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Catherine Ekström

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Cathrine Ekström is one of Lundagård's writers.

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Doctoral students’ warning: Sweden faces ’brain drain’

In English Nyheter
Non-EU students comprise around 40 percent of Sweden’s PhD candidates and make many invaluable research contributions. However, after completing their degree, non-EU graduates face great difficulty to stay ...
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Turkish student rejected – professor cited ongoing NATO conflict

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Early last fall, a Turkish student from the İbn Haldun University in Istanbul, was accepted to the Erasmus+ Program at a University of her choice for the summer ...
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To ghost or be ghosted

Frågan In English
Ghosting, while the term is new, is by no means a new phenomenon. In the complex world of social relationships, people disappearing out of each other’s lives without ...
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Russian-made missiles kills two in Poland

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Yesterday, Tuesday November 15th, two missiles hit a farm on Polish soil near the Ukrainian border. The New York Times reports that the blast resulted in the fatalities ...
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Perspectives on Iran: Is the revolution imminent?

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On September 16th, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, succumbed to her injuries and died in hospital. According to the BBC, she sustained these injuries while being beaten ...
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Lund: First impressions from an international student

In English Intervju Novisch
Meet Mia Roberts on exchange from York, England, but originally from Surrey, England. She is currently pursuing her Bachelors in Global Development and will be in Lund for ...
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Understanding the Election – a Guide to Swedish Politics

Guider In English På djupet Valet 2022
To understand the 2022 election, it seems best to begin at its origins. The term ‘Riksdag’ was first used in the 16th century, when king Gustav Vasa called ...
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No New Russian Exchange Students at Lund University

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On March 2nd, Anna Ekström, Sweden’s minister for education, implored Swedish universities to stop cooperation with Russian and Belarusian institutes of higher education. This decision further expands on ...
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Quite the shock: Måns Hemberg, 21, got electrocuted in his shower

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Last December, due to plumbing work being carried out in their former accommodation, Måns Hemberg and everyone else in his corridor moved to another house in the Delphi ...
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New Sanctions on Russia

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, threatening its sovereignty, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, tweeted that the EU and its allies ”will hold the ...
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