KTH's human resources departments will improve with the help of virtual reality. Through "gamification", and in cooperation with researchers from Indek, HR staff will practice difficult social situations and make recruitment of employees more accurate.

Even if students and staff are partly back on campus, it is still not really "back to normal". We asked Mikael Ersson, Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Design and Engineering reflect on the start of the semester.

From 1 October, all hiring of teaching assistants will go through the recruitment tool Varbi. Jannik Henser at PMH has a campaign where they highlight the benefits of working as a teaching assistant. Check it out!

PMH campaign

KTH reorganizes the administrative routines for contract management, which means that research and collaboration agreements will be handled with the support of the school's contract coordinators, i.e. at ITM the Operational Controllers (VhC).

Back on campus again, rush for trainee positions and this year's salary revision - Christina Carlsson, Head of administration (also known from TikTok) tells us what is going on at the School’s Office.

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation  finances a long-term program for young researchers. Apply not later than October 2.

In times of uncertainty ITM's sustainability work is reliable. Get an update from two of our experts on what's happening and the changes achieved so far. Anna Berglund, ITM’s sustainability strategist from GVS, and Charlotte Flodin, ITM’s environmental representative, are guest bloggers of the week.