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Report: Uncertainty – a reality for junior researchers in Sweden
Today researchers in higher education face great uncertainty. This is especially true for researchers who are at the beginning of…
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11 March 2021
Vaccination - what rules apply in an employment relationship?
Most people in Sweden will be offerered vaccination during 2021. But what applies? Can your employer require you to be…
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5 March 2021
New migration law set to ‘drive foreign researchers away’
University World News: New migration law set to ‘drive foreign researchers away’
SULF in the media
18 February 2021
SULF expresses solidarity with staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Turkey
On 1 January 2021, a new university president – Professor Melih Bulu – was appointed as a result of a…
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12 January 2021
Collective bargaining process within the state sector now completed
We have now concluded negotiations on changes to the central collective agreements and on continued collaboration between the central association…
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4 December 2020
Halt the execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali
The Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers has sent a letter to the Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, leader of…
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26 November 2020
Collective bargaining in the state sector has started
The parties to the collective agreement have submitted their demands ahead of the autumn negotiations, which according to the current…
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23 September 2020
Expedition guide for your career in academia
Academic careers can look so incredibly different. You might be a student with research ambitions; a doctoral candidate who is…
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21 September 2020
One in 10 PhD candidates at a Swedish university were offered posts before they were advertised
A significant proportion of PhD candidates are offered their position before it is publicly advertised, a new survey from Sweden’s…
SULF in the media
17 September 2020
New unemployment insurance fee from October
On 1 October, the contribution to the unemployment insurance fund will be increased to SEK 140 per month. Conditions in…
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8 September 2020