Fika chat from the Järva week on broadened recruitment
Podcast "Fika Chat on the Future of Education" – episode 82
Fika chat on the future of education episode 82 from the Järva week with guests.
What does KTH do, and with whom is KTH collaborating, to broaden recruitment in line with Sweden’s STEM strategy? Fika chat podcast visited this year’s Järva Week and met representatives from KTH, the business community and other partners.
Time:
Wed 2026-06-17 15.00 - 15.30
Language:
Swedish
Participating:
Marcus Lithander with guests at Järva
Links to the episode in Fika chat's channelsYouTube, KTH Play, Spotifywill be published here on Wednesday, 17 June at 15:00.
Mapping to the principle framework
Fika chat episode #82 maps mainly to principle 12 in KTH's future education principle framework.
12. Broadened recruitment and participation
KTH works actively to attract a student population that reflects society at large and the education programmes are designed to give each student the conditions to succeed in their studies.
‘Related episodes’ refers to previous episodes that, for example, relate to the topic or feature one or more of the guests appearing in this episode.
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The Faculty Council of KTH Royal Institute of Technology emphasises the importance of university-wide exchange and learning as part of the systematic quality work. To strengthen the exchange of experience and continuous quality development of our educational programmes, the Storträffen meetup is arranged every semester for all staff and students. The next Storträffen Meetup 19 May has the theme: A Decade of Storträffen Meetups - Lessons for the Future.
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#62 Fika chat from the KTH Reception of new students
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All onboard – student completion (Swedish)
,
Patrik Hilber,
Deputy GA at EECS.
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About the podcast
Marcus Lithander chats over coffee (fika) with guests from or outside KTH about the future of education in general and our change programme "
Future Education at KTH
" in particular.
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framtiden@kth.se
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