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Better help with accommodation for foreign researchers
Published Nov 20, 2012KTH increases the support to foreign researchers and teachers. From 1 November, KTH has a central reception and service for the approximately 1,500 international professors, Ph.D. students and other r...
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”The Swedish system for research funds is nothing short of a scandal”
In reality, external research grants are being used to finance undergraduate education at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), but no one will admit to this, concludes Bo Sundman, Emeritus Professor. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Nov 13, 2012KTH needs much larger public research funds. Today researchers have to spend more time writing grant applications than teaching and supervising PhD students, writes materials scientist Bo Sundman in a...
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Giving students tips for success
"We help new students to really understand what they have gotten themselves into when starting a Master of Engineering degree at KTH," says Oscar Hessling. On the right Linn Efsing. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Nov 08, 2012Get to know yourself, and you'll be a more successful student. This is third year student Oscar Hessling's top tip for new students at KTH. "It might seem obvious, but you need to figure out what stu...
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PhD students feel left out
There should be a common introductory course for all PhD students at KTH, say Omar Shafqat (left) and Jana Sochor (right). (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Nov 05, 2012A well-thought-out introduction and an assessment of the third-cycle courses along the lines of the RAE and EAE. These are some of the improvements requested by Jana Sochor and Omar Shafqat, members o...
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KTH's lunches become sustainable energy
Master's student Janet Eustasie (on the right) and researcher Anders Malmquist are operating a biogas plant that transforms KTH's lunch leftovers to electricity and heat. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jun 19, 2012The leftovers of your lunch that you leave on your plate are now being transformed into biogas at a research facility at the edge of the wood on Brinellvägen on KTH's campus. The experiment may become...
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Go-ahead for KTH’s new student building
Next autumn it is expected that KTH’s new student building on Drottning Kristinas väg will stand ready. (Photomontage: Arkitektbyrån Sandellsandberg) Published Jun 15, 2012KTH’s new student apartments are expected to be ready by the autumn 2013. They are being financed through a donation by the entrepreneur and hotel owner Bicky Chakraborty.
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The environmental issue to be included in all programmes
“It is great that the course in sustainable development comes in at an early stage of the programme,” says computer engineering student Alexander Solsmed. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 28, 2012KTH is now making an extra effort with their educational programmes about environmental and sustainable development. Among other things, computer engineering students will be able to study a new cours...
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Jake mixes science and politics
Jake Whitehead has political ambitions with his research – to contribute to decisions that are of benefit to the environment. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 16, 2012He is passionate about change and says that the ecological arguments must be more important than the financial with regard to growth. Jake Whitehead is at present working on two doctoral theses at the...
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KTH’s application figures are close to the record years of the 1990’s
The number of applicants to KTH's educational programmes has increased by 50 per cent in five years. (Photo: Jann Lipka) Published May 07, 2012Last year, KTH had more applicants to their educational programmes than in a decade. This year, the numbers are increasing even more. Among the educational programmes that stand out are the Chemical E...
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Foreign students want more service
International students at KTH are pleased with the teachers' skills but want more contact with the business community during the course of their education. (Photo: Jack Mikrut) Published Apr 24, 2012The teachers' subject knowledge is good and they provide a high quality education at KTH, according to the international students. On the other hand, they lack contact with the business community and ...
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New chemistry programme will attract more students
“We disassembled the entire programme and started from scratch,” says Susanna Wold, responsible for first-level courses at the School of Chemistry. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Apr 13, 2012KTH is to start a new Master of Engineering programme in order to attract more young people to study chemistry. The education is more clearly linked to employment market's needs and will take better c...
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Higher quality maths teaching
We are in the process of developing our courses in mathematics and adapting them to the needs of the educational programmes, says Mats Boij. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Mar 29, 2012Improvements on the maths department have started to bear fruit. New seminars which activate the students and a clearer focus on problem solving have improved the quality of the teaching for study yea...
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“We aspire to be a top university”
“We will be facing many major decisions in the coming years. It will then be important to have a clear objective,” says Peter Gudmundson (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Mar 28, 2012Increased interaction with society, the business community and other universities both in Sweden and other countries. That will take KTH to a top position among the European universities. Vision 2027 ...
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Teachers in Chemistry are sharing equally
The collective responsibility for the teaching at the School of Chemistry raises the quality of education, says Susanna Wold. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Mar 13, 2012More professors and researchers at the School of Chemical Science and Engineering have started to become involved in the teaching. The background is the new staffing system, which led to a more equita...
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Reawakening for local environmental work
The environmental work has become clearer and more targeted, says Holger Berling, environmental delegate at the School of Biotechnology. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Feb 20, 2012Over a period of three years, a new, certifiable system designed to manage environmental issues will be built at KTH. This focus has led to a reawakening of the environmental work and has provided the...
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“Managers must be able to listen”
I am driven by a commitment to gender equality, so that employees are treated well and correctly, says Katja Grillner. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Feb 13, 2012In order to lead, we must be able to listen. To be sensitive to what drives individuals is the most important consideration in order to become a good leader Katja Grillner believes, who has received t...
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Greater satisfaction among employees
More than 70 per cent of KTH’s employees are satisfied or very satisfied with their work situation, according to the latest employee survey. (Illustration: Ida Björs) Published Feb 06, 2012“I look forward to going to work.” 75 per cent of the respondents of the 2011 KTH employee survey agree with this statement. Work motivation is at its peak, despite the fact that the workload is high ...
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“No more regular lectures”
When Fredrik Lundell began using the teaching method peer instruction his students passed their exams much easier. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jan 26, 2012Fredrik Lundell no longer stands behind his desk and he has scrapped his old lecturing methods. Instead, he inspires his students to discuss and participate actively in the learning process. For this,...
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A global network will strengthen KTH’s influence
KTH in attendance with some of the world’s most prestigious technical universities at the Dean’s Forum, organized by the University of Tokyo. Published Jan 18, 2012KTH has started to work with some of the world’s most prestigious universities in a new global network. The network, the Dean’s Forum, will strengthen KTH’s ability to influence the political agenda, ...
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Good reputation but too many dropping out
Educational programmes at KTH receive both criticism and praise in the EAE-evaluation. (Photo: Jack Mikrut) Published Jan 12, 2012Education at KTH has a good reputation and graduate students are coveted on the employment market. But the throughput on several of the educational programmes is weak, the role of those responsible fo...
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