When The Local recently asked its readers about Swedish schools, I couldn’t help but smile. Because as a teacher I can tell you many of the points raised were spot on. Here are five of the things I've learned from being an insider..
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Foreign researchers make up half of all new hires in Swedish higher education, but we want to know what you love and hate the most about working in academia in Sweden.
BankID and Swish, free school lunches and the way every agency is informed when you change address. Those are just a few of the things our readers find convenient about life in Sweden. Here's the full list.
Swedish public broadcaster SVT held its first party leader debate of the year on May 4th. What were the key takeaways?
Sweden's wild boar population has soared in recent years.Lyssna: Report: Not enough wild boar meat being served up in Sweden's schools and elderMunicipalities in Sweden are serving up too little wild boar meat, even thou…
Even if you love living in Sweden and feel at home here, when you've moved to a different country from where you grew up, there will perhaps always be things you miss. What are those things for you?
Nordic Editor Richard Orange moans about parent-teacher meetings in Sweden before running through the stories The Local has covered this week, from work permit exemptions to euro membership and Ericsson layoffs.
Sweden's government is pushing ahead with long-delayed reforms which will among other things allow PhD researchers to get permanent residency in Sweden after just three years.
Free school leaders who have mismanaged their schools will be temporarily banned from expanding or starting new schools, a new inquiry has proposed.
The worst of this week's heavy snowfall appears to be over in the Gothenburg region, but cities along Sweden's northeast coast remain affected. Here's a list of the municipalities where schools remain closed and traffic…
In this week's podcast: Pressure on English schools, and what's rail travel like in Sweden? For Membership+ subscribers: inquiry recommends revoking permanent residency from people who came as refugees, and what are Swed…
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Sweden's farmers may get to milk their cows in daylight, but most other people will have to leave work as it's already getting dark. The clocks are about to go back in Sweden, a clear sign that winter is around the corne…
The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new set of safeguards for the 13 billion people who travel in Europe each year by plane, train, coach, bus or ferry.
More than 350 passengers at Copenhagen Airport have had to rebook their flights due to queues at security, with an additional 230 travellers missing their flights.
From blockaded schools in Rome to tent camps in Madrid and street protests in France, young people across Europe are turning their anger on a political class they say is not listening.
Sweden's Migration Agency last week quashed a police decision to deport 19 Filipino electrical engineers posted to Sweden, arguing that they had been sent to work in Sweden legally under the EU Posted Workers directive.…
Speaker Andreas Norlén will meet with Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist at 10:00am on Monday October 27th, according to a press release.
Volvo Cars plans to cut staff by 2,500 people, of whom 2,000 are in Sweden, as it seeks to save 5 billion kronor a year to improve profitability, the company said in an announcement on Friday. But Volvo Group overall rep…
This week: Halloween in Sweden, Swedish media coverage of the Tidö government’s migration crackdown, our favourite Swedish children’s books, efforts to form Sweden’s next government, and a language quiz.
Volvo Cars plans 2,000 job cuts in Sweden, Left Party MP intends to keep his seat, and more news from Sweden on Friday.
