6r alla oss andra \u00e4r det helt enkelt ett ypperligt tillf\u00e4lle att ta del av den sp\u00e4nnande forskning som g\u00f6rs och l\u00e4ra sig n\u00e5got nytt.<\/p>\n

Jag vill passa p\u00e5 att tacka alla de doktorander som tog sig tid att svara p\u00e5 den nyligen genomf\u00f6rda doktorandenk\u00e4ten. P\u00e5 ITM-skolan n\u00e5dde vi n\u00e4stan 50% svarsfrekvens, vilket g\u00f6r att vi f\u00f6rhoppningsvis f\u00e5r en representativ och r\u00e4ttvisande bild av sakernas tillst\u00e5nd bland v\u00e5ra forskarstuderande. Vi har precis p\u00e5b\u00f6rjat analysarbetet och jag ser fram emot att kunna delge er de viktigaste resultaten fram\u00f6ver, men vid en f\u00f6rsta anblick pekar det mesta p\u00e5 att v\u00e5r forskarutbildning ser ut att fungera v\u00e4l, \u00e5tminstone p\u00e5 en \u00f6vergripande niv\u00e5. Analysen av enk\u00e4tresultaten \u00e4r en viktig del av de programanalyser som v\u00e5ra doktorsprogramsansvariga genomf\u00f6r fram till sommaren tillsammans med prefekter, handledare och doktorandrepresentanter och som f\u00f6rhoppningsvis leder till att vi kan g\u00f6ra v\u00e5r forskarutbildning \u00e4nnu lite b\u00e4ttre.<\/p>\n

Ett annat s\u00e4kert v\u00e5rtecken \u00e4r att en ny ans\u00f6kningsomg\u00e5ng till v\u00e5ra grundutbildningsprogram precis \u00e4r \u00f6ver. Vi kan konstatera att antalet s\u00f6kande till utbildningar p\u00e5 KTH har \u00f6kat p\u00e5tagligt i \u00e5r och gl\u00e4djande nog g\u00e4ller det \u00e4ven f\u00f6r n\u00e4stan samtliga program p\u00e5 ITM-skolan. Vi kan s\u00e5ledes se fram emot en god tillstr\u00f6mning av nya entusiastiska och h\u00f6gpresterande studenter till h\u00f6sten.<\/p>\n

F\u00f6rhoppningsvis leder detta ocks\u00e5 till att vi i \u00e5r lyckas n\u00e5 skolans uppsatta takbelopp f\u00f6r grundutbildningen och att vi p\u00e5 s\u00e5 s\u00e4tt kan forts\u00e4tta v\u00e5rt gemensamma arbete mot en ekonomi i god balans och med m\u00f6jligheter f\u00f6r n\u00f6dv\u00e4ndiga satsningar p\u00e5 s\u00e5v\u00e4l forskning som utbildning.<\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, vice skolchef p\u00e5 ITM<\/p>\n

Many signs of spring in academic life<\/h2>\n

After Easter, it\u2019s time for a week of work before the next holiday appears on the calendar. In addition to the abundance of spring holidays, there are other signs of the season that brighten our daily lives. One of the most striking is the cherry trees in full bloom across much of the campus, but there are other signals, too, that warmer times are on the way.<\/p>\n

As Director of Third Cycle Education, one such sign I\u2019ve noticed is the large number of applications for dissertation defenses now coming in. This means that, as usual, we can look forward to a significant number of doctoral students defending their theses in May and June.<\/p>\n

We all have a lot on our plates, but I would like to encourage everyone at the ITM School to prioritize attending at least one of the upcoming thesis defenses and joining in the celebration of our newly awarded PhDs. These events represent the culmination of the hard work invested by our doctoral students and their supervisors. For doctoral students in particular, attending a colleague\u2019s defense is excellent preparation for their own\u2014it offers valuable insight into the process and the kinds of questions that may come up. For the rest of us, it\u2019s simply a great opportunity to learn about exciting new research and expand our knowledge.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d also like to take the opportunity to thank all the doctoral students who responded to the recent doctoral student survey. At the ITM School, we achieved nearly a 50% response rate, which should provide a representative and accurate picture of the doctoral experience. We\u2019ve just begun analyzing the results, and I look forward to sharing the key findings with you soon. At first glance, it appears that our third cycle education is functioning well, at least at an overall level. This analysis is an important part of the program reviews that our doctoral program directors are carrying out through the summer together with heads of department, supervisors, and doctoral student representatives\u2014work that we hope will lead to further improvements in our doctoral education.<\/p>\n

Another reliable sign of spring is the close of the latest admissions round for our first and second cycle education programs. We\u2019re pleased to report that the number of applicants to KTH programs has increased significantly this year\u2014and that this positive trend holds true for nearly all programs at the ITM School. We can therefore look forward to welcoming a strong influx of enthusiastic, high-performing students this autumn.<\/p>\n

With any luck, this will also help us reach the school\u2019s education funding cap for undergraduate education this year, allowing us to continue our joint efforts toward a balanced budget and enabling further investments in both research and education.<\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, Deputy Head of the ITM School<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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