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  • "Children are gendered towards different interests as early as preschool"

    Portrait Annica
    Annica Gullberg is a professor and member of the research group for Learning in Technology and Science Education.
    Published Feb 25, 2025

    Newly appointed Professor Annica Gullberg aims to break down preconceptions about technology and make it more relevant. With a special training, she also seeks to reduce students’ sense of powerlessne...

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  • Unite! BIP Program concludes with resounding success at KTH Stockholm

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    Arnold Pears Head of Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences with teachers and BIP participants
    Published Sep 02, 2024

    The recent week-long Unite! Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on "Competencies for collaborative teaching in Joint Programmes" ended on a high note at KTH, marking a big step forward in the developmen...

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  • Strengthening faculty development through international collaboration

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    Jamie with UTokyo colleagues
    Published Aug 06, 2024

    Jamie Rinder from KTH's Department of Language and Communication highlighted the drive for international collaboration during his recent visit to the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) showcasing the benefi...

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  • Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences: Enhancing Higher Education 2024

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    Published Jun 05, 2024

    Learning in Stem in collaboration with the International Relations Office, recently hosted a week-long in-depth programme aimed at equipping educators and leaders from around the world with tools to l...

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  • TU Delft taking the initiative for innovation in education

    Professor Kristina Edström with the TU Delft & KTH logo in the picture.
    Published Feb 12, 2024

    TU Delft, in the Netherlands, is making a major investment in educational enhancement, called Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education (IDEE). Kristina Edström will dedicate 20% of her ...

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  • KTH hosts CDIO Regional Meeting: Transforming Engineering Education

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    Photo: KTH
    Published Jan 12, 2024

    Hosting the European/UK-Ireland CDIO Regional Meeting on the 8th - 10th January 2024, around 80 people attended the meeting at a snow covered KTH.

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  • KTH Japan Day builds bridges through language, culture, and collaboration

    Participants at KTH Japan Day.
    Per Lundqvist, Pär Jönsson, Akiko Shirabe and other participants at KTH Japan Day.
    Published Dec 06, 2023

    When KTH Language and Communication together with the Embassy of Japan in Sweden arranged KTH Japan day November 27, a wide audience joined up – from fresh students to senior professors.

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  • From basic course to deep dive: Students return to technology!

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    Madeléne Beckman one of the teachers on the course
    Published Nov 17, 2023

    Stockholm University and KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology) are working together to train future primary school teachers on the Science and technology for primary teachers, F-3, II course. Studen...

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  • Delving into Higher Education with the Enhancing Higher Education Program

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    Published Oct 26, 2023

    Learning in STEM, from the Department of Learning in Engineering Science, in collaboration with the International Relations Office hosted a week-long capacity-building training program called the Enha...

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  • Transforming Science and Technology Education for the Anthropocene Era

    Published Oct 18, 2023

    Anne-Kathrin Peters, Associate Professor at KTH, has secured funding through the national HP-lyftet, funds for projects aimed at stimulating development and new knowledge nationally in the practice of...

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  • Increased popularity in KTH's programme for future secondary school teachers in Technology and Maths

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    Published Oct 03, 2023

    For many, the idea of training as a secondary school teacher in technology and maths may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about future career opportunities. But for students at ...

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  • Promoting excellence in engineering education: Kristina Edström made a Fellow of SEFI

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    SEFI President Hannu-Matti Järvinen giving prize to Krisitna Edström. Photo Conor Mulhern.
    Published Sep 25, 2023

    Kristina Edström Associate Professor at the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to engineering ...

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  • Lena Gumaelius appointed as the new manager of the KTH Global Development Hub

    Lena Gumelius leaning against a KTH building
    Published Sep 19, 2023

    Lena Gumaelius has recently been appointed as the new manager of KTH's Global Development Hub (GDH). This is an initiative created at KTH to promote education and innovation in a global context. The m...

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  • Promoting Practical Scholarship and Internationalisation at ITM

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    Jamie Rinder with Anna Hellberg Gustafsson (KTH’s Erasmus co-ordinator) and David Tual (GELS co-founder and director of the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Languages and Inter-Communication).
    Published Sep 05, 2023

    Stockholm, 6 September 2023 - In an initiative to strengthen practical scholarship and foster international collaboration in language and communication education for engineering students, the Global E...

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  • Registration is open - CDIO meeting at KTH for the engineers of the future 

    CDIO Regional meeting European/UK-Ireland 8-9 Jan 2024 and a picture of the KTH logo on a building.
    Published Sep 04, 2023

    KTH is proud to host the upcoming regional CDIO meeting for Europe and UK-Ireland on 8th and 9th January 2024 with an additional opportunity to participate in an optional day on 10th January with a ch...

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  • Generative AI – an educational disaster?

    Portrait Arnold Pears
    On August 31, Arnold Pears talks about generative AI and its possible effects on education. Photo: Anneli Nygårds
    Published Aug 21, 2023

    Hi, Arnold Pears, Professor at the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences, who gives an open lecture on opportunities with AI in education on August 31st.

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  • Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education

    Book cover The Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education
    Published Aug 18, 2023

    Lars Geschwind Secreatary General for SULF and head of the research group HEOS (Higher Education Organization Studies) at The Department of Learning in Engineering Science with Stefan Lundborg Industr...

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  • Anne-Kathrin Peters delivers Keynote at ICT4S Conference

    Published Jul 12, 2023

    The international conference series ICT4S (The International Conference on Information and Communications Technology for Sustainability) is devoted to covering all types of research, developments, and...

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  • Introducing a New Book: "Digital Transformations in Higher Education: Nordic Perspectives"

    Digital Transformations in Nordic Higher Education book cover
    Published Jun 16, 2023

    Through empirical investigations, this book sheds light on the impact of digital transformations within higher education in Nordic countries, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Unveiling Pathways: Embracing a Decolonized Approach in internationalising the curriculum

    Associate Professor Jens Jungblut Professor Arnold Pears och Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa
    Associate Professor Jens Jungblut (University of Oslo) Professor Arnold Pears och Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa
    Published Jun 13, 2023

    Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa Successfully Defends Doctoral Thesis, The Interpretation and Translation of Global Ideas into Local Practices. A Study of the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Mo...

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