In the past weeks the covid-19 situation has calmed down a bit in several countries in the world. The same goes for Sweden, where number are declining as well. Last week, the president of KTH has made new decisions for studies conducted in the Autumn semester 2021 – which are especially interesting for all our … Continue reading “Update on Covid-19 regulations in the Autumn semester 2021”
At the end of last week, the admission results for the autumn semester 2021 have been sent out – isn’t that exciting? 🤩 But with exciting times comes also a lot of questions which you could raise for example on our Instagram account during the past days. Vivek, my fellow student blogger has started to … Continue reading “Ask Away – Part 2”
Last semester I have been taking the course “Advanced Project Course” (DM2799/2584) that is a mandatory course in my programme. At the beginning of the course, we were able to choose from many different research projects and were then assigned to a group. Some of my fellow students chose the research project “Supporting International Students … Continue reading “Student project: Supporting international students in the context of the pandemic”
The corona virus has been in all of our lives for a year now. At the beginning, everyone was willing to sacrifice by staying home, not meeting people and reducing social contacts to make the virus disappear again. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out to be this easy. After months of trying to be safe and … Continue reading “Socialising during Corona times”
The last weeks were marked by a lot of thoughts, discussions and internet research. Thoughts about whether I should travel home for Christmas. Discussions with family and friends what needs to be taken care of. Research about what regulations are in place and what could change until today, my day of going home after one … Continue reading “Travelling home for Christmas during Covid times”
It is necessary in these times to know how to tackle health issues and Sweden has a reasonably good system in place to tackle COVID-related implications. There are resources available online on 1177.se and most of them are in Swedish and some in English. In this blog, I talk about how to get yourself tested … Continue reading “How to access health services in case of COVID”