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Employment conditions
Your employment conditions are regulated by three different bodies of regulations; your employment contract, legislation and collective agreements. Collective agreements…
Employment
Individual agreements
The government sector collective agreement will provide you with basic security. These are usually a general solution designed to suit…
Employment
Things to consider when changing job
As an employee it is easy to assume that the employment conditions that apply for one employer, apply to another:…
Employment
Postdoc - employment protected by collective agreement
The collective agreement permits fixed-term postdoctoral employment. Fixed-term positions are to be advertised and are normally full-time. They must be…
Fixed-period employment
How to become a doctoral candidate
There are two parts to being a doctoral candidate. As a doctoral candidate, you are enrolled on a doctorate level…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies
Doctoral candidate employment
In accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance (in Swedish), higher education institutions may offer special, fixed-term employment for doctoral candidates…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies
Scholarships and study grants
In some cases, higher education institutions are able to admit applicants with scholarship funding to their doctoral programmes. The institution…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies
Departmental duties
Departmental duties often mean an opportunity to gain experience in teaching, however they also pose a risk that thesis work…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies
Individual study plans
An individual study plan is the documentation describing the plan for your doctoral studies. It is written by you and…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies
Supervision
The Higher Education Ordinance (in Swedish) gives you the right to supervision during your doctoral studies. Higher education institutions must…
Doctoral candidate/doctoral studies