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Note-taker at Funka

Note-taking support is a support that can be granted to students with permanent disabilities. Here you will find information about the job and how to apply.

Note-taker

Being a note-taker means keeping accurate and clear notes that the note-taker shares with another student. A common reason why students receive this support is if the student has dyslexia.

This applies to note-taking

  1. The note-taking support only applies to lectures where both the student and the note-taker are present. The support is not a substitute for the lecture.
  2. The note-taker and the student must take the same course during the same period.
  3. Only when the student asks for notes can the note-taker get paid for them.
  4. Note support applies only to lectures, not exercises and laboratory exercises.
  5. Students granted note-taking support from Funka contact the active note-taker for the current course and agree on how notes should be shared. The note-taker can be paid one week retroactively after the student reports the cooperation to Funka.
  6. If more students in a course have note-taking support through Funka, the note-taker shares their notes with several students. Please note that the note-taker gets paid once per lecture, regardless of how many students take part in the notes.
  7. The note-taking support also applies to distance lectures.

Apply to become a note-taker

You can register your interest in becoming a note-taker by filling out the web form below. In the form, you let us know which programme you attend or which freestanding courses it applies to. You will be contacted if a match arises and an employment offer is possible. The payment to work as a note-taker is SEK 55 per hour.

Apply to become a note-taker for Funka

If you have been employed 

Once you have been employed, HR takes about six weeks to register all steps in your employment. If you work during the processing time, please write down all your worked hours in the payment form, and you will receive your payment afterwards. We only have the possibility to receive your payment forms once you have been registered as an employee at HR. We will contact you when you are registered as an employee, and then you can send us your payment form. Remember to notify Funka if you change your home address.

The hourly report

The hourly report must be submitted to Funka by the 3rd of each month to be paid on the 25th. If you do not submit the hourly report in time, it will be handled in due time. The report must be signed physically by you and the student for whom you are taking notes. Scan the report and email it to arvoderingfunka@kth.se . You can also hand it in at KTH Entré .

Downloadable hourly report for note takers  (docx 55 kB)

How you fill in the hourly report

Please fill in the exact hours and minutes the lecture lasted. Consider the whole duration of the lecture, regardless of whether breaks have been included or not. KTH rounds the time to the nearest quarter. If you are a note supporter for several students on the same course, you should only report hours for one of the students for whom you are taking notes. Examples of how to report:

  • 1 hour with or without a break is reported: 1 hour
  • 2 hours and 5 minutes with or without a break is reported: 2 hours and 5 minutes