https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's minister for higher education warned students to follow coronavirus guidelines after eight Swedish regions reported outbreaks linked to universities. https://www.thelocal.se/20201009/get-a-grip-swedish-minister-tells-students-off-after-university-outbreaks Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:41:58 +0200 get-a-grip-swedish-minister-tells-students-off-after-university-outbreaks More than 60 students at Mälardalen University, central Sweden, have been confirmed infected with the coronavirus, in an outbreak linked by university officials to a start-of-term party. https://www.thelocal.se/20200929/student-party-linked-to-coronavirus-outbreak-in-swedish-city Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:58:29 +0200 student-party-linked-to-coronavirus-outbreak-in-swedish-city An Iranian student planning on starting university in Sweden this autumn has told The Local he and many others risk being unable to take up their places after the Swedish embassy cancelled their visa interview appointments. https://www.thelocal.se/20200813/foreign-students-risk-losing-swedish-university-offers-after-embassies-close-for-interviews Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:03:36 +0200 foreign-students-risk-losing-swedish-university-offers-after-embassies-close-for-interviews International students face an anxious wait to find out whether or not they can stay in Sweden this autumn, as some coronavirus measures may affect their right to a residence permit. https://www.thelocal.se/20200727/thousands-of-foreign-students-wait-for-news-on-swedish-residence-permits Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:08:14 +0200 thousands-of-foreign-students-wait-for-news-on-swedish-residence-permits Learning Swedish will teach you a lot – but not necessarily the things you thought it would. Here are nine of the strange things that happen once you start studying the language. https://www.thelocal.se/20170914/odd-things-that-happen-when-you-try-to-learn-swedish Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:10:25 +0200 odd-things-that-happen-when-you-try-to-learn-swedish Swedish universities predict an increase in domestic students next semester, but a decrease in new foreign students. And the competition for housing is expected to be fierce. https://www.thelocal.se/20200703/foreign-exchange-students-lose-dibs-on-earmarked-apartments Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:55:11 +0200 foreign-exchange-students-lose-dibs-on-earmarked-apartments A group of international students has asked the Swedish government to adjust tuition fees and criteria for residence permits, as their economic situations have been severely affected by the ongoing coronavirus crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20200508/international-students-request-the-government-to-adjust-tuition-fees-as-the-coronavirus-crisis-drags-on Fri, 08 May 2020 16:29:37 +0200 international-students-request-the-government-to-adjust-tuition-fees-as-the-coronavirus-crisis-drags-on From adjusting to study and self-isolation in shared accommodation to deciding whether to stay on campus or return home, here's what international students across Sweden have told The Local about their coronavirus experience. https://www.thelocal.se/20200414/heres-what-international-students-in-sweden-say-about-the-coronavirus-crisis Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:51:15 +0200 heres-what-international-students-in-sweden-say-about-the-coronavirus-crisis Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising Swedish fact as part of our own Advent calendar. https://www.thelocal.se/20191215/adventcalendar-the-student-scream Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:59:49 +0100 adventcalendar-the-student-scream Students and researchers will be able to stay in Sweden for up to a year after finishing their studies in order to job-hunt, after parliament approved new rules around residence permits. https://www.thelocal.se/20191128/sweden-just-changed-its-rules-for-student-residence-permits-heres-what-you-need-to-know Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:21:13 +0100 sweden-just-changed-its-rules-for-student-residence-permits-heres-what-you-need-to-know Sweden has welcomed a growing number of international students to its universities in recent years, but how straightforward is the permit process for those coming from outside the EU? The Local's readers reveal their own experiences and some of their main problems. https://www.thelocal.se/20190711/the-locals-readers-what-its-really-like-applying-for-a-student-permit-in-sweden Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:00:31 +0200 the-locals-readers-what-its-really-like-applying-for-a-student-permit-in-sweden Students across Sweden will start their studies as the academic year begins over the next few weeks. But due to a major housing shortage, many of them won't have secure accommodation until the start of the next term, or even longer. https://www.thelocal.se/20190826/how-hard-is-it-to-find-student-housing-in-sweden Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:38:20 +0200 how-hard-is-it-to-find-student-housing-in-sweden Whether you came to Sweden on a student permit, or applied for permanent residence following your doctoral studies – The Local wants to hear your story. https://www.thelocal.se/20190624/students-tell-us-about-your-swedish-residence-permit-experience Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:11:58 +0200 students-tell-us-about-your-swedish-residence-permit-experience Applying to an exchange programme can be truly stressful, considering each application and country has its own set of unique requirements. For those coming to Sweden from a US university, here are the key things to bear in mind when wading through the administrative parts of the application. https://www.thelocal.se/20190313/taking-an-exchange-semester-in-sweden-things-to-keep-in-mind Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:00:26 +0100 taking-an-exchange-semester-in-sweden-things-to-keep-in-mind The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) has outlined some of the unanswered questions about the future of British students in Sweden in the event of a no-deal Brexit. https://www.thelocal.se/20190226/what-does-brexit-mean-for-brits-studying-in-sweden-or-hoping-to Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:41:40 +0100 what-does-brexit-mean-for-brits-studying-in-sweden-or-hoping-to In the past three years, the number of international university students making their way to Stockholm has increased by a staggering 20 percent – and the quality of education is not the only reason. The Local takes a closer look at the reasons why. https://www.thelocal.se/20190222/why-international-students-are-flocking-to-stockholm Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:07:03 +0100 why-international-students-are-flocking-to-stockholm Nearly a third of full-time students at Lund University spend ten hours or less a week on independent study, a new study has revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20190123/a-third-of-lund-students-study-less-than-10-hours-a-week Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:35:43 +0100 a-third-of-lund-students-study-less-than-10-hours-a-week Are you one of the more than 20,000 international students in Sweden? You can now benefit from a 50 percent student discount on Membership of The Local – our editor Emma Löfgren explains more. https://www.thelocal.se/20180531/studying-in-sweden-sign-up-for-half-price-student-membership-with-the-local Thu, 31 May 2018 17:58:55 +0200 studying-in-sweden-sign-up-for-half-price-student-membership-with-the-local A Swedish school leaver has been ordered to pay 10,000 kronor ($1,112) in damages to a female pupil he described using a sexually explicit term inspired by Norwegian teen show Skam. https://www.thelocal.se/20181119/boy-ordered-to-pay-damages-over-skam-inspired-smear-at-graduation-ball Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:51:44 +0100 boy-ordered-to-pay-damages-over-skam-inspired-smear-at-graduation-ball Every year, tens of thousands of people sit the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, the results of which can be used on university applications. Take The Local's quiz, based on the vocabulary section of the test, to see how many of these tricky Swedish words you understand. https://www.thelocal.se/20181022/quiz-how-many-words-from-the-swedish-sat-university-exam-do-you-know Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:18:20 +0200 quiz-how-many-words-from-the-swedish-sat-university-exam-do-you-know