Internal news from the ITM School
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Educational strategies and collaboration in the ITM Faculty Board
Bengt Wittgren is a lecturer at the Department of Production Development and an elected member of the ITM School's Faculty Board. On 21 November, Vice Dean of Faculty Nina Wormbs attended the Board's school meeting. Published Dec 06, 2024The Faculty Board of the ITM School held its first large meeting with the college on 21 November. We spoke to teacher representative Bengt Wittgren about the meeting and his role on the board. “The co...
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Magnus Wiktorsson takes over Södertälje move
Magnus Wiktorsson, Head of the Department of Production Engineering (IPU). Photo: Anneli Nygårds Published Nov 27, 2024Since November 2023, many people have been involved in the move from the Södertälje campus. It is with mixed feelings that Magnus Wiktorsson now takes over as project manager from Anna Jerbrant. “I am...
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“The programme equipped me with the confidence – and a new network”
Last year's participants in the ITM School's leadership programme. Are you our future leader? Published Nov 21, 2024Active listening skills, refined decision-making skills and improved ability to manage diverse teams – Mana Farshid at INDEK certainly developed her toolbox for how to lead teams during last year’s le...
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"Commuting is the biggest challenge"
Johan Kristoffersson and Joel Norman are two Södertälje teachers who started teaching at KTH Campus in Stockholm this autumn. Published Nov 13, 2024This fall, some teachers from KTH Södertälje has relocated with students to teach at KTH’s Valhallavägen campus. We asked two teachers about the experience of adapting to a “new” workplace and commuti...
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ITM's Office for student affairs reshapes
The School's office consists of three units: Management office, Student support and Service and department support. Published Nov 13, 2024On 1 November, ITM's education support was reorganised to reflect business needs and reduce vulnerabilities. The new organisational chart clarifies that the support is aimed at different target groups...
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Truck driving and future scenarios
After the latest faculty board meeting, the KTH staff got to drive trucks and buses and feel the difference between conventional and electric power. Published Oct 24, 2024Anders Berglund, Affiliate Faculty at KTH and Head of External Cooperation at Scania, reflects on the last meeting with the Faculty Board at ITM.
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Premiere of the Faculty Board School Meeting
The ITM Faculty Board, headed by Anne-Kathrin Peters and Fredrik Asplund, invites you to a first meeting for the entire ITM School faculty. Published Oct 24, 2024On November 21, the Faculty Board ITM invites you to a very first school meeting to discuss collegiality in hiring and promotion. Fredrik Asplund and Anne-Kathrin Peters are the teacher representative...
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”It all boils down to writing”
Elina Gobena is a doctoral student at the Department of Industrial Economics and Organization, writing a thesis on people's skills transformation as a strategy during skills shortages. Photo: Elvira Glänte Published Sep 17, 2024Elina Gobena, a doctoral student at INDEK, seems to be everywhere lately. Recently, her book En ny jord received glowing reviews in Dagens Nyheter, where it was hailed as a “promising debut novel.” On...
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New energy and processes in place
The ITM Faculty Board meets once a month for meetings and discussions. The board includes the Head of School, teacher representatives, external members, student representatives and representatives of employees' organisations. Photo: Ulrika Georgsson Published Sep 03, 2024Mattias Wiggberg reflects on the latest meeting with the Faculty Board at ITM.
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A collaborative effort towards a better workplace
Anna Land, Fredrik Enoksson, Morgan Mickelsson och Elisabet Lövkvist på avdelningen Digitalt Lärande. Published Sep 02, 2024KTH's employee pulse survey has been running for over a year, allowing employees to share their perspectives about the workplace four times a year. This tool helps identify areas for ongoing developme...
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ITM researchers to Tokyo for exchange
KTH together with Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University is developing cooperation with the University of Tokyo. The partnership focus on research collaboration, exchange of students and faculty, and faculty development. Photo: Sira Anamwong Published Aug 19, 2024Two ITM researchers, Jamie Rinder and Maryna Henrysson, went to University of Tokyo last semester to to develop teaching and research – and build relations. One of them within language teaching and th...
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"More freedom in degree programs"
Published Jun 11, 2024KTH's schools have each developed their own reform agendas. At the ITM School, the primary focus is on financial stability, but Head of School Pär Jönsson envisions a freer education system with stron...
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At KTH Södertälje, dialogue is in focus
Anna Jerbrant, Project Manager for the Södertälje relocation, and Magnus Wiktorsson, Head of the Department of Production Engineering (IPU) give a status update. Published Jun 10, 2024The move from Södertälje is affecting both KTH's students and staff, and discussions are in full swing to identify opportunities and avoid risks. We sat down with Anna Jerbrant, the relocation Project...
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New group manager for HR ITM
Published May 31, 2024As of 6 June, we have a new group manager for HR ITM, Elizabeth All, who succeeds Sofia Lindbom.
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Managers trained in work environment
Published May 24, 2024Last year KTH's new work environment training programme saw the day of light, and in May it was time for the ITM School's heads of departments and head of school to take on the training. What was it l...
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PhD group shines light on solar power
Now the group consists of around ten doctoral students, but they hope to grow. Published May 14, 2024A new constellation has seen the day of light at KTH: A pioneering PhD group with a sharp focus on solar research. We met with Beatriz Pérez Horno, researcher at INDEK and initiator of the group, to s...
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"Women can make the engineering profession grow and develop"
Marie Ideström is external representative in ITM's faculty board. Published Apr 08, 2024Marie Ideström takes on the role of external representative in ITM's newly formed faculty board. As CEO of the Womengineer Foundation and a KTH alumna, she's dedicated to fostering female participatio...
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Survey exposes doctoral student’s struggles
Published Apr 03, 2024Lack of routines and administrative processes, demanding working conditions, feelings of isolation. The doctoral students at KTH wish for more, a survey shows.
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Anna Jerbrant on the relocation of KTH Södertälje
Photo: Anneli Nygårds Published Feb 22, 2024Anna Jerbrant, Deputy Head of School at ITM, is project managing the relocation of KTH Södertälje.
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A council guarding the PhD’s rights
Published Feb 20, 2024Steffen Hammer is the new Chairperson for the ITM School's PhD Council. Find out why he is getting involved and what he hopes to change during his term of office.
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