UKRAINE. The Vice-Chancellor has decided that agreements between the University of Gothenburg and government institutions in Russia and Belarus shall be immediately deactivated and remain dormant for the time being. On March 2, the Government called on higher education institutions and research funders to immediately cease contacts and collaborations with government institutions in Russia and Belarus and not to initiate new contacts or commitments. After further discussion with the Vice-Chancellor’s…
As a researcher, would you want to host international students for project work?
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Foreign students who come to the University of Gothenburg under agreements with universities in other countries receive a lot of support from our international coordinators. But if students apply here with their own funding, the research team and the institution need to assume most of the responsibility for them. In addition to international degree program students who enroll in an entire program at the University of Gothenburg, there are…
Many advantages with double degrees – a well-functioning collaboration enabled her defense of dissertation
DOCTORAL EDUCATION. The first doctoral student admitted to doctoral studies at both Sahlgrenska Academy and KU Leuven has now defended her dissertation. In addition to a double doctoral degree for Mariela Acuna Mora, from the very start the collaboration provides her with both a solid doctoral education and access to an established international network of researchers. Mariela Acuña Mora graduated as a nurse in her native Costa Rica. She came…
Sahlgrenska Academy’s international coordinator keeps track of students abroad
STUDENTS. Many of Sahlgrenska Academy’s students on international exchanges were able to get home before the borders closed and the quarantine began. Nineteen students are still abroad and the international coordinator at Sahlgrenska Academy International Office is staying in regular contact with them. International exchanges have come to a sudden halt because of the pandemic. All planned exchanges have been stopped and most of the over 60 students who were…
She brings research results back to Sierra Leone
COLLABORATION. How can disabled people be helped when there is only one trained occupational therapist in the country? And how do you create good orthotics when you first have to find plastic to melt? Writer Maria Arpe accompanied Lina Magnusson, an associate professor at the Institute of Medicine, when she returned to Sierra Leone, where she wants to improve the lives of those most needing help. “For a long time…