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New LinkedIn pages increase visibility for researchers’ news
“When it comes to social media, LinkedIn is KTH’s strongest channel with the most followers. We use it to reach alumni, the business sector and students, and with more than 200,000 followers it seems appropriate to build on this platform,” says Martina Frick Isberg, Social Media Manager at KTH. Pictured here with Ulrika Georgsson, Communications Officer at the KTH School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), who came up with the idea for the Showcase Pages. Published Jun 16, 2023To help researchers communicate their work externally to a narrow, specialised target group, Ulrika Georgsson came up with the idea of creating subject-specific Showcase Pages on LinkedIn. First off, ...
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Opening hours at KTH Campus in the summer
Published Jun 15, 2023Here you can see when the various service functions on the KTH Campus are open during the summer.
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New master's program within Stockholm Trio
Annika Östman Wernerson, KI, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, SU och Anders Söderholm, KTH signing an agreement on a new Master´s programme. Published Jun 13, 2023An agreement on educational cooperation within a new international master's program in biostatistics and computer science between Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University has been concluded...
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Building the new KTH security department
It was eight months before Christina Boman finally decided to leave the broadcaster SVT to take on the challenge of organising KTH’s new security department. Published Jun 07, 2023Christina Boman took on the role of head of security and security protection at KTH on 17 April this year. Her brief: to establish a brand new department, identify the operation’s needs and develop it...
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KTH among top 50 universities in global sustainability ranking
Photo: Jann Lipka. Published Jun 01, 2023KTH drops five places on the latest Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, but the result is still satisfying, considering the increasing number of universities participating. “We continue to identify...
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Sensors will give KTH increased knowledge about the use of premises
Maria Granath, deputy head of KTH's property department and responsible at KTH for the sensor project. Photo: Marianne Norén. Published May 29, 2023Akademiska Hus will provide KTH with data on the use of premises at KTH Campus via sensors set up in various spaces. In this way, KTH will gain better insight into actual needs relating to its premise...
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Model for greater collegiate influence
What the collegial influence looks like and may look like in the future can be seen from a recent survey. Published May 23, 2023“We now have a well-developed model that lays a good foundation for increasing collegiate influence and responsibility.” So says Anders Söderholm, President of KTH, about the report on collegiate inf...
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From plan to action
Helene Rune and Katarina Jonsson Berglund are leading the development work, which is characterised by a genuine commitment from many Employees at KTH. Photo: Theresia Köhlin. Published May 11, 2023Education support has four priority sub-areas in the action plan for the merger project. These areas have been firmly anchored, and it is time for the actual development work to begin.
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KTH joins CoARA
Annika Borgenstam and Sofia Ritzén have worked for KTH joining CoARA. Published May 10, 2023On 4 May, KTH joined CoARA, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment. The coalition, which is run by various European organisations, aims to improve the quality, efficiency and impact of resear...
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KTH takes new steps in US initiative
Stanford University is one of the universities to be visited by KTH's delegation. The picture shows some of the oldest buildings on campus. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published May 03, 2023KTH wants to strengthen its links with universities in the US. In May, the President and around 20 researchers will be off to maintain academic relations, forge new contacts and initiate partnerships....
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Report risk observations for a better working environment
Published Apr 28, 2023It is felt that not enough of the risks and near misses in the working environment at KTH are reported, even though a new system for simple, efficient reporting was introduced in 2021. The hope is tha...
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Next stage in development of support services
University Director Kerstin Jacobsson has decided on an action plan for the continued development of KTH's support servicet. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Apr 11, 2023Following mapping and analysis, the development of joint, coordinated support services (VS) is now entering the next stage with an action plan. “This will make the process more concrete and operation...
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Research exchange with the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo. Photo: Sira Anamwong. Published Apr 05, 2023KTH is striving to deepen its collaboration with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Among other things, it is encouraging research visits of one to four months at the university. Younger people in the ...
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Scenarios for KTH's campuses are further investigated
Through five different scenarios, KTH's campuses are to be investigated further. Published Apr 03, 2023Five different scenarios to be investigated and analysed in depth. That was the conclusion drawn from the initial review of KTH’s operations at the various campuses, following a decision taken by the ...
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Employment procedures revised
The KTH University Board has changed the employment procedures concerning nominating professors. Published Mar 28, 2023The KTH University Board decided at an extraordinary meeting on 24 March to revise KTH’s employment procedures. The University Board also decided to submit a report on measures taken to the Swedish Hi...
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New AI tools – threats and opportunities
Published Mar 23, 2023Since ChatGPT was launched on 30 November 2022, there has been intense debate about the risks of new AI tools. What will happen with teaching, homework, reports and home assessment at Sweden’s univers...
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KTH is not meeting its sustainability goals
Compared to 2019, CO2 emissions from business flights, in terms of annual man hours, have risen by 6.4 per cent. Photo: Pascal Meier / Unsplash Published Mar 16, 2023KTH, which has adopted a set of general sustainability goals, reports its environmental management initiatives each year to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. A new follow-up, conducted by K...
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Deputy President believes in broader collaborations
Deputy President Mikael Lindström´s duties include, among other things, overall responsibility for strategic research funding. Published Mar 08, 2023More broad strategic research initiatives, and more collaboration at a national level. These are some of the things on Deputy President Mikael Lindström’s to-do list for the next six years. “I found ...
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Future education - what will it look like?
Joakim Lilliesköld, Filip Axelsson and Anna Burvall with different perspectives on the future of education at KTH. Published Feb 28, 2023What will education at KTH look like in 10 years’ time? How can we make our programmes even more relevant and robust in global competition? Is there a pre-/post-pandemic factor when it comes to new wa...
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Job satisfaction is now checked continuously
Mikael Visén- HR specialist at the Human Resource Department. Published Feb 28, 2023Hello Mikael Visén, HR Specialist at the Human Resources department. You work with KTH’s employee survey, can you tell us about the results of the first one?
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