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We are looking for respondents for interviews about faculty’ experiences of active student participation in online doctoral courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karolinska Institutet and the National University of Singapore offer a short-term exchange program for hosting 1-2 PhD students from each university per year.

Since we started with the Exit poll in 2008, a lot has happened, as reflected in the results from the Exit poll, which show how more and more doctoral students are satisfied with their doctoral education.

The deadline for applying to the research school for clinicians in psychiatry (KI-Region Stockholm) is prolonged until 24th of March.

Nominations must include the information as requested on the Nomination form and emailed to: fonder@ki.se

KI is launching a new podcast: The PAPERs podcast. Every week you will drop into the conversation between four hosts who discuss articles addressing health professions education. While the content is rigorous, the hosts offer accessible insights with lighthearted style, making this podcast regular listening for many scholars’.

This autumn the course “Leadership coure for research group leaders and teams leaders” starts. The aim of the course is to enhance participants’ knowledge about academic leadership and how to build conditions for dynamic research group development. Register 15th April at the latest.

The 2023 call for applications comprises up to 65 KID grants.

A research internship enables doctors on an internship to combine their regular clinical internship (in Swedish Allmäntjänstgöring - AT) with up to 12 months of research at KI.
Apart from being eligible for an internship, candidates must also at the time of the application, hold a medical degree and either as a registered doctoral student at KI or a PhD engaged in research at KI.

This newsletter is primarily addressed to doctoral students. The purpose is to inform about news and practical details regarding doctoral education at KI.

A research residency (forskar-ST) provides financial support for a period of research during a clinical residency, and can be applied for by doctoral students at KI on a residency programme within Region Stockholm.

Anna-Karin Welmer has been appointed new chair for the Course and Programme Committee, starting January 1, 2023. She replaces Erika Franzén.

This newsletter is primarily addressed to doctoral students. The purpose is to inform about news and practical details regarding doctoral education at KI.

KI, Uppsala University, Sophiahemmet University and Mälardalen University have been granted funding to set up a new research school: the Mälardalen Region’s Research School in Healthcare Science”.

DATAETHICS Winter School 2023: "Ethical and Regulatory Challenges in the era of Open Science: Data Sharing in Life Sciences & Health”.

If you began or will begin your doctoral education at any Swedish university between approximately January 2022 and April 2023 you are eligible to apply.

This newsletter is primarily addressed to doctoral students. The purpose is to inform about news and practical details regarding doctoral education at KI.

What does continuous learning mean to us, and what can it look like in practice? These questions were the focus for the 170 participants who participated in the two day Educational Congress. The congress was permeated by meetings, inspiration and exchange of knowledge and experiences in the field. Among the activities at the congress, KI's pedagogical policy was launched.

On October 4, the president of Karolinska Institutet appointed academic vice presidents and deputy chairpersons for the three committees that report to the Faculty Board: The Committee for Higher Education, the Committee for Doctoral Education and the Committee for Research. The appointees’ term of office runs from 1 January, 2023, to 31 December, 2025.

This newsletter is primarily addressed to doctoral students. The purpose is to inform about news and practical details regarding doctoral education at KI.

Join us at KI's Educational Congress in September, where for two days we will focus on continuous learning, both for the individual and the organization. The full program is now published: keynote speakers and a series of short communication and workshops covering different themes. Register for the congress now!

During the hearings ahead of the election of the Academic Vice President and Vice Chairperson of the Committee for Doctoral Education, much of the focus was on clinical doctoral students. The digital election began on 25 August and will continue for one week.

A research internship enables doctors on an internship to combine their regular clinical internship (in Swedish Allmäntjänstgöring - AT) with up to 12 months of research at KI.
Apart from being eligible for an internship, candidates must also at the time of the application, hold a medical degree and either as a registered doctoral student at KI or a PhD engaged in research at KI.

All staff and students are now invited to nominate candidates for the election onto the Faculty Board and the committees of Higher Education, Doctoral Education and Research. New members are also to be elected onto the Faculty Council.

This is a real super election year and Sweden’s politicians are busy campaigning. This autumn will also see a number of important academic elections at KI. University Director Katarina Bjelke hopes that people’s interest in the general election will spill over onto the university.

In an online event, 30 July, you will have the chance to present your PhD project together with participants from 7 universities member of the Alliance - NeurotechEU-The European University of Brain and Technology.

The summer school is hosted by the Donders Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, in collaboration with EU projects such as the European School of Network Neuroscience (euSNN), iNavigate, HBP and The European University of Brain and Technology - NeurotechEU, in which KI is a partner.

The European Commission has made it possible for higher education institutions that have mobility funds from Erasmus for their own students, to use them instead for incoming students from Ukraine.

KI still has some spots available for the online summit and the call is open for undergraduate students, master and doctoral students as well as young postdoctoral scientists at KI.

KI’s Nomination Assembly has issued its shortlist of candidates ahead of the academic vice presidential election for the committees for Higher Education, Doctoral Education and Research.

The number of places in KI and Region Stockholm's clinical research schools has been increased by 27 % from 2022.

The call covers up to 17 grants for partial financing of doctoral education at KI that shall be used to pay for doctoral student’s salaries.

NEUSSQ is an introduction to the scientific foundations and the analysis
quantitative electroencephalography in basic and applied research.

Doctoral students can now receive a residence permit for doctoral studies for up to four years directly, instead of two years as before.

This newsletter is primarily addressed to doctoral students. The purpose is to inform about news and practical details regarding doctoral education at KI.

A digital 1-day meeting attended by 300 participants brought neuroscience researchers from across Europe together to reflect on both progress to date and plans for the future for the collaborative European University Initiative (EUI) focusing on neurochallenges. Karolinska Institutet is one of eight original parnters.

On 29 May, the government announced that as of 15 June, higher education institutions may return to campus-based teaching. The recommendations issued by the Swedish Public Health Agency for containing the spread of the virus apply as much to HEIs as they do to general society, and require a responsible approach to the planning of a return to campus-based teaching.

An opportunity to be recognized for your pedagogical achievements, apply to the Pedagogical Academy.